From c0dc6c3d09995dbf6b34f0fe9d69402fb3397108 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Goddard Date: Tue, 15 May 2018 09:51:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README text links Synchronises with the README in kayobe, and updates links. --- README.rst | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 8cfde89..b14b533 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -3,16 +3,34 @@ Kayobe Configuration ==================== This repository provides configuration for the `kayobe -`_ project. It is intended to encourage +`_ project. It is intended to encourage version control of site configuration. -Kayobe is an open source tool for automating deployment of Scientific OpenStack -onto a set of bare metal servers. Kayobe is composed of Ansible playbooks, a -python module, and makes heavy use of the OpenStack kolla project. Kayobe aims -to complement the kolla-ansible project, providing an opinionated yet highly -configurable OpenStack deployment and automation of many operational -procedures. +Kayobe enables deployment of containerised OpenStack to bare metal. -* Documentation: https://github.com/stackhpc/kayobe/tree/master/doc -* Source: https://github.com/stackhpc/kayobe -* Bugs: https://github.com/stackhpc/kayobe/issues +Containers offer a compelling solution for isolating OpenStack services, but +running the control plane on an orchestrator such as Kubernetes or Docker +Swarm adds significant complexity and operational overheads. + +The hosts in an OpenStack control plane must somehow be provisioned, but +deploying a secondary OpenStack cloud to do this seems like overkill. + +Kayobe stands on the shoulders of giants: + +* OpenStack bifrost discovers and provisions the cloud +* OpenStack kolla builds container images for OpenStack services +* OpenStack kolla-ansible delivers painless deployment and upgrade of + containerised OpenStack services + +To this solid base, kayobe adds: + +* Configuration of cloud host OS & flexible networking +* Management of physical network devices +* A friendly openstack-like CLI + +All this and more, automated from top to bottom using Ansible. + +* Documentation: https://kayobe.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ +* Source: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/kayobe +* Bugs: https://storyboard.openstack.org/ +* IRC: #openstack-kayobe