I have decided to migrate my blog to a new site. Most of the previous content is still here. Few of the posts have been removed since they were no longer viable. Also the layout has been freshened
Month: November 2023
OpenInfra Days 2023 in Raleigh, NC
I am running OpenInfra Days in Raleigh next week. The event is going to be dominated by Red Hatters, but I also invited folks from other organizations to speak (NASA, Rackspace and more).The f
Stretching Kubernetes Architecture across Distributed Private Cloud
As a Solutions Architect and after all the years helping my clients select the right architectures for their use cases or requirements I have come up with a certain realization. My primary job is t
All-in-3 Openshift (OCP) cluster with OCS (storage) and CNV (Virtualization)
Another day, another “Edge” Architecture. This time let’s see how the minimum all-in-one OCP/OCS/CNV would have to look like. But first what are the key benefits: Okay, I got you
BMaaS Part 4 – Routed Networks / Bears at the edge
This is part 4 in the series of BareMetal-as-a-Service with Ironic. In this article I will focus on highly distributed architectures. Baremetal cloud as a service for the edge and large environment
Distributed Private Cloud Infrastructure – DCN / Edge
I have hesitated to post anything about Red Hat OpenStack Edge since it got introduced in OSP13 simply because I found it quite difficult to consume. Also the storage situation back then was .. not
Networking-Ansible for Baremetal Consumption – How to create your network automation driver.
It is not a big deal for me to admit that I am a huge nerd when it comes to managing baremetal infrastructure in the datacenter. I feel like a dying breed in the times where everyone just wants to
OpenShift on OpenStack – no-brainer on-prem solution
I have to admit, it has taken me a while to produce this next article. Today, however it’s about to change and I am happy to introduce on this blog OpenShift on OpenStack – no
OpenStack mini-Summit in Triangle
We have a unique opportunity to bring the brightest OpenStack, Cloud and Open Infrastructure engineers, consultants and field experts to Triangle area between February 4th – 6th 2019. Pl
BMaaS Part 3: Multi-tenancy
So far we have learned how to configure and provision baremetal nodes with OpenStack Ironic in Part 1 of the blog. We also configured our deployment to allow zero-touch discovery in Part 2. The nex