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diff --git a/docs/userguide/openstack.rst b/docs/userguide/openstack.rst index 09b482e7c..00267321c 100644 --- a/docs/userguide/openstack.rst +++ b/docs/userguide/openstack.rst @@ -2,14 +2,48 @@ .. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 .. (c) Christopher Price (Ericsson AB) -OpenStack User Guide -==================== +Brahmaputra OpenStack User Guide +================================ -Add openstack specific user guide information here. -Needs to include OPNFV default ports and addresses and -references to upstream documentation applicable for an -OPNFV deployment. +OpenStack is a cloud operating system developed and released by the +`OpenStack project <https://www.openstack.org>`_. OpenStack is used in OPNFV for +controlling pools of compute, storage, and networking resources in a Pharos +compliant infrastructure. -From the Jumphost VIP:80 -admin/admin +OpenStack is used in Brahmaputra to manage tenants (known in OpenStack as projects), +users, services, images, flavours, and quotas across the Pharos infrastructure. +The OpenStack interface provides the primary interface for an operational Brahmaputra +deployment and it is from the "horizon console" that an OPNFV user will perform the +majority of administrative and operational activities on the deployment. +OpenStack references +-------------------- + +The `OpenStack user guide <http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide>`_ provides details +and descriptions of how to configure and interact with the OpenStack deployment. This +guide can be used by lab engineers and operators to tune the OpenStack deployment to +your liking. + +Once you have configured OpenStack to your purposes, or the Brahmaputra deployment meets +your needs as deployed, an operator, or administrator, will find the best guidance for +working with OpenStack in the +`OpenStack administration guide <http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide-admin>`_. + +Connecting to the OpenStack instance +------------------------------------ + +Once familiar with the basic of working with OpenStack you will want to connect to the +OpenStack instance via the Horizon Console. The Horizon console provide a Web based GUI +that will allow you operate the deployment. +To do this you should open a browser on the JumpHost to the following address +and enter the username and password: + + + http://{Controller-VIP}:80/index.html> + username: admin + password: admin + +Other methods of interacting with and configuring OpenStack,, like the REST API +and CLI are also available in the Brahmaputra deployment, see the +`OpenStack administration guide <http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide-admin>`_ +for more information on using those interfaces. |