OpenStack on One Node with Kolla-Ansible — Full Guide for Production-Like Use

Ready to build your own private cloud? In this deep dive, I'll walk you through deploying a single-node, production-ready OpenStack environment using Kolla-Ansible. Unlike DevStack, this setup is robust, survives reboots, and is ready for real workloads! *What you'll learn:* What Kolla-Ansible is and why it's the best way to run OpenStack in containers System requirements: CPU, RAM, virtualization, and networking essentials How to prepare your server, configure storage with Cinder LVM, and set up network interfaces Step-by-step installation and configuration of Kolla-Ansible on Ubuntu 24.04 How to use the inventory and globals.yml files to customize your deployment Full deployment workflow: bootstrap, prechecks, deploy, and post-deploy Verifying your OpenStack services and accessing the Horizon dashboard Running the init-runonce script to quickly launch your first VM Assigning floating IPs and connecting to your instance Whether you're a cloud beginner or looking to move beyond DevStack, this guide will get you started with a real OpenStack environment you can build on. Future episodes will cover scaling to multi-node clusters, advanced networking, security, monitoring, and more. *Timestamps:* 00:00 Intro & Goals 01:09 What is Kolla-Ansible? 02:02 System & Virtualization Requirements 05:00 Networking Setup 06:23 Storage & Cinder LVM 07:29 Installing Kolla-Ansible 08:27 Configuring Inventory & Globals 13:07 Deployment Steps 17:12 Verifying Services 20:01 Launching Your First VM *Resources:* Commands used in tutorial https://github.com/filip-lebiecki/kol... Kolla-Ansible Docs: https://docs.openstack.org/kolla-ansi... OpenStack Docs: https://docs.openstack.org/ #OpenStack #CloudComputing #PrivateCloud #Kolla-Ansible #Kolla #ansible #singlenode #homelab #cirros