openstack-ansible/deploy-guide/source/overview.rst

Overview

Note

For essential background reading to help understand the service and storage architecture, please read the :dev_docs:OpenStack-Ansible Architecture section of its reference guide <reference/architecture/index.html> If you'd like to understand when OpenStack-Ansible would be a good fit for your organisation, please read the appendix "app-aboutosa".

This guide refers to the following types of hosts:

• Deployment host, which runs the Ansible playbooks
• Target hosts, where Ansible installs OpenStack services and infrastructure components

Installation workflow

The following diagram shows the general workflow of an OpenStack-Ansible installation.

Installation requirements and recommendations