Mastering Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1: Deployment, Administration, and Integration with OpenShift

The definitive guide to building, managing, and extending enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure with Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1

In today's rapidly evolving IT landscape, building a scalable, secure, and flexible private cloud is essential for organizations seeking to modernize their infrastructure. "Mastering Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1" provides IT professionals, cloud architects, and system administrators with comprehensive, hands-on guidance for implementing and managing Red Hat's enterprise-ready OpenStack solution.

Written by an OpenStack expert with years of deployment experience, this authoritative guide takes you through the entire lifecycle of a Red Hat OpenStack Platform environment—from initial planning and deployment to day-two operations, troubleshooting, and integration with container platforms like OpenShift.

This practical handbook covers:

• Architecture fundamentals – Understand OpenStack's core components, services, and how they interact to create a complete cloud ecosystem
• Production-ready deployment – Step-by-step instructions for building both proof-of-concept and enterprise-grade OpenStack environments
• Network design – Master advanced networking concepts including network isolation, Software-Defined Networking with OVN, and tenant network configuration
• Storage integration – Configure and optimize Ceph storage backends for block, object, and file services
• Security hardening – Implement industry best practices for securing your cloud infrastructure at every layer
• High availability – Design resilient OpenStack deployments that eliminate single points of failure
• Performance tuning – Optimize your cloud for maximum efficiency, scalability, and resource utilization
• OpenShift integration – Deploy and manage containerized applications on a unified infrastructure platform
• Troubleshooting – Diagnose and resolve common issues with practical, real-world examples

Whether you're new to OpenStack or looking to upgrade existing deployments to version 17.1, this book provides the expert knowledge needed to build and maintain a robust private cloud infrastructure. Each chapter includes practical examples, configuration snippets, and automation techniques that you can immediately apply in your environment.

Perfect for both individual self-study and as a reference guide for implementation teams, "Mastering Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1" will help you transform your organization's IT infrastructure and achieve cloud computing excellence