Cloud computing is changing the way that businesses think about their computing requirements. Instead of ordering hardware, waiting for delivery, allocating space in a data center, installing and wiring it up, and then configuring each piece of the system, you can now do the equivalent with a few clicks on a control panel, but that gets tedious. What's much more interesting is to do all of this programmatically, using our favorite language: Python!
This session will deep-dive into this topic by using pyrax, the Python SDK for the OpenStack and Rackspace Clouds. It will cover the as much of the following as time permits:
Getting your cloud account and credentials
Installing pyrax
Creating servers
Saving a customized server as a template image
Creating more servers on demand from your template images.
Creating, attaching, and imaging Block Storage volumes
Using private networks to create a bastion host setup
Managing these servers with a Load Balancer
Creating and managing Cloud Databases
Using pyrax to manage your DNS
Object storage and management using pyrax
[Note: this is the same talk I'll be giving at PyCon Canada the weekend before PyTexas: https://2013.pycon.ca/en/schedule/presentation/28/]
Status: Accepted
PyTexas
