Pure upstream, lightweight OpenStack in a single package that makes OpenStack simple to setup, manage and maintain.
Perfect for:
- Developer workstations
- Edge
- Small-scale private cloud deployments
- CI/CD
- Small. Developers want the smallest and simplest stable OpenStack for laptop and workstation development.
- Simple. Minimize administration and operations with a single-package install that has no moving parts for simplicity and certainty. All dependencies and batteries included.
- Compact. MicroStack comes with minimal footprint which makes it ideal for devices with limited hardware resources.
- Comprehensive - MicroStack contains core OpenStack services and world class
virtualisation software for your cloud needs:
- Keystone
- Horizon
- Glance
- Nova (KVM)
- Neutron (OVN)
For more information, check the MicroStack documentation.
MicroStack is going in a whole new direction - in a good way! We've listened to feedback from users and there is a general desire to go from a single-node trial run on a developer workstatation / solitary server and grow that installation into a production-grade OpenStack.
Please refer to the official tutorial for details on how to get started with Sunbeam.
Install MicroStack from the Beta channel. Note, this must be installed in devmode:
sudo snap install microstack --devmode --beta
Initialise MicroStack for your environment. This will set up databases, networks, security groups, flavors, and a CirrOS image for testing your installation:
sudo microstack init --auto --control
Launch your first instance:
microstack launch cirros --name test
SSH to your test instance. SSH Keys are setup as part of the initialisation step and can be used to access the CirrOS instance just launched:
ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_microstack cirros@<ip-address>
A system running MicroStack should have the following minimum requirements:
- multi-core CPU
- 8 GiB of RAM
- 100 GiB of Disk space
The OpenStack client can be installed by running sudo snap install openstackclients.
Once installed, you will be able to use the openstack client as normal:
openstack network list
openstack flavor list
openstack keypair list
openstack image list
openstack security group rule list
To create an instance (called "awesome") based on the CirrOS image:
microstack.launch cirros --name awesome
The launch output will show you how to connect to the instance. For the CirrOS image, the user account is 'cirros'.
ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_microstack cirros@<ip-address>
The launch output will also provide information for the Horizon dashboard. The username is 'admin' and the password can be obtained in this way:
sudo snap get microstack config.credentials.keystone-password
The great team behind MicroStack are available in the following places:
Please report bugs to the MicroStack project on Launchpad.
