Cloud Stuff

For one reason or another, I sometimes run into the following error when trying to deploy an OpenStack TripleO overcloud in my lab: ClientException: Object GET failed: /AUTH_1a5df8c242d848e8b01b974…

I recently needed to deploy a REST-based web service for use as a DynamicJSON vendordata provider to OpenStack’s nova metadata service. I settled on Oslo’s WSGI server, mainly due to th…

To update the advanced settings of a CloudForms appliance you need to be logged in to the web interface of the actual appliance that needs updating. This is somewhat different to other general sett…

While Ansible is busy fighting its own internal battle not to become a fully fledged programming language, instead remaining as simple and purely declarative as possible, it is still often necessar…

I have been playing around a lot more with the embedded Ansible feature of CloudForms 4.6. While this functionality was introduced in version 4.5, the ability to call a playbook method from a state…