OpenStack on One Node with Kolla-Ansible — Full Guide for Production-Like Use
Ready to build your own private cloud? In this deep dive, I'll walk you through deploying a single-node, production-ready OpenStack environment using Kolla-Ansible. Unlike DevStack, this setup is robust, survives reboots, and is ready for real workloads!
*What you'll learn:*
What Kolla-Ansible is and why it's the best way to run OpenStack in containers
System requirements: CPU, RAM, virtualization, and networking essentials
How to prepare your server, configure storage with Cinder LVM, and set up network interfaces
Step-by-step installation and configuration of Kolla-Ansible on Ubuntu 24.04
How to use the inventory and globals.yml files to customize your deployment
Full deployment workflow: bootstrap, prechecks, deploy, and post-deploy
Verifying your OpenStack services and accessing the Horizon dashboard
Running the init-runonce script to quickly launch your first VM
Assigning floating IPs and connecting to your instance
Whether you're a cloud beginner or looking to move beyond DevStack, this guide will get you started with a real OpenStack environment you can build on. Future episodes will cover scaling to multi-node clusters, advanced networking, security, monitoring, and more.
*Timestamps:*
00:00 Intro & Goals
01:09 What is Kolla-Ansible?
02:02 System & Virtualization Requirements
05:00 Networking Setup
06:23 Storage & Cinder LVM
07:29 Installing Kolla-Ansible
08:27 Configuring Inventory & Globals
13:07 Deployment Steps
17:12 Verifying Services
20:01 Launching Your First VM
*Resources:*
Commands used in tutorial https://github.com/filip-lebiecki/kol...
Kolla-Ansible Docs: https://docs.openstack.org/kolla-ansi...
OpenStack Docs: https://docs.openstack.org/
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