DevStack tutorials???

This may be more of a rant than anything, and it brings me back a few years to when I first began learning the ropes with OpenStack. I particularly remember countless hours of following guides online, configuring an Ubuntu virtual machine with the proper permissions and network settings in order to deploy an all-in-one OpenStack instance for testing out various functionality.

One thing was consistent across the multiple guides I found: simply stated, they did not work. I ended up hacking away at directory permissions and local.conf settings long enough that eventually I would get it up and running. Well, this déjà vu moment resurfaced today after I purchased my OpenStack COA exam. I need a basic platform I can test against without disrupting my production environment.

Needless to say I couldn't find a single guide that was relevant to the latest release of DevStack. Any old guide I followed quite simply did not work.

After some tinkering and several reverted snapshots I was able to bring up a working instance of DevStack. Which I have to admit was quite refreshing, considering the struggles I had back in my greenhorn days. So for those OpenStackers looking to get their hands dirty for the first time, or for those who simply want a simple platform for exam preparation, I will be putting together a quickstart guide.