From b0501437bb98bd7f59f6084fefa5f48f378e4dcf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Pete Vander Giessen Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 12:36:16 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated README. Added a better summary of what MicroStack is, and what you might do with it. Change-Id: Ic2e1775209fc61ce48b4fe23f67596e5e4d1aaaf --- README.md | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c634e4a..17f6c32 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -2,16 +2,23 @@ [![Snap Status](https://build.snapcraft.io/badge/CanonicalLtd/microstack.svg)](https://build.snapcraft.io/user/CanonicalLtd/microstack) -OpenStack in a snap that you can run locally on a single machine! +OpenStack in a snap that you can run locally on a single machine! Excellent for ... + +* Development and Testing of Openstack Workloads +* CI +* Edge Clouds (experimental) `microstack` currently provides Nova, Keystone, Glance, Horizon and Neutron OpenStack services. +If you want to roll up your sleeves and do interesting things with the services and settings, look in the .d directories in the filesystem tree under `/var/snap/microstack/common/etc`. You can add services with your package manager, or take a look at `CONTRIBUTING.md` and make a code based argument for adding a service to the default list. :-) + + ## Installation `microstack` is frequently updated to provide the latest stable updates of the most recent OpenStack release. The quickest was to get started is to install directly from the snap store. You can install `microstack` using: ``` -sudo snap install microstack --classic --candidate +sudo snap install microstack --classic --beta ``` ## Quickstart