OpenStack

Working with OpenStack

by Lee Napthine, 31 January 2025

Recently, I built a program that directly interacts with OpenStack cloud operations and its various components. It was a solid learning experience, and I want to share what I learned so future ARCsoft developers can hit the ground running.

Introduction to the OpenStack SDK

by Nick Wurzer, 13 December 2023

OpenStack is open source software for running cloud services. Recently I worked on a Python program that would scan ARC cloud instances and determine which instances have been running longer than their allotted time. This mostly used the compute API which is a proxy for OpenStack’s Nova service.