DevStack is a set of scripts and utilities to quickly deploy an OpenStack cloud from git source trees. While it is useful for development, OpenStack users and learners can also use DevStack to try and make small cloud experiments. This slide covers DevStack installation procedure and basic OpenStack operations via the Horizon dashboard and via the OpenStack Client.

OpenStack merupakan platform perangkat lunak untuk infrastruktur komputasi awan (cloud), baik yg publik maupun privat. Inisiatif OpenStack dimulai tahun 2010 oleh Rackspace dan NASA. Relatif lebih muda dibandingkan dengan beberapa inisiatif cloud lain seperti CloudStack atau OpenNebula.

OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, all managed through the OpenStack API or via a dashboard that gives administrators control while empowering their users to provision resources through a web interface.