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From GitLab SaaS to Full Sovereignty: Hosting GitLab in an OpenStack Cloud

The article explores how moving GitLab’s control plane into an OpenStack cloud creates greater digital sovereignty, while highlighting the trade-offs between control, complexity, and operational responsibility.

Tags: OpenStack, sovereignty

Published on August 31, 2026

Deploying Shared Files in OpenStack: A Guide to Manila Security and Terraform Integration

This guide explores how to bridge the gap between OpenStack Manila and Terraform.

Tags: Manila, OpenStack, OpenStack Manila, Security, Terraform

Published on March 4, 2026

Integration of the Octavia module (Load Balancer as a Service) in an OpenStack Cloud Environment – Part 2

Learn more about the integration of the Octavia service into an OpenStack deployment.

Tags: Octavia, OpenStack

Published on December 7, 2025

Integration of the Octavia module (Load Balancer as a Service) in an OpenStack cloud environment – Part 1

Learn more about the integration of the Octavia service into an OpenStack deployment.

Published on December 7, 2025

How to Implement an OpenStack-Based Private Cloud with Kolla-Ansible – Part 2

In this blog post, we’ll finish deploying an OpenStack infrastructure with Kolla Ansible, focusing on how this tool simplifies and empowers large-scale cloud service management.

Tags: kolla-ansible, openstacl

Published on February 13, 2025

How to Implement an OpenStack-Based Private Cloud with Kolla-Ansible – Part 1

In this blog post, we’ll dive into deploying an OpenStack infrastructure with Kolla Ansible, focusing on how this tool simplifies and empowers large-scale cloud service management.

Tags: containers, kolla-ansible, OpenStack

Published on January 31, 2025