Hello, I am working with Rich Bowen on the Project "Cloud in a Box" the main idea is to address the "cloud deployment" convenience problem by providing an ISO/image file that installs OpenStack (our choice for cloud) along with OS.

RB told me that I can ask for some help regarding my project here and I believe there may be some people who have an idea of the background from which this idea originated, and help me refine my design.

My understanding is to provide a single node openstack system based on CentOS. For developing this idea my current design is to develop an extension in Anaconda that robustly installs OpenStack (as per my search up-till now there are no mainstream linux distros that provide pre-installed OpenStack except for Ubuntu 15 maybe). Currently I am exploring anaconda source to achieve this and also delving into Ubuntu 15's installer for some pointers.

I would be grateful if you guys can help me in anyway:

1. Help refine the design/technologies, (maybe there is a motivation that I am unaware of that I should address in my design)

2. Help with anaconda's development (entry/exit points). They have a pretty good source documentation wiki but I am confused on where should my extension go.

Cheers,

Asad