Deploying a Production Kubernetes Platform on OpenStack Magnum with Zuul - An Open edX Case Study

Learn about a technical migration journey in this 24-minute conference talk that explores the evolution of deploying an Open edX learning platform. Follow the transition from traditional Ansible-based deployment with OpenStack Heat and GitLab CI to a containerized approach using Kubernetes on OpenStack Magnum with Zuul pipeline management. Discover the technical architecture changes, challenges encountered with private image management in Magnum-driven Kubernetes clusters, complexities of Kubernetes upgrades in the Magnum context, and the intricacies of managing version dependencies across Kubernetes, OpenStack, and Fedora CoreOS. Gain valuable insights from real-world implementation experiences and lessons learned during this significant infrastructure transformation.