The code and documentation is distributed under the Apache 2 license. Contributions back to the source are encouraged.
The Crowbar Framework is currently maintained by SUSE as an OpenStack installation framework but is prepared to be a much broader function tool. It was originally developed by the Dell CloudEdge Solutions Team.
This component will automatically deploy and configure Pacemaker clusters, with the end goal of making the OpenStack infrastructure services and their dependencies highly available. It will be based to a large extent on the architecture documented at:
http://docs.openstack.org/high-availability-guide/content/
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