Who this book is for

To use the content of this book, basic prior knowledge of OpenStack is expected. If you don't have that knowledge, it is always possible to catch up with the basic requirements by having a fast reading of the major components from the OpenStack community (http://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide-cloud). This covers the previous updates of OpenStack software, including the Juno, Kilo, and Liberty releases. This book is essentially intended for data scientists, big data architects, cloud developers, and DevOps engineers. If you are also willing to run your Hadoop and/or Spark clusters on top of OpenStack, then this book is ideal for you. If you already have a running OpenStack infrastructure, this book can help you quickly speed it up with Sahara.