How We Turned Les Restos du Cœur into a Cloud Provider
summary
A case study of building an internal private cloud for the Restos du Cœur using OpenStack for infrastructure and Kubernetes for orchestration, with a focus on energy-aware operations. It explains motivations and nonprofit-specific challenges, details the platform architecture and configuration choices, and presents a “Bare Metal forecasting” approach for dynamic, efficient energy management plus lessons learned and outcomes.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Project introduction
- 5:48Initial observations at departmental branch
- 12:10National branch challenges
- 13:38Network and hardware architecture
- 15:48Infrastructure rules and security
- 17:59Immutable infrastructure and config management
- 20:31Ansible config deployment
- 21:57Kubernetes and OpenStack intro
- 23:20OpenStack choice and underlying architecture
- 26:16Overlay vs underlay and cloud services
- 33:44Tools and open source at Resto du Cœur
- 34:08Deployed services and social impact
- 37:23Key figures and call for help
- 39:09Conclusion and Q&A
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