Fast forward a few months and, having gathered a much larger (and yet still very small) understanding of how OpenStack works, the OSL deployed the POC Packstack setup and had our Systems Admins deploying VMs to develop and test our Chef cookbooks. The problem with OpenStack in configuration management is that there are so many options to set/change in each OpenStack service. Overall, this project has been an incredible opportunity that enabled me to experience different roles in project management, build connections in the various OpenStack community, learn more about the underlying systems that OpenStack uses (kvm, networking in too much detail, web servers, etc.