OK, so I took the plunge and finally (after ~7 years of thinking about it and being distracted by other things) started playing around with OpenStack and kolla-ansible.
The quick start guide makes it sound simple and it really is. After some fiddling with the proper kolla-ansible versions I had a working installation (single node, but still impressive).
Encountered some bugs on the way (and reported them), which is to be expected by using a not-yet-released version (stable/2026.1 git branch).
Next step is trying to find documentation on how to use it to do a multi-machine installation where things like storage get important and interesting.
I'll keep you posted. If you do not hear from me again, you know why... :-)
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