Secure and Redundant AI Training Data Storage with OpenStack

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To build a secure and redundant storage solution for AI training data using OpenStack, we will follow the steps below:

1. **OpenStack Provider Configuration**: Begin by configuring the OpenStack provider, which enables our Pulumi code to communicate with the OpenStack API. You must have access to an OpenStack cloud with your credentials (including the username, password, auth URL, tenant name, and domain name).

2. **Volume Creation**: Create a set of volumes where you will store the training data. OpenStack Block Storage (Cinder) provides persistent block-level storage resources that we can attach to the compute instances.

3. **Secure the Volume**: Add security features, such as encryption, to the volumes to secure the data at rest.

4. **Redundancy with Multiple Volumes**: Improve redundancy by creating multiple volumes and configuring the necessary mechanisms to replicate data between them, ensuring high availability and data durability.

Currently, the Pulumi registry results do not include resources for working with OpenStack directly. You would need to use the OpenStack SDK for Python (`openstacksdk`) and integrate it with Pulumi via dynamic providers.

The `openstacksdk` is capable of handling interactions with the OpenStack cloud for tasks such as volume creation, security settings, and redundancy configurations. A dynamic provider in Pulumi allows you to define custom resource lifecycle methods (create, read, update, delete) using any code supported by the Pulumi runtime, in this case, Python.

Below is a Python program with Pulumi that outlines the structure and necessary components to accomplish this. However, due to the lack of direct OpenStack support in the provided Pulumi registry results, the actual OpenStack implementation details (such as using the `openstacksdk`) are placeholders. You will need to fill in these details with actual logic based on OpenStack API calls.

```python
import pulumi
from pulumi import ResourceOptions
from pulumi.dynamic import Resource, ResourceProvider, CreateResult

# OpenStack imports would go here
# from openstack import connection

class OpenStackVolumeProvider(ResourceProvider):
    def create(self, inputs):
        # This function should handle the creation of the volume using the OpenStack SDK.
        # volume = openstack_client.create_volume(size=inputs['size'], ...
        
        # Placeholder for actual volume ID and other attributes
        volume_id = "vol-123456"
        return CreateResult(id_=volume_id, outs={'volume_id': volume_id})

class OpenStackVolume(Resource):
    volume_id: pulumi.Output[str]

def __init__(self, name, size, opts=None):
        super().__init__(OpenStackVolumeProvider(), name, {'size': size, 'volume_id': None}, opts)

# Define the storage resources
volume1 = OpenStackVolume("ai-volume1", size=100)
volume2 = OpenStackVolume("ai-volume2", size=100)

# Output the volume information
pulumi.export('volume1_id', volume1.volume_id)
pulumi.export('volume2_id', volume2.volume_id)

# The rest of your Pulumi program would go here, which would perhaps include setting up redundancy,
# such as creating jobs to replicate data between volumes or implementing any necessary security or 
# encryption measures for securing sensitive AI data.
```

Please note the following considerations when using this program:

- You will need to replace the placeholders where the `openstacksdk` functions are called with actual code that interacts with your OpenStack cloud.
- The `size` parameter is used as an example. You’ll need to adjust this based on your actual requirements, such as adding parameters for encryption or other configurations.
- `pulumi.export` is used to print the ID of the created volumes which you might use for reporting or further configuration.
  
To execute this Pulumi program, you need to install Pulumi and configure it to be able to communicate with your OpenStack cloud. Then, run the program using the Pulumi CLI to deploy your stack.

This program is a starting point that outlines how to structure your Pulumi resources dynamically based on the capabilities of your cloud provider's SDK. For a complete and working solution, integrate the outlined functionality with the `openstacksdk`, keeping in mind authentication, error handling, and other best practices when working with cloud resources.