Exoscale: a swiss cloud provider built with Apache Cloudstack

This is the talk I gave at the CloudStack Collaboration Conference Europe 2013 held in Amsterdam.

It focuses on why we have chosen CloudStack as the core component of our Open Cloud product line and our vision on how users can leverage standard API interfaces to better deploy and reduce the time between Application need and Application running.

http://www.exoscale.ch

Transcript

1. Cloud  gives  you  space     2013  nov  21st  
2. !  Antoine  Coetsier     – “Na;ve”  from  Service  Providers   – 10+  years  of  24/7  ops   – Managing  Director  of  exoscale  Since  2011  
3. exo ? scale CCCEU  Amsterdam  
4. 2010   Regional  cloud  plaKorm   Set  of  products:  IaaS  to  SaaS   CCCEU  Amsterdam  
5. exo scale CCCEU  Amsterdam  
6. exo == cloud CCCEU  Amsterdam  
7. Reversibility Trust relationship Data location Tailor made/Integration CCCEU  Amsterdam  
8. Vel;group   CCCEU  Amsterdam   All  over     Switzerland   100%     ICT  needs  covered   450+     ICT  professionals     Cloud  Services   ICT  specialized  companies   Consul;ng  
9. exoscale “Swissness” Datacenters Operations Company CCCEU  Amsterdam  
10.   2  zones   In  the     Geneva   Area      ISO  9001      ISO27001   Expension  to  come...   CCCEU  Amsterdam  
11.       Who  uses  cloud  compu;ng  ?   CCCEU  Amsterdam  
12. A.Developers  /  Sysadmins         B.  Enterprises   CCCEU  Amsterdam  
13. A.  Developers/Sysadmins     Websites     Ecommerce  and  webapps     Mobile     Tes;ng   1 out of 3 projects CCCEU  Amsterdam  
14. B.  Enterprises     Business  apps   SMB  DCs   Quickwins     DRP     Hybrid/DC  offloading   50 % of requests CCCEU  Amsterdam  
15. exoscale  service  offering   Perfect  for  Sysadmins     and  Developers   Perfect  for  Businesses     and  hybrid  cloud  integra;on   -­‐  Compute   -­‐  Compute  premium   -­‐  Backup  premium   -­‐  Cloud  Exchange   No  compromise  enterprise  cloud   Vendor  backed  solu;ons   Use  of  leading  technologies   Virtual  datacenter   Pure  cloud  services   Worldwide  market  pricing   + + CCCEU  Amsterdam  
16. Managed  Cloud   -­‐  Compute  premium  
17. Compute  premium:  your  custom  cloud  architecture   WAN   VPN  access   Developers/ Users....   Your site
18. Compute  premium:  key  benefits   !  Fine  level  resource  management   – No  package  locking  :  vCPU  /  RAM  /  Disk   – Import  exis;ng  instances   !  Performance   – No  physical  ressource  over  alloca;on   – High  end  components   – Datacenter  Internet  access   !  Security  :   – Trusted  swiss  based  loca;ons  and  provider   – Full  network  isola;on  with  VLANs     !  Custom  subnet  range   – Hybrid  means  the  connec;on  with  developers   and  users  is  direct  
19. Compute  premium:  key  features   Topic   Managed  cloud     compute  premium   Cloud  Control  System   VMware  vCloud  Director   Hypervisor   ESX   Storage   High  speed  disks   on  HDS  storage   Admin  interface   Direct  vCloud  web  interface  or  Connector   integra;on  in  your  vCenter   Network   Rich  features  through  vShield   Billing  and  pricing   Fine  level  resources   Monthly  invoices   Op;onal  ;me  and  volume  commitment  
20. Open  Cloud     -­‐  Compute  
21. Open  Cloud  compute:  instances  for  Devs  and  Sysadmins   !  Direct,  simple  to  use  cloud  instances  for  Devs  and  Sysadmins   !  Open   – Open  source  based   – Standard  API       – Mul;  OS:     !  Ease  of  use   – Direct  console   – Integrated  support     !  Performance   – KVM   – Persistent  storage   – 10  GB  networking         !  Security  features   – Security  groups   – SSH  keypair  management  
22. Basic  Networking  !=  No  security   Your tenant Internet CCCEU  Amsterdam  
23. Security  Groups   Your tenant Internet public IP public IP Security group A public IP public IP Security group B Controlled Inbound and Outbound traffic CCCEU  Amsterdam  
24. Open  Cloud  compute:  a  unique  portal   !  One  comprehensive  portal  for  instance  management,  support,  documenta;on  and  billing  informa;on     CCCEU  Amsterdam  
25. CCCEU  Amsterdam  
26. Open  Cloud  compute:  pricing   Online  calculator  :  hjp://www.exoscale/pricing.html    
27. exo scale CCCEU  Amsterdam  
28. Focus on scale CCCEU  Amsterdam  
29. Even down scale CCCEU  Amsterdam  
30.     Cloud  compu;ng  should     not  only  prevent  you     from  managing  hardware   CCCEU  Amsterdam  
31.     It  should  totally  replace     the  way  you  deploy     and  manage  infrastructure   CCCEU  Amsterdam  
32.     Leverage  the  cloud(s)  API  available   CCCEU  Amsterdam  
33.   Command  line     Ex:  Cloudmonkey     Python  cli  for  CloudStack           h3ps://cwiki.apache.org/CLOUDSTACK/cloudstack-­‐cloudmonkey-­‐cli.html     CCCEU  Amsterdam  
34. CCCEU  Amsterdam  
35.       Ul;mately  AUTOMATE   CCCEU  Amsterdam  
36.   For  each  language,  its  tool:   !  Java   !  Ruby   !  Python   !  ...   CCCEU  Amsterdam  
37. !  Java  -­‐>  jclouds  -­‐>  PalletOps     !  Ruby  -­‐>fog,...-­‐>  Chef  /  Puppet   !  Python  -­‐>  Libcloud,...  -­‐>  Saltstack   – And  more  applica;on  integrated  tools  like  uForge,  Slipstream,...     CCCEU  Amsterdam  
38. Standards  and  common  methods  are  available:     !  SSH  Keypairs   ! Userdata   !  Cloud-­‐init   CCCEU  Amsterdam  
39. CCCEU  Amsterdam  
40. CCCEU  Amsterdam  
41. Hello  World  !   CCCEU  Amsterdam   !  DO  stuff  automa;cally  on  instance   boot  up   !  Install  a  fresh  Wordpress  on:   – NGINX   – PHP   – Mysql   !  While  managing  passwords,  updates,...   – h3ps://github.com/exoscale/exoscale-­‐wordpress  
42. And  now?  
43.     The  compute  problem  is  sorted   instances  are  meaningless     Do  not  upgrade  è  scale   CCCEU  Amsterdam  
44.     Stop  reproducing  (virtual)  datacenters     Cloud  brings  simplicity   CCCEU  Amsterdam  
45.     CCCEU  Amsterdam  
46. My  recommenda;ons   !  Be  ready  !   1. Test  even  if  you  do  not  have  a  business  case     2. Make  a  proof  of  concept   3. Sign  up   4. Run  a  demo:   hjps://github.com/exoscale/pallet-­‐exoscale-­‐demo     PROACTIVE     REACTIVE     CCCEU  Amsterdam  
47. exoscale  Open  Pricing  
48. Thank  you  for  your  ajen;on   !    Contact  us   +41  58  668  56  00   sales@exoscale.ch           !    Follow  us   @exoscale     exoscale  code       Head  Office  Lausanne   Avenue  de  Provence  4   CH  -­‐  1007  Lausanne   OperaOons:  Geneva   Rue  du  Pré  de  la  Fontaine  19   CH  -­‐  1217  Meyrin   Bern  Office   Talstrasse  3     CH  -­‐  3053  Münchenbuchsee   Zurich  Office   Glaj  Tower     CH  -­‐  8301  Glajzentrum   CCCEU  Amsterdam