An introduction to Apache Cloud Stack

A short introduction to Apache Cloud Stack. What is it and what can it do ?
How does it work and what is it's history ?

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1. Apache Cloud Stack • What is it ? • Details • Architecture • Interfaces • History www.semtech-solutions.co.nz info@semtech-solutions.co.nz
2. Apache Cloud Stack – What is it ? • An open source cloud computing system • Currently under Apache 2 license • Used for infrastructure cloud services • Is virtualisation agnostic i.e. – Can use KVM, VMWare .. • Designed for large networks • Designed for high availability www.semtech-solutions.co.nz info@semtech-solutions.co.nz
3. Apache Cloud Stack – Details • Offers the entire feature stack – Infrastructure as a service – Network as a service – Account management – Native API – Good UI • Supports many hypervisors www.semtech-solutions.co.nz info@semtech-solutions.co.nz
4. Cloud Stack - Architecture www.semtech-solutions.co.nz info@semtech-solutions.co.nz
5. Apache Cloud Stack – Interfaces • Web interface • Command line • RESTful API • For hybrid cloud support – API AWS EC2 – API AWS S3 www.semtech-solutions.co.nz info@semtech-solutions.co.nz
6. Cloud Stack - Architecture www.semtech-solutions.co.nz info@semtech-solutions.co.nz
7. Apache Cloud Stack – History • Developed by Cloud.com as VMOps (2010) • Released via GNU license • Citrix purchased Cloud.com (2011) • Donated to Apache (2012) • Released under Apache V2 license • Graduates from Apache incubator (2013) www.semtech-solutions.co.nz info@semtech-solutions.co.nz
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