Apache CloudStack 4.17.0.0 LTS releases, Open Source Cloud Computing
Apache CloudStack is an open source Infrastructure-as-a-Service platform that manages and orchestrates pools of storage, network, and computer resources to build a public or private IaaS compute cloud.
With CloudStack you can:
- Set up an on-demand elastic cloud computing service.
- Allow end-users to provision resources
What can Apache CloudStack do?
Multiple Hypervisor Support
CloudStack works with a variety of hypervisors and hypervisor-like technologies. A single cloud can contain multiple hypervisor implementations. As of the current release CloudStack supports:
- BareMetal (via IPMI)
- Hyper-V
- KVM
- LXC
- vSphere (via vCenter)
- Xenserver
- Xen Project
Massively Scalable Infrastructure Management
CloudStack can manage tens of thousands of physical servers installed in geographically distributed datacenters. The management server scales near-linearly eliminating the need for cluster-level management servers. Maintenance or other outages of the management server can occur without affecting the virtual machines running in the cloud.
Automatic Cloud Configuration Management
CloudStack automatically configures the network and storage settings for each virtual machine deployment. Internally, a pool of virtual appliances support the operation of configuration of the cloud itself. These appliances offer services such as firewalling, routing, DHCP, VPN, console proxy, storage access, and storage replication. The extensive use of horizontally scalable virtual machines simplifies the installation and ongoing operation of a cloud.
Graphical User Interface
CloudStack offers an administrators web interface used for provisioning and managing the cloud, as well as an end-user’s Web interface, used for running VMs and managing VM templates. The UI can be customized to reflect the desired service provider or enterprise look and feel.
API
CloudStack provides a REST-like API for the operation, management and use of the cloud.
AWS EC2 API Support
CloudStack provides an EC2 API translation layer to permit the common EC2 tools to be used in the use of a CloudStack cloud.
High Availability
CloudStack has a number of features to increase the availability of the system. The Management Server itself may be deployed in a multi-node installation where the servers are load balanced. MySQL may be configured to use replication to provide for failover in the event of database loss. For the hosts, CloudStack supports NIC bonding and the use of separate networks for storage as well as iSCSI Multipath.
Apache CloudStack 4.17.0.0 LTS releases.
Changelog
383 new features, improvements and bug fixes since 4.16, including 16 major new features. Some of the highlights include:
– IPv6 with Static Routing
– Zero Downtime Upgrades
– Virtual Router Live Patching
– CloudStack Status & management
– User Shared Networks
– StorPool storage plugin
– Storage-based Snapshots for KVM Instances
– Attach and detach features to UI for ROOT disks
– Enable CloudStack to use multiple LOCAL storage pools
– Multiple SSH Keys support
– Reserve and release Public IPs
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