Simple CloudStack Deployment with KVM hosts

In this post Rohit Yadav, Software Architect, at ShapeBlue talks about setting up a Apache CloudStack (ACS)  cloud on a single host with KVM and basic networking. This can be done on a VM or a physical host. Such a deployment can be useful in evaluating CloudStack locally and can be done in less than […]

Webinar ShapeBlue: Por Dentro do Apache CloudStack

No dia 16 de setembro, às 17h, a ShapeBlue realizará um webinar de demonstração do Apache CloudStack em conjunto com o Grupo de Usuários CloudStack Brasil, mostrando todo o poder de processamento do melhor software de orquestração de infraestrutura em código aberto. O Apache CloudStack entrega uma verdadeira solução de nuvem IaaS que integra todos […]

Webinar: Demo do Apache CloudStack

A ShapeBlue irá realizar no dia 16 de Setembro um webinar de demonstração das funcionalidades do Apache CloudStack. Esta demo irá apresentar as principais características de uma nuvem IaaS CloudStack como gerenciamento de redes, servidores e sotrage. O CloudStack fornece uma solução integrada de software para a entrega uma verdadeira nuvem IaaS – entregando todos […]

Introducing Server Profiles in CloudStack CloudMonkey

The Apache CloudStack community recently released CloudMonkey 5.2.0. In this post, Rohit Yadav Software Architect at ShapeBlue talks about this release and his work on the new server profile feature. For more information on CloudMonkey and its usage click here. At ShapeBlue we offer CloudStack infrastructure support and in doing so we rely heavily on tools such as CloudMonkey which is the official […]

Introducing Server Profiles in CloudStack CloudMonkey | CloudStack Feature Deep Dive

The Apache CloudStack community recently released CloudMonkey 5.2.0. In this post, Rohit Yadav Software Architect at ShapeBlue talks about this release and his work on the new server profile feature. For more information on CloudMonkey and its usage click here. At ShapeBlue we offer CloudStack infrastructure support and in doing so we rely heavily on tools such as CloudMonkey which is the official […]

CloudStack European User Group – June 2014 | Event Roundup

For the June meeting of the CloudStack European User Group, we were welcomed back by our old friends Trend Micro. Many thanks to the guys at Trend for letting us use their great facilities. Our numbers were slightly down from usual, with quite a few last minute cancellations: it’s a little frustrating as we had […]

ShapeBlue South Africa – Launch events

On the 3rd and 4th of July, we officially launched our South Africa practice with two launch events in Johannesburg and in Cape Town. The event in Johannesburg  was kindly hosted by Westcon and the event in Cape Town was at the African Pride Hotel. The objective of these events was to introduce ShapeBlue, explain the […]

Using CloudStack 4.3 with Microsoft Active Directory

CloudStack 4.3 provided further enhancements to the LDAP integration, and in this article we will look at how you configure CloudStack to authenticate against a Microsoft Active Directory Server. Enable AD Integration First step is to tell CloudStack about your Active Directory Servers (yes we can now have more than one) Go to Global Settings […]

Using CloudStack? – then give the project your feedback

The CloudStack community recently launched a CloudStack user adoption survey. As many of you will know, CloudStack is great, production grade, software in widespread use in both service providers and enterprises. However, one thing we haven’t done well to date is communicating this to the outside world. CloudStack is “the best kept secret in the […]

Are these people really all using CloudStack?

Apache CloudStack is a powerful, widely adopted open-source IaaS platform, yet its market awareness and perception remain underestimated. Here’s a list of significant organisations using CloudStack, showcasing its robust adoption and capabilities.

ShapeBlue

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