CloudStack Managed User Data l CloudStack Feature First Look
Introduction When launching a new Instance on Apache CloudStack, users can set a UserData script to be executed by cloud-init during the boot process. The ‘CloudStack Managed UserData’ feature extends this functionality allowing one to automate the installation of packages, update the instance’s OS, and configure applications during instance deployment. Introduced in Apache CloudStack 4.18, […]
Edge Zones l CloudStack Feature Deep Dive
Introduction Edge computing is the talk of the town these days. With the impetus on lowering infrastructure costs, concerns about data protection policies and efforts to provide lower latency and better services to the end-users, edge computing have been gaining traction with cloud providers. With the release of version 4.18, CloudStack is also taking a […]
Service Elasticity with CloudStack Autoscaling
Autoscaling enables the automatic adjustment of allocated cloud resources based on traffic spikes and usage patterns. When unused, resources are rigidly defined with a fixed amount of resources unable to grow as demand increases or shrink as demand decreases. This is a crucial feature in cloud computing, where the goal is to pay only for […]
What’s New in Apache CloudStack 4.18
Apache CloudStack 4.18 is the latest release of the cloud management platform from the Apache Software Foundation and is a result of months of work from the development community. Apache CloudStack 4.18 is an LTS (Long Term Support) release so will be maintained for a period of 18 months after release. As always, the release […]
Leveraging Apache CloudStack for Edge Computing
What is Edge Computing? Edge computing is a distributed computing architecture that brings computing capabilities to the network’s periphery, closer to the data’s source, where it can be processed locally without the need to ship it back to a centralized computing resource. This drastically reduces latency, thus enabling real-time processing while lowering bandwidth costs. The […]
Kubernetes CAPI Provider for Apache CloudStack by Amazon Web Services and ShapeBlue
The Kubernetes Cluster API (CAPI) provider for Apache CloudStack allows Kubernetes users to build and manage resources on Apache CloudStack. The provider is available under the Apache 2 open-source license and has been donated to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and was developed by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and ShapeBlue. CAPI is a Kubernetes […]
CloudStack Integrations: StorPool Storage – High-performance Primary Storage Platform
Cloud builders worldwide – Managed Services Providers, Hosting Services Providers, Cloud Services Providers, Enterprises, and SaaS Vendors – are always seeking ways to optimize the architecture and cost of their public and private cloud deployments. With Apache CloudStack and StorPool Storage, they can deploy a highly automated cloud that delivers the application performance and reliability […]
VMware Abstraction Using Apache CloudStack
The hypervisor market is in a state of flux. For over a decade, VMware has entrenched itself as the gold-standard virtualisation platform for enterprises. However, their relentless march for revenue, expected to deepen by announcements earlier this year, has led many users to reconsider their long-term strategy. In the service provider space, the weight of […]
Manage Network Permission l CloudStack Feature Deep Dive
Introduction In Apache CloudStack, users are organized into a logical structure of Accounts and Domains. In previous versions of Apache CloudStack each Account had its own resources which could not be shared with other accounts (eg. when a software application from one Account needs to access an application in another account under the same Domain). […]
Self-service Shared Networks l CloudStack Feature Deep Dive
Introduction In Apache CloudStack it is possible to deploy three types of Guest Networks: Isolated, VPC and Shared Networks. Previously in Apache CloudStack, Domain Admins and Regular Users could deploy only Isolated and VPC Networks. Shared Networks could only be deployed by Root Admins (as they require the selection of a VLAN) which adds considerable […]
