The document provides an overview of Citrix CloudPlatform, powered by Apache CloudStack, along with its components such as Citrix CloudPortal and Citrix CloudBridge. It discusses the history, features, and use cases of CloudStack, emphasizing its scalability, open standards, and the Citrix ecosystem. The document also mentions upcoming webinars and resources for further engagement and learning.

1. An introduction to Citrix CloudPlatform (powered
by Apache CloudStack), Citrix CloudPortal and
Citrix CloudBridge
Giles Sirett
Managing Consultant ShapeBlue
Giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
Twitter: @ShapeBlue

2. Webinar Series
An introduction to Citrix CloudPlatform (powered by Apache
CloudStack), Citrix CloudPortal and Citrix CloudBridge
Tuesday 27 Nov 14:00 GMT
Citrix CloudPlatform networking, technical deep dive
Wed 5 December 14:00 GMT
Using Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager to commercialise your cloud
offering
Tue 11 Dec 14:00 GMT
Building enterprise private clouds with Citrix CloudPlatform – the Use Case’s
Tue 18 Dec 14:00 GMT
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3. Agenda
The history of CloudStack & Cloudplatform
How to build an IaaS cloud
Citrix CloudPlatform
Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager
Citrix CloudBridge 2
Next steps / resources
Q&A
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5. About ShapeBlue
“ShapeBlue are expert builders of public & private
clouds. They are the leading global CloudStack /
CloudPlatform integrator & consultancy”
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6. About ShapeBlue
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7. The history of CloudStack
Cloud.com purchased by Citrix July 2011, $200M
Full donation to Apache foundation April 2012
Vibrant / growing community
Citrix remain largest contributor
SunGard & Cisco now contributors
Citrix CloudPlatform (powered by Apache CloudStack)
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8. How Amazon built it’s cloud
eCommerce Platform
orchestration API
CMP - Orchestration layer
Hypervisor
Commodity
Networking Storage
compute
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9. How to build an “AWS style” cloud
Billing/ LOB
CloudPortal Business Manager
eCommerce Platform Management
systems
orchestration API
CloudStack API
CloudStackOrchestration layer
CMP - Orchestration Software
CloudBridge 2
CloudBridge 2
(CMP)
Corporate
centre
Data
Choice of Hypervisor
Hypervisor
(VMWare, Xen, KVM, OVM)
Others
Commodity
Networking Storage
Storage
Servers
compute
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10. What is CloudStack?
Cloud Management Platform (CMP)
Automates IaaS / NaaS components:
Virtual machines
networking components
(firewall, LB, etc)
Storage
Multi-tenant architecture
Multiple hypervisor support
Vmware, Xen , KVM, OVM & bare
metal
Web GUI and strong API
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11. What is CloudStack ?
Use Cases: service provider public
cloud, enterprise private cloud
Other OSS players: OpenStack,
Eucalyptus
Other vendor players: VMware,
Microsoft, Cisco
Other propriety players : Abiquo,
Hexagrid, OnApp
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12. Why CloudStack?
Established: already driving some of the worlds biggest clouds
Remove hypervisor tie-in. Workload choice
Massively scalable (25k + host clouds in production)
Open standards
Hypervisors, storage, API’s (AWS) , integration points
Open source with strong governance from Apache
Citrix CloudPlatform gives vendor assurance
Rich ecosystem from Citrix and other vendors……
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13. The CloudStack ecosystem
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14. CloudStack Demo
CloudStack UI
Creating & managing VM
instances
Networking as a service
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15. Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager
Business & commercial Billing/ LOB
systems
CloudPortal Business Manager Management
operations for IaaS clouds CloudStack API
Rich User portal including self CloudStack Orchestration Software
(CMP)
registration Choice of Hypervisor (VMWare, Xen)
Commodi
customer management Networki
ng
ty Storage
Servers
Usage, billing & card payments
Anti – fraud
Support integration
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16. Why CloudPortal Business Manager?
Time to market
Automation
Multi language / currency
Rich IaaS pricing model
(fixed, utility, multi-channel)
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17. Why CloudPortal Business Manager?
Can easily be rebranded
Service provider Use Case
Only with Citrix CloudPlatform clouds
Do not confuse with CloudPortal *Services Manager*
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18. CloudPortal BM Demo
The user experience
Purchasing IaaS compute
Billing & payment
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19. Citrix CloudBridge 2
The challenge: the elasticity of Billing/ LOB
systems
CloudPortal Business Manager Management
cloud compute but data needs to CloudStack API
remain in corporate DC
CloudStack Orchestration Software
The need to burst/elasticity (CMP)
CloudBridge 2
CloudBridge 2
Corporate
centre
Data
Security O
th
Choice of Hypervisor
(VMWare, Xen, KVM, OVM)
er
Transparency s
Networki
ng
Commod
ity Storage
Servers
Don’t want to reengineer apps.
Performance
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20. Citrix CloudBridge 2
Creates a seamless
extension of enterprise
network into the cloud
Secure, transparent, high
performance
Support for AWS (Nov)
and Azure (Dec) out of
the box……others to
come
Delivered on NetScaler
platform
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21. The challenges
Design from end to end
You need to design for cloud
Network
Storage
Compute
Integration points
Design for different workload types
Design for horizontal scale
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22. Resources & next steps
Next webinars for more detail
User communities: www.buildacloud.org, linkedin: European
CloudStack user group, CloudStack community
Reach out to ShapeBlue
IaaS design & build
Design consultancy
Product demos
Design guidelines
Best practice
Proof of concept
Citrix Cloud Advisor partner for licensing
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23. Any Questions ?
Giles Sirett
Giles.sirett@shapeblue.com
Twitter: @ShapeBlue
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