CloudStack – the best kept secret
in the cloud
Giles Sirett
CEO ShapeBlue
Twitter: @GilesSirett @ShapeBlue
#CloudStack
 CEO - ShapeBlue
 PMC member & Committer
- Apache CloudStack
 Chairman – European
CloudStack user group
 Declaration: I’m a business
guy
 Also: Physicist, ex-
programmer, husband,
runner, Dad, rugby coach
Who is this guy ?
#CloudStack
“ShapeBlue are expert builders of public &
private clouds. They are the leading global
Apache CloudStack integrator & consultancy”
About ShapeBlue
#CloudStackDayBrasil
About ShapeBlue
 IaaS design / build
 CloudStack Consulting
 CloudStack Infrastructure
support
 CloudStack Software
Engineering
 CloudStack training
#CloudStack
“CloudStack –
Never heard of
it!”
Architect at unnamed
company that now runs a
200 host production
Cloudstack production
environment
#CloudStack
Apache CloudStack is a
scalable,
multi-tenant,
open source,
purpose-built,
cloud orchestration platform
for delivering turnkey
Infrastructure-as-a-Service
clouds
#CloudStack
CloudStack History
• 2008 – Vmops launches (rebrands Cloud.com)
• April 2010 – Cloud.com Releases CloudStack under GPLv3
• July 2011 - Citrix acquires CloudStack
• April 2012 - CloudStack donated to Apache Software Foundation
• November 2012 – First Apache CloudStack Release (4.0)
• March 2013 - CloudStack graduates from ASF Incubator
• 2014 – Majority of committers are not from Citrix
• 2016 – Citrix leave CloudStack
• Over 300 *known* clouds in production
• Production use for 6+ years
• Running major public clouds
• Running many enterprise private clouds
• Adoption increasing Zynga’s CloudStack powered “Z
Cloud” has over 40,000 physical
hosts
#CloudStack
CloudStack Users
#CloudStack 10
CloudStack Users 2.0
#CloudStack 11
CloudStack Users 3.0
#CloudStack
So, why is it such a secret then ?
Proven software in widespread production
use
#CloudStack
We have a very focused scope
Commodity
compute
StorageNetworking
Hypervisor
CMP - Orchestration layer
orchestration API
eCommerce Platform
Choice of Hypervisor (KVM, VMWare,
Xen, hyper-V)
Apache CloudStack
Ecommerce platform
CloudStack API
Billing
Config
Management
Networking compute Storage
PaaS /
containers
Developer
tooling
Multi-cloud
management
#CloudStack
CloudStack Use-Case’s
• Service Provider / public cloud
• Managed Public cloud
• The foundation for Devops
• AWS “insourcing”
• Traditional enterprise workloads
#CloudStack
Feature Highlights
• Broad Hypervisor support
—XenServer, KVM, VMware, OracleVM
• Scalable architecture
—Support thousands of hosts and virtual machine guests
—AWS API fidelity
• Virtual Networking Ability to define service level definitions
with specific resource footprints
• Choice of interfaces
— Web UI, command line, REST-based API
#CloudStack
• Apache CloudStack is a
“true” opensource
project
Easy to take &
contribute
Apache governance
model is proven….
#CloudStack
So, why is it such a secret then ?
So, a well-governed opensource project.
#CloudStack
“The mission of the
Apache Software
Foundation (ASF) is to
provide software for the
public good.”
The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
#CloudStack
200+ active contributors,
7o+ organisations
Now 72 86 committers
Our Community is great
#CloudStack
• CloudStack European User Group
• Geneva CloudStack User Group
• CloudStack - Romania
• Australian CloudStack User Group
• CloudStack Brazil User Group
• Vancouver CloudStack Meetup
• Japan CloudStack User Group
• CloudStack India Bangalore Chapter
• CloudStack India Hyderabad Chapter
• CloudStack Pune Meetup
• CloudStack SF Bay Area Users Group
• CloudStack NYC User Group
• CloudStack Boston User Group
• CloudStack DC and NoVA User Group
• Since we became *Apache* Cloudstack
– 25,300 commits
– Peaked at 2.5 Million lines of code
– 24k unique IP’s download our packages in
last 12 months
• Currently
– C.200 active code contributors
– 104 project committers
– 35 PMC members (20 organisations)
– 3 commercial distributions
– C. 2500 mailing list msgs per month
#CloudStack
So, why is it such a secret then ?
A VERY successful open-source project, with a
great community
#CloudStack
Wrong
place, wrong
time
falschen Ort ,
falsche Zeit
#CloudStack
≠
es ist unmöglich, Äpfel mit Birnen zu vergleichen
#CloudStack
CloudStack is a defined, integrated, IaaS
product.
#CloudStack
So, why is it such a secret then ?
OK, so it’s different to OpenStack, but..
#CloudStack
Our community is driven by users
..not vendors
#CloudStack
#CloudStack
#CloudStack
#CloudStack
CloudStack – the best kept secret in the cloud
• Proven product
• Strong Apache governance model
• Widespread and growing usage
• User driven community
• Focused scope
#CloudStack
#CloudStackWorks
#CloudStack
 Try the software
 Join our community
 Participate in local user group
 Attend Collaboration Conferences
 Join the mailing lists (free support)
 Contribute
 File bugs
 Write code
 Write documentation
Get involved
Giles.Sirett@ShapeBlue.com
Giles@apache.org
@GilesSirett @Shapeblue
www.ShapeBlue.com
www.cloudstack.org

Cloudstack: the best kept secret in the cloud

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    CloudStack – thebest kept secret in the cloud Giles Sirett CEO ShapeBlue Twitter: @GilesSirett @ShapeBlue
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    #CloudStack  CEO -ShapeBlue  PMC member & Committer - Apache CloudStack  Chairman – European CloudStack user group  Declaration: I’m a business guy  Also: Physicist, ex- programmer, husband, runner, Dad, rugby coach Who is this guy ?
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    #CloudStack “ShapeBlue are expertbuilders of public & private clouds. They are the leading global Apache CloudStack integrator & consultancy” About ShapeBlue
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    #CloudStackDayBrasil About ShapeBlue  IaaSdesign / build  CloudStack Consulting  CloudStack Infrastructure support  CloudStack Software Engineering  CloudStack training
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    #CloudStack “CloudStack – Never heardof it!” Architect at unnamed company that now runs a 200 host production Cloudstack production environment
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    #CloudStack Apache CloudStack isa scalable, multi-tenant, open source, purpose-built, cloud orchestration platform for delivering turnkey Infrastructure-as-a-Service clouds
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    #CloudStack CloudStack History • 2008– Vmops launches (rebrands Cloud.com) • April 2010 – Cloud.com Releases CloudStack under GPLv3 • July 2011 - Citrix acquires CloudStack • April 2012 - CloudStack donated to Apache Software Foundation • November 2012 – First Apache CloudStack Release (4.0) • March 2013 - CloudStack graduates from ASF Incubator • 2014 – Majority of committers are not from Citrix • 2016 – Citrix leave CloudStack
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    • Over 300*known* clouds in production • Production use for 6+ years • Running major public clouds • Running many enterprise private clouds • Adoption increasing Zynga’s CloudStack powered “Z Cloud” has over 40,000 physical hosts
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    #CloudStack So, why isit such a secret then ? Proven software in widespread production use
  • 13.
    #CloudStack We have avery focused scope Commodity compute StorageNetworking Hypervisor CMP - Orchestration layer orchestration API eCommerce Platform Choice of Hypervisor (KVM, VMWare, Xen, hyper-V) Apache CloudStack Ecommerce platform CloudStack API Billing Config Management Networking compute Storage PaaS / containers Developer tooling Multi-cloud management
  • 14.
    #CloudStack CloudStack Use-Case’s • ServiceProvider / public cloud • Managed Public cloud • The foundation for Devops • AWS “insourcing” • Traditional enterprise workloads
  • 15.
    #CloudStack Feature Highlights • BroadHypervisor support —XenServer, KVM, VMware, OracleVM • Scalable architecture —Support thousands of hosts and virtual machine guests —AWS API fidelity • Virtual Networking Ability to define service level definitions with specific resource footprints • Choice of interfaces — Web UI, command line, REST-based API
  • 16.
    #CloudStack • Apache CloudStackis a “true” opensource project Easy to take & contribute Apache governance model is proven….
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    #CloudStack So, why isit such a secret then ? So, a well-governed opensource project.
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    #CloudStack “The mission ofthe Apache Software Foundation (ASF) is to provide software for the public good.” The Apache Software Foundation (ASF)
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    #CloudStack 200+ active contributors, 7o+organisations Now 72 86 committers Our Community is great
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    #CloudStack • CloudStack EuropeanUser Group • Geneva CloudStack User Group • CloudStack - Romania • Australian CloudStack User Group • CloudStack Brazil User Group • Vancouver CloudStack Meetup • Japan CloudStack User Group • CloudStack India Bangalore Chapter • CloudStack India Hyderabad Chapter • CloudStack Pune Meetup • CloudStack SF Bay Area Users Group • CloudStack NYC User Group • CloudStack Boston User Group • CloudStack DC and NoVA User Group
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    • Since webecame *Apache* Cloudstack – 25,300 commits – Peaked at 2.5 Million lines of code – 24k unique IP’s download our packages in last 12 months
  • 22.
    • Currently – C.200active code contributors – 104 project committers – 35 PMC members (20 organisations) – 3 commercial distributions – C. 2500 mailing list msgs per month
  • 23.
    #CloudStack So, why isit such a secret then ? A VERY successful open-source project, with a great community
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    #CloudStack ≠ es ist unmöglich,Äpfel mit Birnen zu vergleichen
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    #CloudStack CloudStack is adefined, integrated, IaaS product.
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    #CloudStack So, why isit such a secret then ? OK, so it’s different to OpenStack, but..
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    #CloudStack Our community isdriven by users ..not vendors
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    #CloudStack CloudStack – thebest kept secret in the cloud • Proven product • Strong Apache governance model • Widespread and growing usage • User driven community • Focused scope
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    #CloudStack  Try thesoftware  Join our community  Participate in local user group  Attend Collaboration Conferences  Join the mailing lists (free support)  Contribute  File bugs  Write code  Write documentation Get involved
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