KVM Import | CloudStack Feature Deep Dive
Among hypervisors chosen by organisations, KVM stands out as a popular open-source option. While standalone KVM setups and those coupled with virtualization management tools serve many purposes effectively, there’s a growing interest in self-service, multi-tenant IaaS cloud orchestration solutions like Apache CloudStack. This trend is driven by the enhanced features, scalability, and the overall cloud […]
CloudStack VMware to KVM Migration Tool | CloudStack Feature Deep Dive
The recent changes in the virtualization market, particularly Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, have compelled organisations to reassess their technology strategies. CSPs and MSPs, whose business models heavily depend on VMware, find themselves in a precarious position due to the new partnership policies imposed by Broadcom. Furthermore, the simplification of the product portfolio, the bundling of […]
CloudStack OAuth2 | CloudStack Feature First Look
Organisations that manage diverse user bases and want to ensure secure access to their environments often seek to implement standardised authentication protocols in their IT ecosystems. OAuth2, recognised for its wide adoption in token-based authentication, has become widely used for ensuring secure access for users, ensuring the protection of their credentials, and granting access only […]
Automating Infrastructure with CloudStack and Packer
This article shows how to use the Packer tool to build CloudStack machine images or Golden Image. Packer is an open-source community tool by Hashicorp for creating identical machine images for multiple platforms from a single source configuration. This tool lands in the category of IaC Tools. Packer is lightweight, runs on every major operating […]
VMware Alternatives Comparison Matrix: Side-by-side comparison with CloudStack as an open-source VMware alternative
After the announcements of price increases and the end of the availability of many VMware products, existing VMware users are evaluating and comparing different technologies in an attempt to find the best VMware alternative fitting their needs in the long term. The Apache CloudStack project is observing a massive interest from cloud and managed service […]
Snapshot Copy | CloudStack Feature First Look
Data replication is an important strategy – to keep valuable data safe and accomplish disaster recovery. Introduced in CloudStack 4.19, the “CloudStack Snapshot Copy” feature adds an important layer of data protection and application availability. It facilitates the replication of the Instance’s Volumes Snapshots across multiple CloudStack Zones, providing a defence against system failures, data […]
Scheduled Instance Lifecycle Operations | CloudStack Feature First Look
While managing their cloud infrastructure, organizations often need systematic (or scheduled) start-up or shutdown of Instances, maybe to ensure optimal resource utilization or adherence to operational timelines. The “Scheduled Instance Lifecycle Operations” feature in Apache CloudStack 4.19 seeks to address this need, offering a structured and automated approach to managing the state of VM instances. […]
VNF Appliance Integration | CloudStack Feature Deep Dive
Traditionally, Network Functions (NF) were provided by dedicated hardware appliances, such as routers, firewalls, and load balancers. This hardware could be expensive, inflexible, and difficult to manage. However, in recent years, there has been a shift towards Virtual Network Functions (VNFs), which are software-based network functions that can be deployed on virtualised infrastructure. The VNF […]
CloudStack Object Storage Framework | CloudStack Feature First Look
Apache CloudStack has long been a powerful platform for deploying and managing cloud infrastructure. But with the introduction of the CloudStack Object Storage Framework in version 4.19, it’s now an even more attractive option for businesses looking for a comprehensive cloud storage solution. This framework elevates object storage to a first-class resource, seamlessly integrated within […]
CloudStack DRS | CloudStack Feature First Look
Balancing workload distribution, ensuring optimal resource allocation, minimising power consumption, and maintaining consistent application performance are complex tasks, especially in large-scale cloud environments. Manual management and rebalancing of workloads can lead to errors and inefficiencies, highlighting a need for an automated, intelligent solution to balance workloads and ensure resource utilisation across all instances and hypervisor […]
