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The project develops open source software for deploying public and private Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) clouds. <br> CloudStack provides an open and flexible cloud orchestration platform to deliver reliable and scalable private and public clouds. What does that <strong>mean</strong>, exactly?</p><p>Apache CloudStack is a Java-based project that provides a management server and agents (if needed) for hypervisor hosts so that you can run an IaaS cloud. Some, but not all, of the features and functionality provided by CloudStack:</p><ul><li>Works with hosts running XenServer/XCP, KVM, Hyper-V, and/or VMware ESXi with vSphere</li><li>Provides a friendly Web-based UI for managing the cloud</li><li>Provides a native <a href="/api" alt="api overview">API</a>.</li><li>May provide an Amazon S3/EC2 compatible API (optional)</li><li>Manages storage for instances running on the hypervisors (primary storage) as well as templates, snapshots, and ISO images (secondary storage)</li><li>Orchestrates network services from the data link layer (L2) to some application layer (L7) services, such as DHCP, NAT, firewall, VPN, and so on</li><li>Accounting of network, compute, and storage resources</li><li>Multi-tenancy/account separation</li><li>User management</li></ul><p>In short, organizations can use Apache CloudStack to deploy a full-featured public or private IaaS cloud.</p></div><div><h2>People of Apache CloudStack</h2><p>Apache projects are managed by a <a href="https://www.apache.org/dev/pmc.html#what-is-a-pmc" alt="link to description of what a PMC entails">Project Management Committee</a> <a href="/who">(PMC)</a>, and much of the work is done by the project's <a href="https://www.apache.org/dev/committers.html" alt="link to committers">committers</a>. Note that committer status is <strong>not</strong> limited to developers, but is conferred to individuals who have made sustained contributions of high quality, and have shown a commitment to mentoring other contributors and following <a href="https://theapacheway.com" alt="the apache way dot com">The Apache Way</a>.</p><p>The current Vice President of Apache CloudStack and chair of the PMC, along with the full list of PMC members and committer contributors is available on the <a href="/who" alt="who are we"><strong>Who We Are</strong></a> page.</p></div></div></div></div></header><section class="m80px"><div class="container"><div class="row"><div class="col"><div class="section-title text-center mb-5">Learn More about Apache CloudStack</div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-lg-6 mb-4"><div class="apache-card bgd-blue"><div class="img-holder"><img src="/img/Apache%20CloudStack%20at%20a%20Glance_img.png" alt="" width="100%"></div><div class="apache-card-body"><div class="apache-card-title">Apache CloudStack at a Glance</div><p>Learn more about Apache CloudStack and the capabilities it provides for IaaS builders</p><a href="/files/cloudstack-at-a-glance.pdf" class="btn btn-primary btn-dark-blue">Download</a></div></div></div><div class="col-lg-6 mb-4"><div class="apache-card bgd-dark-blue"><div class="img-holder"><img src="/img/ATT-Gitops.jpg" alt=""></div><div class="apache-card-body"><p><br>During the annual CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2023, Alex Dometrius, Associate Director - Technology at AT&T, presented their journey with Apache CloudStack.</p><a href="/blog/cloudstack-and-gitops-at-scale" class="btn btn-primary">Read more</a></div></div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-lg-3 mb-4"><div class="apache-card card-border"><div class="img-holder"><img src="/img/Delivering%20Public%20Cloud%20Services_img.png" alt="" width="100%"></div><div class="apache-card-body"><p class="blue-title">SOLUTION BRIEF</p><div class="apache-card-title">Delivering Public Cloud Services with CloudStack</div><p>Discover how to use CloudStack to provision public cloud services and improve your profitability</p><a href="/files/acs-public-cloud-solution-brief.pdf" class="btn btn-primary">Download</a></div></div></div><div class="col-lg-3 mb-4"><div class="apache-card card-border"><div class="img-holder"><img src="/img/IKOULA_img.png" alt="" width="100%"></div><div class="apache-card-body"><p class="blue-title">CASE STUDY</p><div class="apache-card-title">IKOULA - The cloud leader & innovator in France</div><p>IKOULA Simplifies the Management of Large-Scale Cloud Infrastructure with CloudStack and XCP-ng</p><a href="/files/acs-case-study-ikoula-2021.pdf" class="btn btn-primary">Download</a></div></div></div><div class="col-lg-6 mb-4"><div class="apache-card card-border"><div class="img-holder"><img src="/img/Your.Online_img.png" alt="" width="100%"></div><div class="apache-card-body pt-0"><p class="blue-title">CASE STUDY</p><div class="apache-card-title">Your.Online – A leading European online services platform</div><p>Future-Proof Open-Source Platform Hosting Millions of Websites for Your.Online Powered by CloudStack, KVM and Ceph</p><a href="/files/acs-case-study-your-online.pdf" class="btn btn-primary">Download</a></div></div></div></div></div></section></div><footer class="footer footer--dark"><div class="container container-fluid"><div class="footer__bottom text--center"><div class="margin-bottom--sm"><a href="https://cloudstack.apache.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="footerLogoLink_BH7S"><img src="/img/ACS_logo_slogan.svg" alt="Apache CloudStack logo" class="themedImage_ToTc themedImage--light_HNdA footer__logo"><img src="/img/ACS_logo_slogan.svg" alt="Apache CloudStack logo" class="themedImage_ToTc themedImage--dark_i4oU footer__logo"></a></div><div class="footer__copyright"> |
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