Introduction and CloudStack news
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This document outlines the agenda for the CloudStack European User Group meeting on March 3, 2016. The agenda includes an introduction and CloudStack news roundup by Giles Sirett, followed by several presentations on improving CloudStack for operators, containers and CloudStack, using KVM hypervisor in CloudStack, and securing cloud environments. There will also be discussions on collaborating on CloudStack-related technologies and recent CloudStack releases. The aims of the user group are discussed as well as recent and upcoming CloudStack community events and initiatives.
Introduction and CloudStack news
- 1. CloudStack European User Group 3 March 2016 Giles Sirett Chairman, CSEUG Giles.sirett@shapeblue.com Giles@Apache.org Twitter: @gilesSirett
- 2. Thanks to today’s sponsors
- 3. Introduction & CloudStack news roundup, Giles Sirett (13:30-14:30) Improving CloudStack for Operators, Rohit Yadav (14:30-15:00) Containers and CloudStack, Sebastien Goasguen (15:00-15:30) BREAK 15:30-16:00 Using the KVM hypervisor in CloudStack, Dag Sonstebo (16:00-16:30) Securing your Cloud Environment, Jon Noble (16:30-17:00) 17:00 onwards - drink in pub for questions ! Todays Agenda
- 4. Collaborative environment for: all things CloudStack Related tech: ecosystem products, hypervisors, storage, etc Technical deep-dives, issues & best practice Case studies & ideas To showcase complementary technologies No pitching ! Membership “database” on LinkedIn The aims of this group
- 5. How we fit in Apache CloudStack Project Development, Governance & decisions CSEUUG Cloudstack Silicon valley UG CloudStack India UG CloudStack NYC CloudStack Brasil UG Cloudstack Japan UG
- 6. • 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 This group is one of many…
- 8. Recent Releases Release Date 4.6 10 Nov 2016 4.6.1 30 Nov 2016 4.6.2 13 Dec 2016 4.7 13 Dec 2015 4.7.1 20 Jan 2016 4.8 20 Jan 2016
- 9. Improved SAML plugin & authentication framework Redundant Routers for VPC and VR refactoring UI: SSH keys and User-Data Send statistics collected by StatsCollector to Graphite Browser-based Template/Volume upload Run CloudStack inside Docker Deprecation of awsapi 4.6.x Release
- 10. Metrics Views for CloudStack UI Quota Service Affinity groups within projects Updates: VMware sdk 5.5, Niciri/Nuage plugin updates, vCenter 6.0 support 4.7.x Release
- 11. Mainly bug fixes 4.8.x Release
- 12. Two types of CloudStack user… Agile User • Embraces devops • dev & ops collaborate • automate test & release • Emphasis on cloud native apps • Aspires to continually deliver • Like to fail fast “Less than Agile” user • Risk adverse • Heavy with change control • Traditional or unknown workloads • Stability always takes priority Rapid release cycle LTS releases
- 13. Stable master Allows a release at any time Increased release cadence Ultimately working towards removing fork-truck upgrades Suits more agile users New release model
- 14. LTS branches cut every 6 months (Jan, July) 14 months patch backporting 20 months CVE/Security backporting The LTS Branches will AUGMENT the monthly releases Community LTS initiative
- 15. Out of band management (power management) Dynamic routed VPC (OSPF) Host HA with out-of-band management based fencing Dynamic roles for role based access control (RBAC) Strongswan based VPN/ipsec Development On deck
- 16. Improve release principles Faster release LTS initiative CI automated & distributed testing Community initiatives – on deck
- 17. Improve Marvin Support for Java 8 Migration to Spring 4.x Embedded Jetty Less painful and improved database and CloudStack upgrades UI codebase improvements In planning
- 20. 29%
- 22. Ecosystem news
- 23. Schuberg Philis have decided to fork CloudStack for their own us Welcome…… “Cosmic cloud” Full details https://www.cupfighter.net/2016 /01/welcome-mission-critical- cloud Schuberg Philis
- 24. This was no surprise Big deal ? – we loose 5% of commits The Citrix strategy was incorrect from the beginning Farewell to Citrix
- 26. CCCEU15 7-9th October - Dublin www.cloudstackcollab.org Presentation Videos https://www.youtube.com/pla ylist?list=PLbzoR- pLrL6ruJrhXZ- jSSYw0m3WfK4ea Videos now published…
- 27. CloudStack Collaboration conference Sao Paulo – Brasil 29/30 Sept 2016 Hackathon & mini-conference in planning Montreal May 2016 Cloudstackcollab.org for updates Upcoming conferences
- 28. 60 questions/90 minutes Certification length 3 years Created by LPI, provided by Pearson Vue $150 http://home.pearsonvue.com/test- taker.aspx Use promocode ACCELpromocodeASF for $50 rebate to CloudStack project CloudStack Certification launched
- 29. Improving CloudStack for Operators Rohit Yadav Next Speaker…
- 31. Get involved in the ACS community Join a mailing list Help Be helped Engage with the developer community Specific calls to action
- 32. Does the world know your org runs Cloudstack ? Make sure they’re public about their use Push for a case study Explain the benefits Be proud of ACS Specific calls to action
- 33. Our sponsors: BT, ShapeBlue & Solidfire/Netapp Steve, Neil & Kuldip Rohit, Sebastien, Dag & John And now….. Thanks