A short introduction to Apache Cloud Stack. What is it and what can it do ? How does it work and what is it's history ?

1. Apache Cloud Stack
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What is it ?
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Details
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Architecture
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Interfaces
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History
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2. Apache Cloud Stack – What is it ?
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An open source cloud computing system
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Currently under Apache 2 license
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Used for infrastructure cloud services
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Is virtualisation agnostic i.e.
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Can use KVM, VMWare ..
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Designed for large networks
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Designed for high availability
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3. Apache Cloud Stack – Details
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Offers the entire feature stack
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Network as a service
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Account management
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Native API
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Infrastructure as a service
Good UI
Supports many hypervisors
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4. Cloud Stack - Architecture
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5. Apache Cloud Stack – Interfaces
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Web interface
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Command line
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RESTful API
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For hybrid cloud support
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API AWS EC2
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API AWS S3
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6. Cloud Stack - Architecture
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7. Apache Cloud Stack – History
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Developed by Cloud.com as VMOps (2010)
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Released via GNU license
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Citrix purchased Cloud.com (2011)
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Donated to Apache (2012)
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Released under Apache V2 license
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Graduates from Apache incubator (2013)
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