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Introduction
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ucloud is a modern, IPv6 first virtual machine management system.
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It is an alternative to `OpenNebula <https://opennebula.org/>`_,
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`OpenStack <https://www.openstack.org/>`_ or
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`Cloudstack <https://cloudstack.apache.org/>`_.
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ucloud is the first cloud management system that puts IPv6
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first. ucloud also has an integral ordering process that we missed in
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existing solutions.
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The ucloud documentation is separated into various sections for the
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different use cases:
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* :ref:`The user guide <user-guide>` describes how to use an existing
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ucloud installation
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* There are :ref:`setup instructions <setup-install>` which describe on how to setup a new
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ucloud instance
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* :ref:`The admin guide <admin-guide>` describe on how to
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administrate ucloud
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Architecture
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suuuuuuubsub
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^^^^^^^^^^^^
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and following a
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para
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para2?
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para2!
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""""""
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mo moo!
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Introduction
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What is ucloud?
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Tech Stack
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* Python 3 as main language.
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* Flask for APIs.
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* JSON for specifications.
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* QEMU (+ kvm acceleration) as hypervisor.
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* etcd for key/value storage (specifically all metadata e.g Virtual Machine Specifications, Networks Specifications, Images Specifications etc.).
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* CEPH for image storage.
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* uotp for user authentication.
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* netbox for IPAM.
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* radvd for Router Advertisement.
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Components
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* API
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* Scheduler
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* Host
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* File Scanner
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* Image Scanner
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* Metadata Server
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* VM Init Scripts (dubbed as ucloud-init)How does ucloud work?
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=====================
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ucloud is separeted into 3 systems:
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1. The client side for using ucloud
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2. The server side
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3. The supporting infrastructure (databases, virtualisation, etc.)
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Depending on your use case, select one of the following guides to
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continue:
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* I want to use
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* I want to operate/run ucloud as a service
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Architecture
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Description of the ucloud architecture
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Authentication
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