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What is ucloud?
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**Open** + **Simple** + **Easy to hack** + **IPv6 First**
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2019-11-12 10:26:10 +00:00
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ucloud is an easy to use cloud management system.
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It is an alternative to OpenStack, OpenNebula or Cloudstack.
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ucloud is the first cloud management system that puts IPv6 first. ucloud also has an integral ordering process that we missed in existing solutions.
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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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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)
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