Apache CloudStack
Apache CloudStack is an open-source cloud computing platform developed by the Apache Software Foundation for creating, managing, and deploying infrastructure cloud services. It provides a comprehensive IaaS platform supporting multiple hypervisors (KVM, VMware vSphere, XenServer) and a rich API for programmatic cloud resource management. CloudStack is used by service providers and enterprises to build public, private, and hybrid cloud environments with virtual machine management, networking, storage, and multi-tenancy features.
APIs
Apache CloudStack API
The CloudStack API provides comprehensive REST endpoints for managing virtual machines, networks, storage volumes, accounts, domains, zones, and all cloud infrastructure resourc...
Capabilities
Cloudstack Iaas Management
Workflow capability for managing Apache CloudStack infrastructure resources including virtual machine lifecycle, network configuration, storage volumes, and zone administration.
Run with NaftikoFeatures
Full VM lifecycle management including deploy, start, stop, reboot, migrate, and destroy across multiple hypervisors.
Support for KVM, VMware vSphere, XenServer, and Hyper-V hypervisors within a single CloudStack deployment.
Advanced networking with isolated networks, shared networks, VLANs, VPNs, and software-defined networking.
Primary and secondary storage management with volume snapshots, templates, and ISOs.
Account and domain hierarchy for isolating resources between tenants, departments, and organizations.
Long-running operations return async job IDs that can be polled for completion status.
Stateful firewall rules for controlling inbound and outbound traffic to virtual machines.
Automatic scaling of VM instances in response to load conditions using configurable policies.
Comprehensive query-parameter-based REST API with HMAC-SHA1 authentication for programmatic cloud management.
Web-based management console for administrators and users to manage cloud resources visually.
Use Cases
Build and operate public IaaS clouds for service providers offering compute, storage, and networking.
Deploy private clouds for enterprise organizations needing isolated, on-premises infrastructure.
Extend on-premises CloudStack clouds to public cloud providers for burst capacity and disaster recovery.
Host multi-tenant virtual server environments for managed service providers and resellers.
Provision self-service development and testing environments on demand for engineering teams.
Integrations
KVM hypervisor support for Linux-based compute clusters in CloudStack zones.
VMware vSphere integration for managing ESXi hosts and vCenter clusters via CloudStack.
Integration with Apache Cloudbridge for hybrid cloud connectivity between CloudStack and AWS.
Ceph distributed storage integration for primary storage in CloudStack deployments.
OpenDaylight SDN controller integration for software-defined networking in CloudStack.
HashiCorp Terraform CloudStack provider for infrastructure-as-code provisioning.
Ansible CloudStack modules for automating VM provisioning and cloud management tasks.