Introduction to Cloudpods
What is Cloudpods?
Cloudpods is an innovative cloud-native open source platform developed with Golang, designed to manage multiple and hybrid cloud environments. The essence of Cloudpods is to be "a cloud on clouds," emphasizing its capability to unify and offer seamless interaction with various cloud services. It simplifies the management of both on-premise servers and resources spanning several cloud infrastructures by providing a unified set of APIs. These APIs abstract the complexities of different cloud providers, thus offering a cohesive management interface.
Who Benefits from Cloudpods?
Cloudpods is ideal for a range of users, including:
- Individuals or organizations seeking to transform a few physical servers into a private cloud with minimal fuss.
- Those looking for a comprehensive and automated management solution for baremetal servers.
- Users intending to convert VMware vSphere clusters into a private cloud.
- Organizations needing an integrated view of public and private resources in hybrid cloud environments.
- Enterprises managing multiple cloud accounts across different providers who require a centralized portal for streamlined access.
- Users currently depending on a single cloud but wishing to maintain the flexibility to expand into multicloud strategies in the future.
Key Features of Cloudpods
Cloudpods supports a broad spectrum of cloud providers, which can be categorized into public cloud platforms, private cloud solutions, and on-premise resources.
Supported Cloud Providers:
- Public Clouds: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Alibaba Cloud, Huawei Cloud, Tencent Cloud, UCloud, Ctyun (China Telecom), ECloud (China Mobile), JDCloud.
- Private Clouds: OpenStack, ZStack, Alibaba Cloud Aspara, Huawei HCSO, Nutanix.
- On-premise Resources: KVM-based private clouds, VMware vSphere environments, and baremetal management through protocols like IPMI and Redfish API.
Supported Resources:
Cloudpods manages a diverse array of resources, including:
- Servers: Instances, disks, networks, VPCs, storages, security groups, and more.
- Load Balancers: Instances, listeners, backends, certificates, etc.
- Object Storage and NAS: Buckets, objects, file systems, and access groups.
- RDS and Elastic Cache Services: Instances, accounts, databases, backups, and parameters.
- DNS and VPC Management: DNS zones, records, VPC peering, NAT gateways, and routing controls.
Getting Started with Cloudpods
For those interested in deploying Cloudpods, the Getting Started guide provides detailed instructions to suit different scenarios and needs.
Documentation and Community
Comprehensive documentation is available to help users understand and leverage Cloudpods effectively. Further, users can explore the Swagger API for detailed API interactions.
If you're curious about who is already using Cloudpods, you can view the list of current users in this issue. Cloudpods encourages users to share their experiences by contributing to this discussion.
For support and interactions with the Cloudpods community, users can visit the Contact Us page or join the discussion on Telegram at cloudpods.
Contribution and License
Cloudpods welcomes contributions from the community. Guidelines are available in the CONTRIBUTING file for those interested in contributing. The project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0, and details can be found in the LICENSE file.
With its comprehensive features and flexible management capabilities, Cloudpods stands out as a resourceful tool for managing complex cloud environments effortlessly.