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Open source software for building private and public clouds
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What is OpenStack?

OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter, all managed through a dashboard that gives administrators control while empowering their users to provision resources through a web interface.
OpenStack is a tool in the Open Source Cloud category of a tech stack.

Who uses OpenStack?

Companies
114 companies reportedly use OpenStack in their tech stacks, including Hubspot, doubleSlash, and Trendyol Group.

Developers
623 developers on StackShare have stated that they use OpenStack.

OpenStack Integrations

Terraform, Ansible, Rancher, Fastly, and Packer are some of the popular tools that integrate with OpenStack. Here's a list of all 31 tools that integrate with OpenStack.
Pros of OpenStack
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Private cloud
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Avoid vendor lock-in
22
Flexible in use
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Industry leader
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Supported by many companies in top500
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Robust architecture
Decisions about OpenStack

Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose OpenStack in their tech stack.

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I want to deploy Private Cloud. But don't know between CloudStack and OpenStack. Which is easy for deployment and management. Please help to advise.

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Hello guys

I am confused between choosing CentOS7 or centos8 for OpenStack tripleo undercloud deployment. Which one should I use? There is another option to use OpenStack, Ubuntu, or MicroStack.

We wanted to use this deployment to build our home cloud or private cloud infrastructure. I heard that centOS is always the best choice through a little research, but still not sure. As centos8 from Redhat is not supported for OpenStack tripleo deployments anymore, I had to upgrade to CentosStream.

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OpenStack's Features

  • Compute
  • Storage
  • Networking
  • Dashboard
  • Shared Services

OpenStack Alternatives & Comparisons

What are some alternatives to OpenStack?
Red Hat OpenShift
OpenShift is Red Hat's Cloud Computing Platform as a Service (PaaS) offering. OpenShift is an application platform in the cloud where application developers and teams can build, test, deploy, and run their applications.
Cloud Foundry
Cloud Foundry is an open platform as a service (PaaS) that provides a choice of clouds, developer frameworks, and application services. Cloud Foundry makes it faster and easier to build, test, deploy, and scale applications.
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers. It handles scheduling onto nodes in a compute cluster and actively manages workloads to ensure that their state matches the users declared intentions.
Docker
The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere
KVM
KVM (for Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V).
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OpenStack's Followers
1152 developers follow OpenStack to keep up with related blogs and decisions.