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RedHat Goes Cloud: Launches CloudForms And OpenShift Platforms

25 points by dkd903 15y ago

justincormack 15y ago
Not open sourcing this right away is a big mistake, when Cloud Foundry has shown that open source is already going to be where these platforms are. Hoping its just because they cant and have to rewrite code, not because they think they need to.
- sciurus 15y ago
  I imagine they've decided to rewrite some of the code they acquired from Makara before releasing it as open source, similar to the ongoing (?) rewrite of the some of the code in RHEV they acquired from Qumranet. http://lpeer.blogspot.com/2010/04/switching-from-c-to-java.html http://lpeer.blogspot.com/2010/04/switching-from-c-to-java.h...
idm 15y ago
If you're looking for something a little simpler, check out Xenadu for configuring and deploying cloud appliances. http://github.com/iandennismiller/xenadu http://github.com/iandennismiller/xenadu For an example of Xenadu deploying an appliance to an EC2 instance, see Swandive: http://github.com/iandennismiller/swandive http://github.com/iandennismiller/swandive Swandive is an IPsec/L2TP VPN that deploys to the cloud. Unlike OpenVPN, Swandive is compatible with iOS devices.
- sciurus 15y ago
  Those are neat projects. At first glance, xenadu seems to sit somewhere between etckeeper and puppet in terms of power and complexity. However, I don't see what they have to do with Red Hat launching cloud platforms. http://openshift.redhat.com/app/ http://openshift.redhat.com/app/ http://www.redhat.com/solutions/cloud/cloudforms/ http://www.redhat.com/solutions/cloud/cloudforms/
da5e 15y ago
digitizor.com has a couple of off-putting features. Their ad placement is very obtrusive. And when i clicked on the "beta" link it took me to a Microsoft ad which purported to be "informative".
- d3an 15y ago
  who cares about the ads bro.This site is quite informative though !!! Next time dont click on the ads :P
samuel1604 15y ago
I thought they would have gone the way to buy those other Cloud companies like Linode or even better Rackspace...

25 points by dkd903 15y ago

Not open sourcing this right away is a big mistake, when Cloud Foundry has shown that open source is already going to be where these platforms are. Hoping its just because they cant and have to rewrite code, not because they think they need to.

sciurus 15y ago
I imagine they've decided to rewrite some of the code they acquired from Makara before releasing it as open source, similar to the ongoing (?) rewrite of the some of the code in RHEV they acquired from Qumranet. http://lpeer.blogspot.com/2010/04/switching-from-c-to-java.html http://lpeer.blogspot.com/2010/04/switching-from-c-to-java.h...

idm 15y ago

If you're looking for something a little simpler, check out Xenadu for configuring and deploying cloud appliances. http://github.com/iandennismiller/xenadu http://github.com/iandennismiller/xenadu For an example of Xenadu deploying an appliance to an EC2 instance, see Swandive: http://github.com/iandennismiller/swandive http://github.com/iandennismiller/swandive Swandive is an IPsec/L2TP VPN that deploys to the cloud. Unlike OpenVPN, Swandive is compatible with iOS devices.

sciurus 15y ago
Those are neat projects. At first glance, xenadu seems to sit somewhere between etckeeper and puppet in terms of power and complexity. However, I don't see what they have to do with Red Hat launching cloud platforms. http://openshift.redhat.com/app/ http://openshift.redhat.com/app/ http://www.redhat.com/solutions/cloud/cloudforms/ http://www.redhat.com/solutions/cloud/cloudforms/

da5e 15y ago

digitizor.com has a couple of off-putting features. Their ad placement is very obtrusive. And when i clicked on the "beta" link it took me to a Microsoft ad which purported to be "informative".

d3an 15y ago
who cares about the ads bro.This site is quite informative though !!! Next time dont click on the ads :P

samuel1604 15y ago

I thought they would have gone the way to buy those other Cloud companies like Linode or even better Rackspace...