On-Demand OpenStack Clouds by OpenMetal
OpenMetal is an award winning provider of open-source cloud and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) solutions, offering a comprehensive suite of services to meet diverse cloud infrastructure needs.
Explore the Advantages of OpenStack on OpenMetal
OpenMetal is blurring the line between public and private cloud models. Get the security, control, and cost-efficiency of a private OpenStack cloud with the ease, flexibility, and speed of a public cloud.
Full OpenStack Cloud | OpenStack 3 Server Starter Cluster |
| All OpenStack clouds start with a Cloud Core. OpenMetal’s Cloud Core is a hyper-converged set of 3 hosted servers of your chosen hardware type, spun up as a service. The Cloud Core is set up using Kolla-Ansible and Ceph-Ansible. You can extend and customize your cloud as you have root ownership. Cloud cores provide HA control plane, HA block, HA object storage, and compute with all core OpenStack components plus more. |
Get Started With OpenStack
OpenStack Training Resources
Access OpenMetal User Docs
OpenMetal’s engineering team has created guides for OpenStack, Kubernetes on OpenStack, Automating OpenStack Infrastructure with Terraform, etc. If you’re ready to get started learning how to use or administer an OpenStack cloud, deploy a trial cloud and follow along.
Other Educational Resources
Choose a Cloud Trial That’s Right for You
Learn Our Cloud
If you are just learning, request a self-serve cloud trial (up to 8 hours) to experience the cloud platform.
Requires you to sign up with an email from a valid educational institution. Free email providers such as Gmail are not accepted at this time.
Teach Our Cloud
Classes can have access to a
2 week trial to facilitate
hands-on training.
Schedule a complimentary consult to discuss your specific needs.
Request a Proof of Concept
If you are from an organization with unique needs, let our engineering team build a proof of concept.
NOTE: These trials and PoCs are deployed on live cloud servers. Therefore, quantities may be limited, depending on demand. If you are not able to get into a trial immediately, you will be notified as soon as resources become available.
Who Is Using OpenStack
Many organizations from various industries are using OpenStack as part of their cloud computing infrastructure. It may be surprising to see large scale use cases such as Walmart or China Mobile, or use cases in organizations like NASA who have stringent security regulations, but the ability of organizations to fine tune and customize OpenStack in the code makes it the ideal infrastructure software for organizations with the skills on hand to optimize their cloud as needed.
OpenStack: A Powerful Alternative to VMware Workstation
Without question, VMware has a good reputation for cloud security and virtualization within a single management framework. But, given its high price point compounded with new acquisition uncertainties, now may be a good time to reevaluate your options. Let’s explore OpenStack as an alternative VMware Workstation with a complete guide on how to set up a virtualized workstation with OpenStack.
Why You Should Run Kubernetes Clusters on OpenStack
In this blog post, you’re going to learn about the key reasons why you’d want to run Kubernetes clusters on OpenStack. Michael Levan explores cost, security, and reliability as he examines if OpenStack is the right environment to run your Kubernetes clusters.
MyMiniFactory on OpenStack
MyMiniFactory gains operational efficiencies along with core mission alignment.
Industry: 3D Printable Object-Sharing Platform and File Hosting Community
SaaS Provider Platform on OpenStack
SaaS company achieves 50% savings by moving DevOps workloads to OpenMetal.
Industry: AI Customer Support Software as a Service (SaaS)
Coder on OpenStack
Coder streamlines and enhances their remote development platform.
Industry: Software Development and Management Platform
Convesio on OpenStack
Convesio gets control over infrastructure and reduces cloud costs more than 50%.
Industry: WordPress Hosting Platform Provider
Embark on a Learning Adventure with Tech Influencers!
We highly recommend utilizing a trial cloud to put into practice what you’ve learned from these tutorials created by
freeCodeCamp, LearnLinuxTV, and more!
OpenStack Tutorial – Operate Your Own Private Cloud
In this Free Code Camp course you will gain a core understanding of what OpenStack is and you will learn the basics of setting up and administering OpenStack using the OpenMetal platform.
Best Way to Install OpenStack?
Watch as Daniel Persson compares deploying OpenStack with OpenMetal vs his experience deploying OpenMetal manually.
Getting Started with OpenStack
OpenStack is awesome! Using this amazing open source project, you can build your very own private cloud. In this foundational cloud tutorial video, LearnLinuxTV and OpenMetal team up to give you some valuable information on OpenStack.
Episode 1- Introduction and Administration
In this episode, Jay goes over the series introduction and outline. He also provides you with a detailed overview of the OpenStack project Horizon.
Episode 2 -Launching Compute Instances
In this episode, Jay introduces you to Nova and covers everything you need to know to set up your instances