OpenStack Private Cloud in 45 Seconds

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OpenMetal Hosted OpenStack Private Cloud IaaS Architecture

From the New Leader in OpenStack Private Cloud

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The Cloud Awards

SuperUser Awards

FinOps Foundation - Member

CNCF - Silver Member

Full OpenStack Cloud


  • 100% your servers in your VLANs, with root
  • All the core OpenStack components plus more
  • RefStack validated deployment

The Fastest Path to OpenStack


  • Pre-configured for production, ready to customize, deployed in just 45 seconds
  • Includes Ceph storage plus LVM storage options
  • Get right to using the cloud via Horizon, Terraform, or CLI

OpenMetal Hosted OpenStack Private Cloud IaaS - Private Cloud Core

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OpenStack 3 Server Starter Cluster

The building block of OpenMetal Private OpenStack Clouds.

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.

All Cloud Cores can be used for both public cloud and private cloud workloads. This is the power of the OpenStack cloud platform.

Cloud cores provide HA control plane, HA block, HA object storage, and compute with all core OpenStack components plus more.

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What is Different About OpenMetal? 

It all begins with an OpenMetal Cloud Core that delivers unique advantages.

  • OpenStack as a Service: Deploy your own OpenStack private cloud with the speed, convenience, and scalability of public cloud.
  • Single-Tenant Environment: Operate on dedicated bare metal servers that offer the security and control you expect with a private cloud.
  • Open Source Cloud: Access and build on OpenStack to enjoy integration with Ceph storage, Kubernetes, and many other resources.

Tom Fanelli, CEO and Co-Founder

Convesio

Your team is the kind of people we would dream of having on our own team. And the great thing about working with you is that it feels like they are part of our team. This quickly won over trust with us.

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Nebo Nekolic - CEO @MyMiniFactory

Nebo Nikolic, CEO

OpenMetal Customer - MyMiniFactory

OpenMetal is an essential partner that aligns with our values and ambitions. They grasp the significance of fostering creativity and building a strong sense of community. They are an extension of who we are.

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Arys Andreou, Head of Infrastructure at MyMiniFactory

Arys Andreou, Head of Infrastructure

OpenMetal Customer - MyMiniFactory

I would definitely recommend OpenMetal. The key points would be an excellent support staff with deep knowledge and troubleshooting steps that are relevant to the issue and don’t begin with the basics.

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Learn More About OpenMetal’s Hosted OpenStack Clouds

Open source is a way of life for us. We pioneered hosted OpenStack as a service to make OpenStack more accessible to all. Please know when you purchase from OpenMetal you are buying from a company committed to open source ideals and business models.

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Jacob Hipps, Principal Engineer, covers vGPUs at OpenStack’s conference in Vancouver

This session on vGPUs with OpenStack Nova covers various use cases and considerations for utilizing vGPUs effectively. With little public information on GPUs in OpenStack, OpenMetal felt it was important to share our experience with the community at large.

OpenMetal’s presentation at OpenStack’s premier conference in Berlin

OpenMetal’s team spoke at OpenStack’s premier conference put on by the Open Infrastructure Foundation. Learn the nuts and bolts of what could be your OpenStack private cloud.

OpenMetal Hosted OpenStack Private Cloud IaaS Team

You’re more than just a client ID

OpenMetal builds relationships with our customers rather than just assigning them a client ID. That is why team members from the marketing, sales, engineering, and leadership teams make themselves available to meet with interested clients. Feel free to find time with a member of our team.

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OpenMetal is close to the source

We’re a Silver Member and an Infrastructure Donor to the OpenInfra Foundation.

“OpenMetal Cloud provides on-demand private infrastructure, which brings cloud fundamentals like elasticity and usage billing to the cloud deployment itself. It’s awesome to see OpenMetal’s latest product use OpenStack to combine the benefits of public cloud and managed private cloud, powered by open infrastructure.”

Thierry Carrez, Vice President of Engineering

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Test Drive Our On-Demand OpenStack Private Cloud

Create a free account to take a peek under the hood of our hosted OpenStack cloud solution.

Personal Account

Your personal account can get you access to 8 hour OpenStack cloud IaaS platform trials.

Business Account

Apply for a business proof of concept cloud to get up to 30 days of trial access, plus additional perks.

Talk to Us

Questions? Schedule a call with our team, we would love to talk to you.

Services Supported on Your Hosted OpenStack Cloud

APIs and CLI

Functionality for administering the hosted private cloud resources are available via API first and foremost. Additionally, a powerful CLI leverages those APIs to give cloud administrators fast and easy access.

Hosted OpenStack Private Cloud IaaS - Project Horizon

Cloud Management Dashboard

Web-based GUI for users to access their assigned resources. Creating VMs, networks, firewall rules, etc. can all be done by users of the hosted private cloud if the administrators have delegated permissions. Some administrative functions are also available via this GUI, but it is a subset of the API and CLI administrative functionality.

Hosted OpenStack Private Cloud IaaS - Project Heat

Orchestration

Heat orchestrates the infrastructure resources for a cloud application based on templates in the form of text files that can be treated like code. Heat provides both an OpenStack-native ReST API and a CloudFormation-compatible Query API.

Hosted OpenStack Private Cloud IaaS - Project Nova

Compute

KVM based virtual machines can be created, scaled, and destroyed easily through an interface or via authenticated API calls.

Hosted OpenStack Private Cloud IaaS - Project Cinder

Block Storage

Persistent storage volumes can be created, deleted, and attached to VMs easily. OpenMetal Private Cloud Cores come with high-availability (HA) Ceph based block storage by default. Non-HA LVM/direct disk storage is also fully supported.

Hosted OpenStack Private Cloud IaaS - Project Swift

Object Storage Access

Standardized Rest API access to various types of object storage. The hyper-converged cloud cores have HA Ceph-based object storage by default. Non-HA LVM/direct disk storage is also fully supported.

Hosted OpenStack Private Cloud IaaS - Project Neutron

Network as a Service

Create routers, switches, and security groups. Security groups handle automated firewalling on the hardware node for VMs. Provision networks and organize rules for public and private IP address usage.

Hosted OpenStack Private Cloud IaaS - Project Keystone

Identity

All parts of the hosted private cloud leverage a universal and secure authentication system.

Hosted OpenStack Private Cloud IaaS - Project Glance

Virtual Machine Images

A catalog of VM images are available to spin up servers easily. Additional VM images can be manually created and stored for use based on your needs.

Additional OpenStack Private Cloud Services/Integrations

Zun

OpenStack Zun enables containers to compute.

Manila

OpenStack Manila enables Ceph shared file systems.

Barbican

Barbican enables secrets as a service.

Trove

OpenStack Trove enables database as a service.

Kuryr

OpenStack Kuryr bridges networking for Kubernetes to OpenStack networks.

Tacker

OpenStack Tacker powers network function virtualization.

OpenStackCLI

Command line interface to OpenStack API. Provided by Tutorial.

Kolla-Ansible

The Ansible used to create your clouds are available for easy cloud extension.

If you are looking for additional background information you may be interested in our article How to Build an OpenStack Yourself but we highly recommend you still start with hosted OpenStack since you can learn to operate the cloud before having to architect the cloud.

OpenStack Private Cloud Hosting Provider FAQs

OpenStack is an open-source, multi-tool software platform that enables the construction and management of public and private clouds. This software platform is the overarching cloud management software and handles networking, computing, storage connection, access levels, and much more.

This is native functionality for OpenStack. The steps (simplified) are as follows: Create your new OpenMetal Cloud in the new pod/geographic location – called Cloud 2. Edit Cloud 2’s OpenStack to use Cloud 1’s Keystone as the source of administration truth and to turn off Cloud 2’s Keystone and Horizon, and then edit Cloud 1 to recognize and admin Cloud 2. Cloud 2 will now appear as a Region in Cloud 1.

OpenMetal Clouds are organized by “Pods”. Each pod has a minimum of 200gbits of connectivity that can be upgraded based on usage. Pods/overall network may also have direct peering with other cloud providers for maximum throughput.

As this is a fully private OpenStack and Ceph cloud, you will have full access to all of OpenStack and Ceph’s APIs.

We offer OpenMetal Central as a GUI as well as by API. OpenStack and Ceph both have an administrative GUI and a “Self Service User” GUI. Of note, as OpenStack and Ceph are often considered to be “API first” or “Infrastructure as Code first” applications, more administrative features are available via API or Command Line than within the administrative interface. For users that you might give Self Service access, OpenStack and Ceph have strong capabilities within the GUI.

OpenMetal is a corporate sponsor of the Open Infrastructure Foundation (OIF). OIF builds communities that write open-source infrastructure software that runs in production. With the support of over 100,000 individuals in 187 countries, the OIF hosts open-source projects and communities of practice, including infrastructure for AI, container-native apps, edge computing, and datacenter clouds. OpenMetal is committed to delivering open source projects, community engagement, and services that ensure open source stays transparent and is one of the most actively developed projects on the planet. 

Mark Collier, Chief Operating Officer at OpenInfra Foundation and OpenStack

This [OpenMetal Cloud] is what OpenStack has been needing. This enables more people to figure out a path to production with OpenStack. People now have this opportunity to tap into the power of OpenStack.

Mark Collier, Chief Operating Officer

OpenInfra Foundation - Silver Member

OpenMetal President Todd Robinson

OpenStack is a critical part of Open Source alternatives to the mega public clouds. Our focus on easy to deploy and manage OpenStack will give more options for small and medium businesses to join the OpenStack user base.

Todd Robinson, Co-Founder and President

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OpenInfra Foundation Thierry Carrez

OpenMetal Cloud provides on-demand private infrastructure, which brings cloud fundamentals like elasticity and usage billing to the cloud deployment itself. It’s awesome to see OpenMetal’s latest product use OpenStack to combine the benefits of public cloud and managed private cloud, powered by open infrastructure.

Thierry Carrez, Vice President of Engineering

Open Infrastructure Foundation Silver Member

Supermicro Srini Bala

Supermicro believes in the power of OpenStack and, along with OpenMetal, wanted to make it easily accessible to smaller and mid-size IT teams. This is made possible through our MicroBlade technology that offers high density and cost efficiencies for a full-featured cloud computing experience to enable OpenStack as a Service. OpenMetal’s mission to accelerate private cloud deployment under 45 minutes is commendable and Supermicro is proud to support this.

Srini Bala, General Manager, Cloud Engineering

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