An introduction to Citrix CloudPlatform (powered by Apache CloudStack), Citrix CloudPortal and Citrix CloudBridge
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The document provides an overview of Citrix CloudPlatform, powered by Apache CloudStack, along with its components such as Citrix CloudPortal and Citrix CloudBridge. It discusses the history, features, and use cases of CloudStack, emphasizing its scalability, open standards, and the Citrix ecosystem. The document also mentions upcoming webinars and resources for further engagement and learning.
An introduction to Citrix CloudPlatform (powered by Apache CloudStack), Citrix CloudPortal and Citrix CloudBridge
- 1. An introduction to Citrix CloudPlatform (powered by Apache CloudStack), Citrix CloudPortal and Citrix CloudBridge Giles Sirett Managing Consultant ShapeBlue [email protected] Twitter: @ShapeBlue
- 2. Webinar Series An introduction to Citrix CloudPlatform (powered by Apache CloudStack), Citrix CloudPortal and Citrix CloudBridge Tuesday 27 Nov 14:00 GMT Citrix CloudPlatform networking, technical deep dive Wed 5 December 14:00 GMT Using Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager to commercialise your cloud offering Tue 11 Dec 14:00 GMT Building enterprise private clouds with Citrix CloudPlatform – the Use Case’s Tue 18 Dec 14:00 GMT www.ShapeBlue.com
- 3. Agenda The history of CloudStack & Cloudplatform How to build an IaaS cloud Citrix CloudPlatform Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager Citrix CloudBridge 2 Next steps / resources Q&A www.ShapeBlue.com
- 4. Any Questions ? Please use the GTM question feature. Don’t wait until the end ! www.ShapeBlue.com
- 5. About ShapeBlue “ShapeBlue are expert builders of public & private clouds. They are the leading global CloudStack / CloudPlatform integrator & consultancy” www.ShapeBlue.com
- 6. About ShapeBlue www.ShapeBlue.com
- 7. The history of CloudStack Cloud.com purchased by Citrix July 2011, $200M Full donation to Apache foundation April 2012 Vibrant / growing community Citrix remain largest contributor SunGard & Cisco now contributors Citrix CloudPlatform (powered by Apache CloudStack) www.ShapeBlue.com
- 8. How Amazon built it’s cloud eCommerce Platform orchestration API CMP - Orchestration layer Hypervisor Commodity Networking Storage compute www.ShapeBlue.com
- 9. How to build an “AWS style” cloud Billing/ LOB CloudPortal Business Manager eCommerce Platform Management systems orchestration API CloudStack API CloudStackOrchestration layer CMP - Orchestration Software CloudBridge 2 CloudBridge 2 (CMP) Corporate centre Data Choice of Hypervisor Hypervisor (VMWare, Xen, KVM, OVM) Others Commodity Networking Storage Storage Servers compute www.ShapeBlue.com
- 10. What is CloudStack? Cloud Management Platform (CMP) Automates IaaS / NaaS components: Virtual machines networking components (firewall, LB, etc) Storage Multi-tenant architecture Multiple hypervisor support Vmware, Xen , KVM, OVM & bare metal Web GUI and strong API www.ShapeBlue.com
- 11. What is CloudStack ? Use Cases: service provider public cloud, enterprise private cloud Other OSS players: OpenStack, Eucalyptus Other vendor players: VMware, Microsoft, Cisco Other propriety players : Abiquo, Hexagrid, OnApp www.ShapeBlue.com
- 12. Why CloudStack? Established: already driving some of the worlds biggest clouds Remove hypervisor tie-in. Workload choice Massively scalable (25k + host clouds in production) Open standards Hypervisors, storage, API’s (AWS) , integration points Open source with strong governance from Apache Citrix CloudPlatform gives vendor assurance Rich ecosystem from Citrix and other vendors…… www.ShapeBlue.com
- 13. The CloudStack ecosystem www.ShapeBlue.com
- 14. CloudStack Demo CloudStack UI Creating & managing VM instances Networking as a service www.ShapeBlue.com
- 15. Citrix CloudPortal Business Manager Business & commercial Billing/ LOB systems CloudPortal Business Manager Management operations for IaaS clouds CloudStack API Rich User portal including self CloudStack Orchestration Software (CMP) registration Choice of Hypervisor (VMWare, Xen) Commodi customer management Networki ng ty Storage Servers Usage, billing & card payments Anti – fraud Support integration www.ShapeBlue.com
- 16. Why CloudPortal Business Manager? Time to market Automation Multi language / currency Rich IaaS pricing model (fixed, utility, multi-channel) www.ShapeBlue.com
- 17. Why CloudPortal Business Manager? Can easily be rebranded Service provider Use Case Only with Citrix CloudPlatform clouds Do not confuse with CloudPortal *Services Manager* www.ShapeBlue.com
- 18. CloudPortal BM Demo The user experience Purchasing IaaS compute Billing & payment www.ShapeBlue.com
- 19. Citrix CloudBridge 2 The challenge: the elasticity of Billing/ LOB systems CloudPortal Business Manager Management cloud compute but data needs to CloudStack API remain in corporate DC CloudStack Orchestration Software The need to burst/elasticity (CMP) CloudBridge 2 CloudBridge 2 Corporate centre Data Security O th Choice of Hypervisor (VMWare, Xen, KVM, OVM) er Transparency s Networki ng Commod ity Storage Servers Don’t want to reengineer apps. Performance www.ShapeBlue.com
- 20. Citrix CloudBridge 2 Creates a seamless extension of enterprise network into the cloud Secure, transparent, high performance Support for AWS (Nov) and Azure (Dec) out of the box……others to come Delivered on NetScaler platform www.ShapeBlue.com
- 21. The challenges Design from end to end You need to design for cloud Network Storage Compute Integration points Design for different workload types Design for horizontal scale www.ShapeBlue.com
- 22. Resources & next steps Next webinars for more detail User communities: www.buildacloud.org, linkedin: European CloudStack user group, CloudStack community Reach out to ShapeBlue IaaS design & build Design consultancy Product demos Design guidelines Best practice Proof of concept Citrix Cloud Advisor partner for licensing www.ShapeBlue.com
- 23. Any Questions ? Giles Sirett [email protected] Twitter: @ShapeBlue www.ShapeBlue.com