OpenNode Cloud Platform is a open source server virtualization and management solution which currently consists of following components: - OpenNode bare-metal installer - providing easy to use (CentOS / RHEL based) bare-metal ISO installer and supporting both OpenVZ containers and emerging KVM full virtualization technology on the same physical host. For a local OpenNode CLI management we have included OpenNode CLI Utility and well-known standard tools like virsh and vzctl.
- CentOS-to-OpenNode conversion script - as an alternative to bare-metal ISO or networked PXE installations
- OpenNode Management Server - packaged and delivered simply as a VM appliance onto OpenNode host - easy installation is provided via local OpenNode CLI Utility and takes just couple of minutes.
- OpenNode Management Console (alias FuncMAN) - next-generation web-based ajax management console with really simple and uncluttered layout - providing VM instances management on OpenNode hosts together with pure HTML5 based VNC and SSH VM consoles. OpenNode Management Console is included in OpenNode Management Server appliance.
- OpenNode aims to be simple yet usable
- OpenNode is based on "industry standard" components - RHEL/CentOS, libvirt, python, FUNC, etc.
- OpenNode combines strengths from different virtualization technologies - supporting both container and full virtualization options
- automated partitioning and LVM setup
- automated softraid setup
- automated host node bridge networking setup for openvz and kvm
OpenNode ISO installer will setup minimal CentOS 5 server system with the following features: - RHEL5 kernel (provided by OpenVZ project) modified to support both openvz container and kvm full virtualization
- libvirt management interface support for openvz and kvm hypervisors
- func (https://fedorahosted.org/func/) client support for central management purposes
- VM template downloads provided by opennode CLI utility and management console UI
OpenNode 1.1 stable ISO installer is available for download (build 38). OpenNode Management Server alpha1 preview release has been available since 15th December 2010 - introducing CLI and RPC API central management interfaces for OpenNode servers and ajax Web Management Console, codenamed as "FuncMan".
For more detailed info about expected release dates and planned features please see OpenNode Roadmap. |
