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 management we have included OpenNode TUI 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 2.0 (beta) - packaged and delivered simply as a VM appliance onto OpenNode host - easy installation is provided via local OpenNode TUI Utility and takes just couple of minutes.
- OpenNode Management Console 2.0 (beta) - 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 6 server system with the following features: - RHEL6 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 TUI utility and management console UI
OpenNode 6.0 (rc1) ISO installer is available for download (build 608). Totally rewritten OpenNode Management Server 2.0 beta release is downloadable and installable through opennode-tui utility. |
