Ubuntu wants to use open-source software to drive cloud computing

Article Title: Ubuntu wants to use open-source software to promote cloud computing. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth recently announced that Ubuntu 9.10 will be named by Karmic Koala. As usual, Ubuntu Linux will be divided into two parts: the desktop version and the server version. The main goal of the desktop version is "first impression". Shuttleworth implies that "the boot process will be amazing ". He also promised that the Ubuntu design would change significantly. He said: "The desktop version will be full of traces of designer wear. We have begun to make new appearances seriously. Brown satisfied us, But Koala will consider other options ."

I believe that others will examine the design of the desktop with the same attitude. However, the server version function in the Shuttleworth port makes the cloud computing community more interested. It seems that the main work of the Karmic Koala server version will be related to cloud computing. The complete content of the Shuttleworth statement is as follows:

"A clever Koala can see the entire forest even in the clouds. Ubuntu uses Amazon EC2's APIs to place Free software on the cloud computing front, so that anyone can use completely open tools and easily set up their own cloud. We are currently testing the execution of Ubuntu AMI on Amazon EC2. During Karmic, we wanted to simplify the deployment of application software on the cloud, use available devices, or quickly collect customized images. Ubuntu-vmbuilder can be used to easily create custom AMI files. However, the standard image file set makes it easier for ec2. Isn't it more appropriate for Ubuntu to make Amazon jungle more accessible?

What if you want to build an EC2 cloud on your own? The favorite of koala is the eucalyptus leaf. UCSB's Eucalyptus plan allows you to build a EC-2 form cloud for your datacenter on your hardware. Eucalyptus has joined the overall big plan. During the Karmic period, we will let these clouds fly and dynamically increase or decrease resource configurations based on your needs. The best way to save your energy is to go to bed. Now, even servers can be stopped and restarted. You can imagine that we can build a way to reduce the energy consumption in our nap time to almost zero, there is a cloud computing facility to wake up after work."

If you cannot understand it, the key points are as follows:

? The purpose of the Ubuntu server version is to promote cloud computing with fully open-source software.

? For those who are interested in managing the cloud, Ubuntu will include tools that take advantage of Amazon APIs. (I hope GoGrid APIs is also considering this because it is an interface adopted by multiple Amazon competitors .)

? Canonical will produce standard Amazon Machine Images based on Karmic Koala, which is basically a ready-to-use device equivalent to a "Standard build" for the Amazon community.

? Do not want to use Amazon? Would you rather use your own infrastructure to build a cloud than discard the useful public cloud? From the predecessor of Karmic Jaunty jauar Jackalope (program code is about to be frozen), UC Santa Barbara's open source code plan Eucalyptus will be included in each version.

I'm sure Simon Wardley, the current software service manager of Canonical, has a big impact on this direction. His long-term investment in open-source standards in the cloud computing field makes the selection of these tools very reasonable. Platforms included in Koala are likely to change over the next few months, but the Open Software philosophy of the Shuttleworth, Wardley, and Ubuntu communities will take the lead. This is important to the future of cloud computing. At present, other open source code plans include "Built-in" Amazon images (not just RedHat), while Eucalyptus is a research plan, further production is required to make full use of production.

In my eyes, the Ubuntu team is like an apple in Linux, which is very likely to change the entire situation, but not through the infrastructure itself, but the user experience they have created to build and manage the cloud. I can't wait.