Complete Guide: Deploying Apache CloudStack on Kubernetes

What is Apache CloudStack?

Apache CloudStack is an open-source Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing platform that enables organizations to deploy and manage large networks of virtual machines as highly available and scalable cloud computing services. Originally developed by VMware (under the name VMOps), CloudStack was later acquired by Citrix and eventually donated to the Apache Software Foundation in 2012.

Core Capabilities

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) CloudStack provides complete IaaS capabilities, allowing users to create, deploy, and manage virtual machines, storage volumes, and network resources through a web-based interface or comprehensive APIs. It abstracts underlying hardware resources and presents them as consumable cloud services.

Multi-Hypervisor Support One of CloudStack’s most powerful features is its ability to support multiple hypervisor technologies within the same cloud infrastructure:

• KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine): Open-source virtualization built into Linux
• VMware vSphere: Enterprise-grade virtualization platform
• XenServer/Citrix Hypervisor: High-performance server virtualization