{"id":4422,"date":"2018-08-13T15:47:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-13T15:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ormuco.com\/?p=4422"},"modified":"2019-11-12T21:19:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T21:19:56","slug":"what-is-openstack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ormuco.com\/fr\/blog\/what-is-openstack","title":{"rendered":"What Is OpenStack?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ormuco Stack is built on the OpenStack<\/a> software architecture. Have you been wondering about what OpenStack is, and what it does?\u00a0In this article, we\u2019ll discuss open source software, provide you with a short history of OpenStack and notable projects, and talk about some of the challenges of working on an open-source platform.<\/p>\n

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Understanding Open Source Software<\/h2>\n

Before we can discuss OpenStack, it\u2019s important for you to understand open source software.<\/p>\n

In essence, open source software is delivered with free access to the \u201csource code\u201d. Any developer can make their own changes and modifications, as desired.<\/p>\n

Then, these changes can be shared out to the rest of the community at large. For example, if someone using a software like OpenStack finds a serious security flaw, they may \u201cpatch\u201d the issue by changing the code.<\/p>\n

Then, the code will be sent back to the OpenStack community for further investigation \u2013 if it\u2019s found to be a helpful change, it may be incorporated into the future releases of the software.<\/p>\n

This is how open source software works. Over time, a community of thousands of developers adds features, streamlines the code, removes flaws and errors, and more \u2013 resulting in a strong, robust, and secure product that\u2019s not controlled by any central organization or tech company like Amazon, Google, or Facebook.<\/p>\n

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A Short History of OpenStack<\/h2>\n

OpenStack first began in early 2010. Rackspace, a cloud company, wanted to completely rewrite their code \u2013 and they released their Cloud code at the same time that Ansoo Labs, a NASA contractor, published the beta code for \u201cNova\u201d a cloud computing fabric controller<\/em> that was written in Python.<\/p>\n

Both of these efforts formed the base for OpenStack. The first OpenStack Design Summit was held in Austin on July 13-14 of that year. The project was announced at OSCON (The Open Source Rally Convention) in Portland, on July 21st.<\/p>\n

Since then, the OpenStack Foundation was launched in 2012 to ensure OpenStack could be managed, protected, and promoted, and a user committee was founded to help the users of OpenStack have a voice in decision-making.<\/p>\n

Today, OpenStack is one of the biggest open-source platforms in the world, and it\u2019s in use in thousands of projects for both small businesses and enterprises.<\/p>\n

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Notable OpenStack Projects<\/h2>\n

There are a number of notable OpenStack projects and companies. Here is a short list:<\/p>\n