OnApp Cloud v5.1 Released
LONDON, U.K., Oct. 11 -- OnApp has released v5.1 of OnApp Cloud, the leading cloud management solution for telcos, hosting companies and other service providers. As well as a range of improvements to OnApp’s core cloud management capabilities, OnApp v5.1 also introduces a new beta feature – Container Servers – which pave the way for a modern approach to containerized hosting, using technologies such as Docker, in public and private clouds.
Container Servers share the same intuitive provisioning, management, failover and metering of standard OnApp virtual servers, but are based on a CoreOS template that provides the framework for cloud providers to deploy Docker and Kubernetes using OnApp’s market-leading control panel. The beta of Container Servers includes full container customization via CoreOS’s Cloud-Config tool.
Ditlev Bredahl, CEO of OnApp, said: “We’re introducing containers, OnApp style, to meet the demand of DevOps users for Docker – but deployed, metered and managed like everything else in the OnApp platform, in an easy and intuitive way. Most cloud providers are still looking for a good container use case: we’re aiming to make Docker deployment as simple and powerful as other cloud products you can provision with OnApp, and with this first step we’re looking forward to seeing how the global OnApp community puts it to use.”
Container Servers are a beta feature in OnApp v5.1. Other features include:
Usage trend reporting: OnApp v5.1 shows, at a glance, the top 20 virtual servers in a cloud for a wide range of resources. For cloud service providers, this is invaluable for spotting customers putting heavy demands on storage, RAM or other critical resources, helps them optimize cloud performance, and deal with issues like “noisy neighbour” virtual servers. OnApp v5.1 also provides usage statistics per compute zone.
vCloud Director enhancements: OnApp v5.1 adds new virtual server/vApp configuration options during deployment, to simplify workflow for end users; the ability to hot configure CPU and RAM within the OnApp UI; and the ability to edit network pools within resource pools, through the OnApp control panel. OnApp v5.1 also adds new edge gateway configuration options within vCD orchestration models, so end user clients can choose one or many uplink networks for the edge gateway, from any of the external networks they’re given access to – including direct connections to the Internet.
“Email-as-a-Service” for Application Servers: the OnApp cloud platform can automatically provision hundreds of applications along with a virtual server, which simplifies SaaS, PaaS and DBaaS for cloud providers and their customers. OnApp v5.1 adds email management too. Cloud providers and end users can create, manage and delete accounts for email applications through the OnApp control panel.
Hypervisor improvements: OnApp v5.1 now configures network bonding options for cloud boot hypervisors; and provides hardware information for the compute nodes being managed by the OnApp platform, without having to log in via a command line to get this information.
OnApp v5.1 is available now as a free upgrade to existing OnApp clients, and via a range of starter, professional and enterprise packages for new customers. More information is available at http://onapp.com/v5-1
OnApp v5.1 is the first ‘Latest’ release in OnApp’s new product lifecycle. ‘Latest’ releases provide regular access to cutting edge features, every few weeks. These new features are subsquently incorporated into a Long Term Support release (the latest being OnApp v5.0) every 18-24 months.
About OnApp
OnApp software enables hosts, telcos and other service providers to sell the complete range of Infrastructure-as-a-Service products, from bare-bones virtual servers to fully-automated cloud, dedicated servers, CDN, storage and more. The OnApp platform also gives service providers on-demand access to the OnApp Federation, a global network of cloud providers, connected to a real-time wholesale marketplace where they can buy and sell compute and CDN capacity.
OnApp launched in July 2010. Today more than 3,500 service providers in 93 countries run on OnApp software. OnApp has 140 staff across the EU, U.S. and Asia-Pacific and is headquartered in London, UK. For more information visit http://onapp.com.
Source: OnApp
