OpenNebula 6.10 DocumentationΒΆ

OpenNebula is an open-source cloud management platform that combines virtualization with multi-tenancy, automatic provision and elasticity to offer on-demand applications and services on enterprise, hybrid and edge environments.

The first two sections of the OpenNebula documentation are designed to help you quickly try out and evaluate OpenNebula, and to provide you with an overview of the OpenNebula cloud model, architecture and components.

Quick Overview - Learn About OpenNebula

Quick Start - Try out in Minutes

The Overview section covers OpenNebula architecture and components, and describes the steps for designing, installing and deploying an OpenNebula Cloud.

The Quick Start Guide allows you to try OpenNebula following simple tutorials to progressively build infrastructure using a powerful web UI.

Quick Install - Automatic Deployment

Quick Migration - Smooth VM Migration from VMware

Perform Automated DevOps-like deployment using OneDeploy.

Quickly migrate your VMs using OneSwap, a migration tool designed to automatically migrate VMs from vCenter to OpenNebula.

Other sections in the documentation provide detailed explanations, guides and references for OpenNebula components, tools, interfaces and procedures.

Guide

Description

Overview

Learn about the OpenNebula model, popular use cases and how to design a cloud

Quick Start

Build an OpenNebula test installation with local and remote resources

Management and Operations

How to operate and manage your cloud, including deployment of remote clusters

Front-end Installation

How to install and configure the main OpenNebula services

Open Cluster Deployment

How to install and set up customized clusters based on open source components

Automatic Cluster Deployment

How to automatically deploy clusters on-premises and on-cloud

Integration and Development

APIs and drivers to integrate OpenNebula with applications and platforms

Release Notes

New features, improvements and fixes, and the upgrade process in each version

Legacy Components

No longer maintained, legacy & deprecated component documentation

The full contents of the documentation are listed below.

 Overview

OpenNebula Concepts
Cloud Architecture and Design
Solutions and Best Practices

 Quick Start

Deployment Basics
Operation Basics
Usage Basics

 Management and Operations

Host and Clusters
Storage
Virtual Networks
Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine Backups
End-User Web Interfaces
Multi-VM Service
Users and Groups
Capacity Planning
Monitoring and Alerting
Guest Operating Systems
References

 Installation and Configuration

Automatic Deployment
Manual Front-end Installation
Large-scale Deployment
High Availability
Data Center Federation
OpenNebula Services
Authentication Configuration
Configuration Management (EE)
WHMCS Install and Usage (EE)

 Marketplaces and Appliances

Public Marketplaces
Private Marketplaces
Managing Marketplaces in Sunstone
Appliances

 Open Cluster Deployment

KVM Node Deployment
LXC Node Deployment
Open Cloud Storage Setup
Open Cloud Networking Setup

 Automatic Cluster Deployment

Edge and Cloud Providers
Edge Cluster Provisions
HCI Cluster Provisions
Operations
References

 Integration and Development

System Interfaces
Automation Tools Integration
Infrastructure Drivers Development
Edge Provider Driver Development
References

 Release Notes

Release Notes
Release Notes Community
Release Notes Enterprise
Upgrades

 Legacy Components

Ruby Sunstone
VMware Integration

Note

  • EE: Component only available in the Enterprise Edition

  • TP: Component distributed as Technology Preview and not recommended for production environments