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OpenStack For App Developers
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Strong community
Join a vibrant, global community of developers who have your back
Tools & resources
Get moving faster with a growing ecosystem of development tools, applications and public clouds
ISVs
Want to make your software available to OpenStack users everywhere?
Learn more about the market and available resources.
Build and operate your first OpenStack application
Start with the first app guide
to learn how to program OpenStack clouds.
Watch the presentation
from our Vancouver Summit 2015.
Small and nimble, containers are a powerful tool
Containers are isolated, portable environments to build and run applications using shared libraries. OpenStack provides a solid platform to run containers in virtual machines or bare metal, without creating new vertical silos of technology in your datacenter. In this whitepaper, learn how OpenStack works with containers and container management technologies.
It works. It rocks.
Whether you're facing a workload that spikes, a scale or resource challenge, or skeptical leadership concerned about stability and compliance, we have proof. See how the world's most demanding brands are using OpenStack:
Looking for SDKs?
Dig into the OpenStack toolbox to access APIs, docs and SDKs in six languages to accelerate your app development. We've assembled resources for every developer or development task in one place, plus community support and blueprints.
Explore developer toolsFind OpenStack Apps
Ready to put your cloud to work? Explore our Community App Catalog, with tools for a wide variety of use cases.
- Murano packages offer complete, ready-to-deploy applications in simple and clustered configurations
- Heat templates help you create complete stacks in your cloud
- Glance images make you ready to launch virtual machines on your cloud.
Take it for a test drive
Want to get started quickly? We have dozens of OpenStack public clouds around the world.
Explore the public cloud marketplaceHear from developers, operators and users
Your First OpenStack Application
Learn how to how to get started--sucessfully build, bootstrap, and operate your first cloud application on OpenStack.
Private Cloud Dream Stack
If you're looking for a private cloud solution, find out how to run containers at scale and manage a cluster of containers.
Moving From AWS to OpenStack
Thinking of switching from AWS to OpenStack? Learn how to transition existing apps and workloads to OpenStack.
OpenStack APIs
No sugar coating: See a critical analysis of OpenStack APIs, and how the community is working to continuously improve.
Previously, requests for a full end-to-end environment have taken up to three months to fulfill … [now] the team is able to spin up their own environment with a few clicks. Within 15 minutes, everything has been stood up, it’s all been validated, passed health checks, and they’re able to get to work.
—Mike Smith
The OpenStack Public Cloud Passport
With more than 60 availability zones across more than 20 countries, OpenStack providers collectively represent the broadest public cloud footprint.
Explore the OpenStack Global Passport Program, a collaborative effort between OpenStack public cloud providers that lets you experience the freedom, performance and interoperability of open source infrastructure.
Try Out a Public Cloud