Synnefo

Welcome to synnefo's documentation

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synnefo is opensource software, used to create massively scalable IaaS clouds.

| You can see synnefo in action, powering GRNET's

  `~okeanos cloud service <https://okeanos.grnet.gr>`_.

| It is a collection of components (snf-*), most of them written in python, that

  are used as the building bricks to provide the following services:

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   Identity Management (codename: astakos) <astakos>

   File Storage Service (codename: pithos+) <pithos>

   Compute/Network Service (codename: cyclades) <cyclades>

   Image Registry (codename: plankton) <plankton>

   Billing Service (codename: aquarium) <http://docs.dev.grnet.gr/aquarium/latest/index.html>

   Volume Storage Service (codename: archipelago) <archipelago>

There are also components for:

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   Secure image deployment (image tool) <snf-image>

   Command-line cloud management (kamaki tool) <http://docs.dev.grnet.gr/kamaki/v0.2/index.html>

synnefo is designed to be as simple, scalable and production ready as possible.

Furthermore, although it can be deployed in small configurations, its prime

target is large installations. If you are planning for the latter, you should

first be completely aware of what you want to provide, the architecture of your

cluster/s and synnefo's overall architecture before you start deploying.

All synnefo components use an intuitive settings mechanism, that gives you the

ability to either deploy the above services independently and standalone, or

interconnected with each other, in large configurations.

Synnefo Guides

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There are 3 guides for Synnefo. The Administrator's Guide targets system

administrators, who want to deploy synnefo on small or large installations. The

Developer's Guide targets developers, who want to build on top of synnefo and so

describes all the different types of interfaces synnefo provides to the external

world. The Integrator's Guide targets developers, who want to actually

extend/modify/change synnefo itself, so describes synnefo's indepth architecture

and the internals of synnefo components.

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   Administrator's Guide <admin-guide>

   Developer's Guide <dev-guide>

   Integrator's Guide <intgrt-guide>

Contact

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You can contact the synnefo team at: synnefo@lists.grnet.gr

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