Open source Cloud Provider Software
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DayshareLP · 2023-12-29 16:35

I'm looking for an open source Cloud Provider Software.
I want to give some friends a VPS on my cluster and need a good way to
do it. Currently I give them an account on a Proxmox instance which
can access a vm that I created for them. but there has to be a better
way to do this.

It would be nice if it had payment methods implemented so I can
recover my energy costs (Europe has crazy energy lroves)

if somebody knows about something please post it in the comments.

thank you in advance

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Murky-Sector · 2023-12-29 16:42

openstack is my favorite

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allebb · 2023-12-29 18:53

I'd second OpenStack too but when compared to a single Proxmox server,
such as what you're currently using (or even a cluster of Proxmox
servers), OpenStack is a beast, requiring many components to be setup
and configured and has a ton of moving parts.

Not sure if you have any development experience but if I was looking
to do the save thing (looking to provide a "cut down" control panel
for VM's with a billing panel for "a few people"), I'd continue use
Proxmox and utilise the Proxmox REST API and build my own custom panel
- I know this probably isn't the answer you wanted but I just wanted
to make it clear that going from Proxmox to OpenStack (or similar
alternative) is much more involved than just using Proxmox and front-
ending it with a custom control panel.


Hopefully some food for thought atleast :)

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blind_guardian23 · 2023-12-30 12:03

i dont get the joke. he needs a couple of VMs and you recommend the
most complex solution for hyperscalers?

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blind_guardian23 · 2023-12-30 12:06

Proxmox is the way to go, simple but powerful, offers very good Backup
solution (pbs/Proxmox Backup Server) with dedup.