Eucalyptus 3.0.2 now available on FutureGrid

FutureGrid cloud infrastructure now offers the newly released Eucalyptus 3.0.2 on India and Sierra. We have been testing this for several weeks and are very excited to offer this service to FutureGrid users.


Eucalyptus 3 HIGHLIGHTS

• Plenty of bug fixes and new features (http://www.eucalyptus.com/eucalyptus-cloud/iaas/features)
• LDAP Integration
• New and improved identity management
• Accounting and reporting modules
• Improved instance boot time
• New web based console

For a detailed list of features please see: http://www.eucalyptus.com/eucalyptus-cloud/iaas/features


Eucalyptus 3 REQUIREMENTS  

• Euca2ools 2.0.2 - available via modules on India and Sierra.  The new version of Euca2ools uses the same commands as before.
• Python > 2.4 - available via modules on India and Sierra.

IMAGES

Some base Ubuntu and centos images have been uploaded in the system.  If you saved your customized images from the Eucalyptus 2.0.3 installation, you can upload and use them in the new system.  Please let us know if you need help uploading customized images.  
A beginner's tutorial to Eucalyptus in FutureGrid is available here:  http://archive.futuregrid.org/tutorials/eucalyptus3


To get started using FutureGrid, apply for a portal account:  http://archive.futuregrid.org/user/register