# Discover OpenNebula – Open Source Cloud & Edge Computing Platform #### The Open Source **Cloud & Edge Computing Platform** Bringing **Real Freedom** to Your Enterprise Cloud. ![OPENNEBULA CLOUD ICON](https://opennebula.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/OPENNEBULA-CLOUD-ICON.png) ### Why OpenNebula? **OpenNebula is a powerful, but easy-to-use, open source platform to build and manage Enterprise Clouds. OpenNebula provides unified management of IT infrastructure and applications, avoiding vendor lock-in and reducing complexity, resource consumption and operational costs.** ### OpenNebula Benefits ![Enterprise Tools - OpenNebula Exclusive Enterprise Features](https://opennebula.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ENTERPRISE-EDITION-ICON.png) A single control panel that unifies management across the hybrid multi-cloud continuum ![icon evaluate poc](https://opennebula.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/icon-evaluate-poc.png) Single enterprise-ready product, with small footprint, and a one-stop long-term commercial support ![ICON-SUBSCRIPTION-professional-services](https://opennebula.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ICON-SUBSCRIPTION-professional-services.png) Automated operations with deployment of clusters on-prem and on-cloud in < 5 minutes ![ICON-SUBSCRIPTION-Managed-Cloud-Service](https://opennebula.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/ICON-SUBSCRIPTION-Managed-Cloud-Service.png) Infrastructure agnostic to build an enterprise cloud that meets your needs on-prem and on-cloud ![ICON HYPERCONVERGED EDGE CLOUD](https://opennebula.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ICON-HYPERCONVERGED-EDGE-CLOUD.png) Many large scale production deployments with thousands of distributed nodes ![PARTNERS ICON](https://opennebula.io/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/WEB-ICON-PARTNERS.png) In 10-node cloud, reduce TCO by up to 75% compared to VMware and Red Hat OpenStack ### OpenNebula Overview ![Key Features](https://opennebula.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Key-Features.png) **OpenNebula** combines virtualization and container technologies with multi-tenancy, automatic provision and elasticity to offer on-demand applications and services. * It supports both **containers** with **virtual machines** in a common shared environment to get the best of both worlds. * It integrates multiple virtualization technologies, from **VMware** and **KVM** for fully virtualized clouds to **LXC** and **Firecracker** for containerized and serverless deployments. * It can easily deploy **hybrid and edge** environments with infrastructure resources from AWS, Google and Equinix. ### Distributed Cloud Architecture ![Consolidated Infra Cluster](https://opennebula.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Consolidated-Infra-Cluster.png) A standard OpenNebula Cloud Architecture consists of the **Cloud Management Cluster**, with the Front-end node(s), and the **Cloud Infrastructure**, made of one or several workload Clusters. These can be located at multiple geographical locations, with different configurations and technologies to better meet your needs: * **Edge Clusters** that can be automatically deployed both on premise and on public cloud or edge providers to enable true hybrid environments. * **Open Cloud Clusters** based on certified combinations of open source hypervisors, storage and networking technologies. * **VMware Clusters** that use existing VMware infrastructure. ### Mastering Containers with OpenNebula **Interested in mastering containers?** [**Discover here**](https://opennebula.io/mastering-containers) **how to use OpenNebula as a powerful alternative to deploy and orchestrate application containers as secure and fast microVMs.** ![DH FC logos](https://opennebula.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DH_FC_logos.png) ![K8s Logo certified](https://opennebula.io/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/K8s_Logo_certified.png) ### Our Users ### Success Stories **OpenNebula is used to implement different types of cloud deployments, from clouds tuned to address the demands of a niche market to clouds optimized to manage the virtualized resources in the data center.** ### Case Studies ### Screencasts **Browse the ever-expanding catalog of screencasts created by the OpenNebula Team to showcase interesting applications and integrations with third-party technologies and other open source projects.** ### Edgify – Edge as a Service ![esquema aplicaciones oneedge](https://opennebula.io/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/esquema-aplicaciones-oneedge.jpg) Are you looking for a high-performance real-time response? **Edge Computing** helps companies and providers to increase security and service availability and to reduce latency by using infrastructure resources that are located near their customers or devices. Check out [**ONEedge**](https://oneedge.io/), an enterprise solution with OpenNebula at its core, to **bring your Private Cloud to the Edge.** ### More info about OpenNebula? ### Commercial Services Get the best out of your OpenNebula cloud with our training courses. Get your OpenNebula deployments expertly designed and deployed from start to finish. Hire consulting services to address your needs from design, deployment and overall operation. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://book.konstantinsecurity.com/readme/architect/opennebula/discover-opennebula-open-source-cloud-and-edge-computing-platform.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. 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