Image Management Using the Virtuozzo Application Catalog

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1 Image Management Using the Virtuozzo Application Catalog Introduction Cloud and hosting markets are developing rapidly. One of the most popular customer demands is a service that allows users to quickly deploy preconfigured and ready-to-use applications. However, for a service provider, building and maintaining dozens of such applications can be a major expense and challenge having outdated applications with security vulnerabilities may pose a serious risk. To answer this need, Virtuozzo partnered with Bitnami to jointly offer a new subscription service called the Virtuozzo Application Catalog. Available as an additional subscription for Virtuozzo, the catalog provides the latest versions of your favorite applications and development stacks tested, optimized, and ready to be deployed in the environment of your choice. The catalog offers Wordpress, Redmine, SugarCRM, Alfresco, Drupal, MediaWiki, GitLab, and dozens of other popular applications designed for all kinds of users and businesses. Every application is precompiled and preconfigured with all necessary dependencies and works out-of-the-box as a container or virtual machine. You no longer need to waste enormous amounts of time fixing and updating your own application catalog. Business Model and Integration with Your Own Provisioning System A subscription to the catalog licenses the service provider to use offered application images on any host running Virtuozzo 6 or newer and to launch such instances as virtual machines or containers. The service provider is free to choose the most suitable monetization strategy. The most common models are: 1. Target specific verticals that use specific applications. 2. Integrate the image catalog into your own provisioning system and provide a seamless, one-click experience deploying these applications. With this model, you can promote additional consumption of IaaS-based hosting products Virtuozzo. All rights reserved. 1

2 Each application is accompanied by a standard computer-readable description (metadata) that can be used to build a catalog in the provider s own control panels and online stores. For example, Ametys CMS has the following description: name = Ametys categories = CMS description = Ametys CMS is a multi-purpose Web factory and can run corporate websites, blogs, portals, and corporate wikis on the same server. Its features include roll-out enterprise portals, websites, blogs through a website factory and share contents. version = ports = 80, 443 logo.png You can download all catalog item descriptions as a single package. Depending on your needs, you can either create your own list from specific applications or expose all applications in the catalog to your customers. When applications in the catalog are updated, or a new application is added to the catalog, the description package is updated as well. If you choose the first model and cherry-pick applications to your own list, you will need to maintain it and review new additions to the catalog in case you want to expand your list. If you choose the second model and want to expose all available applications to end users, you can scan the catalog listing and convert it to an end-user application catalog. Installation Options Each application is delivered as a container image, virtual machine image, or standalone self-installer A container or virtual machine image allows you to quickly create a new instance. You will need to specify an image name as an OS template. In turn, a self-installer allows you to install an application into an existing instance where a different application is already installed. Required application parameters can be provided in either attended or unattended mode Virtuozzo. All rights reserved. 2

3 Password Management A password for a Bitnami image can be set in two ways: 1. Automatically generate a password during instance creation. 2. Manually specify a password before starting the created instance. The password will be set during its initial configuration. The resulting end-user access credentials are saved to a file in the instance s root directory. You will need to retrieve and provide them to the application user. Note: Certain application images have specific password requirements, so make sure that the password is at least 8 characters long, is alphanumeric, and has at least one digit. Production Usage The Virtuozzo Application Catalog is an additional commercial service for Virtuozzo 6. Please contact your account manager to get a detailed quote. Your account manager can also send you a production key or evaluation trial license. You need to purchase a single subscription for the whole Virtuozzo fleet. Billing will be done monthly, and the amount will be proportional to the number of Virtuozzo nodes in your installation. If you have access to the self-service Key Administrator portal, you can order a key right away the Virtuozzo Application Catalog is simply another license available in Key Administrator. For any questions regarding subscription keys, please contact your account manager or the Virtuozzo support team Virtuozzo. All rights reserved. 3

4 Known Restrictions Bitnami images and self-installers use custom installation paths and configurations. For this reason, do not install the same application using a standard procedure within the same running instance. Also, do not use Virtuozzo EZ application templates. When installing multiple web applications, make sure there are no conflicts for ports 80 and 443. The best way to avoid such conflicts is to create a new instance. Once an application is running, you may need to update it as required by said application. For details on updating certain applications, refer to Bitnami help at More Information For more details, please see Using Virtuozzo Application Catalog in the Virtuozzo User s Guide available at: Virtuozzo. All rights reserved. 4

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