Cloud in a Box is a minimalistic installation of OSISM with only services which are needed to make it run.
With the Cloud in a Box, it is possible to run a full Sovereign Cloud Stack deployment.
For information how to install the Cloud in a Box, please have a look at the Cloud in a Box Guide.
The development notes in the official documentation are useful for bug fixes and the further development of CiaB.
There are three types of Cloud in a Box.
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The
sandbox
type is intended for developers and demonstrations. A full OSISM installation is one there which also includes Ceph and OpenSearch, for example. In the course of the installation, necessary images, networks, etc. are also created. -
The
edge
type is intended to be deployed as an appliance to provide an edge cloud on a single node. Compared to the sandbox, certain services are not provided there or are implemented differently. For example, OpenSearch is not deployed because the logs are delivered to a central location. The storage backend will also be implemented differently there in the future instead of Ceph. -
The
kubernetes
type is intended to be deployed as an appliance to provide a edge Kubernetes cluster on a single node.