Dibakar Ghosh writes that Canonical has developed several open-source tools beyond Ubuntu to assist developers and infrastructure engineers at different scales of complexity. Multipass provides an easy way to launch lightweight virtual machines through simple command-line instructions, while Metal as a Service (MAAS) automates the management and provisioning of physical hardware via a web interface. Finally, MicroCloud simplifies private cloud creation by clustering multiple computers into a single pool for hosting containers and virtual machines with shared storage.
- Multipass avoids manual ISO downloads or driver configuration during VM setup.
- MAAS can deploy non-Ubuntu systems such as Fedora, Debian, or Windows using custom images.
- MicroCloud bundles LXD, MicroCeph, and MicroOVN to provide high availability for workloads across a cluster.
- Multipass avoids manual ISO downloads or driver configuration during VM setup.
- MAAS can deploy non-Ubuntu systems such as Fedora, Debian, or Windows using custom images.
- MicroCloud bundles LXD, MicroCeph, and MicroOVN to provide high availability for workloads across a cluster.
