OpenStack will soon be able to run in containers on top of Kubernetes

Aerial view of container terminal OpenStack, the open source project that allows enterprises to run an AWS-like cloud computing service in their own data centers, added support for containers over the course of its last few releases. Running OpenStack itself on top of containers is a different problem, though. Even though CoreOS has done some work on running OpenStack in containers thanks to its oddly named… Read More Continue reading OpenStack will soon be able to run in containers on top of Kubernetes

Google launches a more scalable and robust Kubernetes

A warm glow highlights the ship's wheel on board the sailing yacht "Sincerity" as sunset approaches. Google today announced the next version of Kubernetes, its open source orchestration service for deploying, scaling and managing software containers. The focus of version 1.3 is on providing Kubernetes users with a more scalable and robust system for managing their containers in production. In addition, Kubernetes now also supports more emerging standards including CoreOS’s rkt,… Read More Continue reading Google launches a more scalable and robust Kubernetes

CoreOS launches Torus, a new open source distributed storage system

containers CoreOS today announced the launch of Torus, its latest open source project. Just like CoreOS’s other projects, Torus is all about giving startups and enterprises access to the same kind of technologies that web-scale companies like Google already use internally. In the case of Torus, that’s distributed storage.
The idea behind Torus is to give developers access to a reliable and… Read More Continue reading CoreOS launches Torus, a new open source distributed storage system

CoreOS raises $28M Series B round led by GV

1047673820_b93b65ad27_o CoreOS, the company behind the container-centric CoreOS Linux distribution and Tectonic container management service, today announced that it has raised a $28 million Series B round led by GV, the fund formerly known as Google Ventures. Other investors include Accel, Fuel Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and the Y Combinator Continuity Fund. In total, the company has… Read More Continue reading CoreOS raises $28M Series B round led by GV

CoreOS’s Stackanetes lets you use Kubernetes to run OpenStack in containers

Container CoreOS today announced Stackanetes at the OpenStack Summit in Austin. Stackanetes (and yes, that name probably isn’t ideal) brings together OpenStack, the open source cloud computing platform that allows enterprises to run their own AWS-style cloud computing services in their private and public clouds, and Kubernetes, Google’s open source container management service. The… Read More Continue reading CoreOS’s Stackanetes lets you use Kubernetes to run OpenStack in containers