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| ===== NEWS ===== | ===== NEWS ===== | ||
| - | ** | + | **Current work focuses on the next revision of the Specification - Please visit our Wiki to get more information [[http://forge.ogf.org/sf/go/projects.occi-wg/wiki|here]]** |
| - | Have a look at our Open Cloud Computing Interface specification and provide us your comments: [[http://www.ogf.org/gf/docs/?public_comment]]** | + | |
| ===== About the Open Cloud Computing Interface Working Group ===== | ===== About the Open Cloud Computing Interface Working Group ===== | ||
| Cloud computing currently is covered by three models offering Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS), which all involve the on-demand delivery of computing resources. There are a growing number of providers offering **IaaS solutions for elastic capacity**, whereby server "instances" are executed in their proprietary infrastructure and billed on a utility computing basis (typically virtual machines on a per instance per hour basis). There are also a number of commercial and open source products which seek to replicate this functionality in-house while exposing compatible interfaces so as "hybrid cloud" operating environments can be created. | Cloud computing currently is covered by three models offering Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS), which all involve the on-demand delivery of computing resources. There are a growing number of providers offering **IaaS solutions for elastic capacity**, whereby server "instances" are executed in their proprietary infrastructure and billed on a utility computing basis (typically virtual machines on a per instance per hour basis). There are also a number of commercial and open source products which seek to replicate this functionality in-house while exposing compatible interfaces so as "hybrid cloud" operating environments can be created. | ||
| - | The [[http://www.ogf.org|Open Grid Forum]] Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI) working group will deliver an API specification for remote management of cloud computing infrastructure, allowing for the development of interoperable tools for | + | The [[http://www.ogf.org|Open Grid Forum]] Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI) working group will deliver an specification for remote management of cloud computing services, allowing for the development of interoperable tools for |
| - | common tasks including deployment, autonomic scaling and monitoring. The scope of the specification will be all **high level functionality required for the life-cycle management of virtual machines** (or workloads) running on virtualization technologies (or containers) supporting service elasticity. The [[http://forge.ogf.org/sf/docman/do/downloadDocument/projects.occi-wg/docman.root.bof_materials/doc15596|Charter of the WG is available from OGF SourceForge]]. | + | common tasks including deployment, autonomic scaling and monitoring. The scope of the specification will for now be **high level functionality required for the life-cycle management of virtual machines** (or workloads) running on virtualization technologies (or containers) supporting service elasticity. Planned is to also deliver functionalities for Job submission and management. The [[http://forge.ogf.org/sf/docman/do/downloadDocument/projects.occi-wg/docman.root.bof_materials/doc15596|Charter of the WG is available from OGF SourceForge]]. |
| - | The **new API for interfacing “IaaS” Cloud computing facilities** will allow for: | + | The **new Specification for interfacing “*aaS” Cloud computing facilities** will allow for: |
| * **Consumers** to interact with cloud computing infrastructure on an ad-hoc basis (e.g. deploy, start, stop, restart) | * **Consumers** to interact with cloud computing infrastructure on an ad-hoc basis (e.g. deploy, start, stop, restart) | ||
| * **Integrators** to offer advanced management services | * **Integrators** to offer advanced management services | ||