AppScale
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| Developer(s) | Navraj Chohan, Meni Vaitsi, Chandra Krintz, Graziano Obertelli, et al. |
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| Initial release | 1.0 2009-03-07 |
| Stable release | 2.5.0 / 3 November 2015 |
| Written in | Python, Ruby, Java, Go, PHP |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Type | Cloud computing |
| License | Apache 2.0 |
| Website | www |
AppScale is an open-source cloud computing platform that automatically deploys and scales unmodified Google App Engine applications over public and private cloud systems, as well as on-premises clusters.[1] AppScale is modeled on the App Engine APIs and has support for Go, Java, PHP, and Python applications.[2]
The goal of AppScale is to provide developers with a rapid, API-driven development platform that can run applications on any cloud infrastructure.[3] AppScale decouples app logic from its service ecosystem to give developers and cloud administrators unprecedented control over app deployment, data storage, resource use, backup and migration.[4]
AppScale is developed and maintained by AppScale Systems, Inc., based in Santa Barbara, California, and Google.[5]
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History
AppScale began as a research project at the University of California, Santa Barbara Computer Science Department under the supervision of Professor Chandra Krintz.[6] The project was originally funded by the NSF, with additional funding from Google, IBM and NIH. In 2012, co-founders Dr. Chandra Krintz, Chief Scientist, Dr. Navraj Chohan, Development Lead, and Woody Rollins, CEO founded AppScale Systems to commercialize the private PaaS AppScale technology. Rollins, a pioneer in private cloud infrastructure, was a co-founder and former CEO of Eucalyptus Systems.[7] In 2014, Graziano Obertelli joined AppScale as VP of Operations from Eucalyptus Systems, where he was a co-founder.
In April 2014, AppScale Systems was named a 2014 Cool Vendor in PaaS by Gartner, Inc.[8] In September 2014, AppScale Systems won a Bossie Award from InfoWorld for best open source data center and cloud software[9]
Open source components
- Datastore API: Apache Cassandra and Apache ZooKeeper
- Memcache API: memcached
- Task Queue API: RabbitMQ and Celery Task Queue
- XMPP API: ejabberd
- Channel API: strophe.js and ejabberd
- Blobstore API: Apache Cassandra and Apache ZooKeeper
- Images API: Python Imaging Library (PIL)
- Cron API: Vixie Cron
Supported platforms
- Amazon EC2
- CloudStack
- DigitalOcean
- Eucalyptus
- Google Compute Engine
- Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM)
- Microsoft Azure
- OpenStack
- RackSpace
- SoftLayer (IBM)
- Xen
Supported languages
See also
External links
References
- ↑ AppScale Launches As An Open-Source Backup Equivalent To Google App Engine. TechCrunch (2013-06-24). Retrieved on 2013-09-18.
- ↑ Google App Engine Blog: Research Project: AppScale at University of California, Santa Barbara. Googleappengine.blogspot.com (2010-10-22). Retrieved on 2013-09-18.
- ↑ Darrow, Barb. (2013-06-04) AppScale’s mission: Making your mobile apps really mobile — Tech News and Analysis. Gigaom.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-18.
- ↑ [1]. Yahoo! Finance (2014-06-10). Retrieved on 2014-07-10.
- ↑ Lee, Justin. (2013-06-28) [2]. The WHIR. Retrieved on 2014-07-10.
- ↑ Urquhart, James. (2009-06-22) The new generation of cloud-development platforms | The Wisdom of Clouds - CNET News. News.cnet.com. Retrieved on 2013-09-18.
- ↑ Google App Engine Blog: Research Project: AppScale at University of California, Santa Barbara. Googleappengine.blogspot.com (2010-10-22). Retrieved on 2013-09-18.
- ↑ [3]. Gartner, Inc. (2014-04-28). Retrieved on 2014-08-06.
- ↑ [4]. InfoWorld (2014-09-29). Retrieved on 2014-10-14.
