{"id":1240,"date":"2011-07-27T10:22:15","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T15:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2011-07-28T16:58:33","modified_gmt":"2011-07-28T21:58:33","slug":"announcing-the-gluster-connector-for-openstack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/announcing-the-gluster-connector-for-openstack\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Gluster Connector for OpenStack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Update: Greetings! I forgot to add a friendly ‘hello’ the first time. Also, we will submit code to the OpenStack project under the Apache 2 license in the near future. The automated code is not yet available, but for now you can track progress from our resource page<\/a>. You *can* get the same functionality if you’re willing to follow a manual process.<\/p>\n

Today Gluster announced that we are (almost) ready to release the Gluster Connector for OpenStack, after weeks and months of studying the OpenStack community and looking for ways that we can help<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Gluster Connector for OpenStack<\/a> is a triumph of community. Watching OpenStack grow as quickly as it has, changing the industry as it has, is breathtaking to watch. To be able to participate in that community and move it that much more forward is a privilege that we don\u2019t take for granted. You can get more information about release availability and the first cut of documentation on our\u00a0resource page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So what are we about to release for OpenStack? This line from the\u00a0press release<\/a> says it all:<\/p>\n

The Gluster Connector for OpenStack \u2026supports the virtual motion of the VMs within the OpenStack compute environment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You will now be able to deploy or migrate VM\u2019s anywhere in the world, more flexibly, quickly and at greater scale. Here are some of the things the connector enables:<\/p>\n