Archives September 2015

Why I use RunAbove API instead of OpenStack

Published Sept. 29, 2015 in Cloud - Last update on Sept. 30, 2015.

I recently added RunAbove driver to libcloud codebase and Kami, one of the project owners, asked me why I use the custom RunAbove API instead of the OpenStack one. RunAbove is an OpenStack based cloud and I made the choice to use them API instead of the standard one. It has been accepted in libcloud ...

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Use boto, ensure with moto

Published Sept. 24, 2015 in Cloud, Development - Last update on Sept. 23, 2015.

I work since short time at Outscale, it is a cloud provider using a Amazon like API. Like HP Eucalyptus, Outscale made the choice to copy/paste AWS's API and takes benefits of the most used cloud API with:

  • A well known API with many third part tools
  • A simple transition between them and AWS ...

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Backup with Django

Published Sept. 11, 2015 in Development - Last update on Oct. 16, 2015.

Like all serious data this blog needs to be save in case of disaster and as a cloud native app it should be able to be ran in every platform and to be operational after a backup restored. A Django backup is generaly a database dump coupled with a media files copy.

Instead of use ...

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