Eucalyptus, Your Personal Cloud

On May 14th, 2009 Thomas Meeks did this presentation on Eucalyptus. Eucalyptus is an open source cloud infrastructure that is API-compatible with Amazon’s EC2. In this talk he’s going to give an introduction to Eucalyptus, its uses, how to install it, and how to interface with it using the Amazon EC2 gem available on github.

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Format: MP4 / Apple TV
Duration: 21 mins

This meeting was sponsored by Engine Yard, which is now offering cloud hosting services. Engine Yard Solo™ is an inexpensive, web-based platform for on-demand management of your Ruby on Rails web application on Amazon AWS. Usage is fully metered beyond a minimum of $25 per month, so you pay for what you use.