Opensource Cloud OS’s

I have just posted a little note on linkedin on the US regulatory ownership of the Cloud OS’s, cloud providers and supporting software products, in the context of ‘security of supply’. Here’s some more reading.

Read more elsewhere

These have not been polished,

Politics

1. This article, International civil societys tech stack is in extreme danger is what started it for me. They argue that Trump’s attempt to sanction the ICC by denying them access to the cloud is a threat to progressives and international governments. Amnesty International also reports on the moves, “What do the Trump administration’s sanctions on the ICC mean for justice and human rights?“
2. I say, that, it’s also fortunate for the UK, while Rachel Reeves cancelled Sunak’s supercomputing projects, that the previous Tory government agreed to rejoin the EU’s supercomputing consortium.

Cloud OSs

1. I also looked to see what if any cloud OS’s were open source? Using the google query, q=open+source+cloud+operating+system and found https://www.openstack.org/, and via illumos, found Cloud Danube’s github download page.
2. Also what else is there for github, https://opensource.com/article/20/11/open-source-alternatives-github
3. And paypal, https://tipalti.com/resources/learn/paypal-alternatives-uk/ & https://wise.com/help/articles/2932693/how-is-wise-regulated-in-each-country-and-region
4. I looked for prior US actions, Has the US ever sought to deny organisations dns names, and google ai reports, Yes, the US has sought to deny DNS names to organizations through sanctions and blocklists, particularly under the Trading with the Enemy Act (TWEA). This has resulted in US-based domain registrars blocking websites associated with sanctioned entities, even if the websites are not hosted in the US.

Distributed governance

1. I looked for alternative models and checked if diaspora is still available; see https://sourceforge.net/software/product/diaspora/ & Yes, Diaspora* software is still available and active. While JoinDiaspora.com has reached its end of life, Diaspora* as a project is community-run and maintains its open-source nature, allowing individuals to host their own servers (also called “pods”). You can use the platform through various public pods or even run your own. See q=is+diaspore+software+still+available

Kubernetes & Euro-Linux

MD says the key is Kubernetes, and recommends Kelsey Hightower’s work; he i.e. High Tower has written a book, and has code at github. MD also recommended looking at SUSE, and I remain interested as to whether Canonical have an answer. MD also uses Google Compute Platform.

1. https://documentation.suse.com/suse-cap/2.1/ based on Kubernetes & Azure; I like Azure although not used it in years. Also https://github.com/SUSE/doc-cap.
2. https://canonical.com/openstack

See also Ruggedising the internet on this wiki