A MicroCloud is a new lightweight, featureful, and straightforward cloud for on-demand computing at the edge. MicroClouds differ from IoT which uses thousands of single machines or sensors to gather data, yet does not perform computing tasks. Instead, MicroClouds reuse proven cloud primitives with unattended, autonomous, and clustering features that resolve typical edge computing challenges.

MicroClouds serve compute near consumers, wherever they may be bringing power of the cloud anywhere you need it! You can spin up a MicroCloud on a single node i.e one machine is the minimum requirement. But if you want highly available MicroClouds, then you need to have a minimum of 3 systems. MicroCloud is a scalable cloud infrastructure that allows you to scale from a small 1-node to a larger 50-node cluster. MicroCloud contains the best breed of open source components: LXD, Ceph, and OVN!

What are MicroCloud use cases? You can use them as a part of your edge computing strategy or for your private cloud needs. What's more? You can also use them for simulated testing of a complex infrastructure as MicroClouds are lightweight and can be deployed on a single workstation.

Want to learn more?

Visit our website: https://canonical.com/microcloud

Read our executive guide to building an Edge Computing strategy with MicroClouds: https://ubuntu.com/engage/guide-to-micro-clouds

Learn how MicroClouds serve as a VMware alternative:
https://ubuntu.com/engage/vmware-migration-scenarios

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