There are two methods for downloading and installing the CloudStack.  You can download the source code and build it yourself or you can install CloudStack from precompiled binaries. You can download the appropriate installation guide from the CloudStack wiki:

• Release Notes
• CloudStack Installation Guides
• CloudStack Administration Guides

Binaries

Acton Release

The current CloudStack stable version is the Acton 3.0.x release. Binary packages of CloudStack 3.0.1 are available for download from the CloudStack Project at Sourceforge. There is currently no upgrade path from 2.2.x to Acton.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 6.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 5

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

2.2.x Release

The 2.2.x branch of releases continues to be maintained (though no future feature additions are planned).

The latest stable verson of CloudStack is version 2.2.14,  Binary packages of CloudStack 2.2.14 are available from download from the CloudStack Project at SourceForge.

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux/CentOS 5 (105.9 MB)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux/ CentOS 6.0 (69.7 MB)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux/ CentOS 6.1 (70.2 MB)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux/ CentOS 6.2 (69.2 MB)
• Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (47.0 MB)

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Source Code

In an effort to support regular builds and access to the latest open source technologies from CloudStack you can retreive the CloudStack source code from Github. Instructions for building CloudStack from source are included in the source code install.txt .

If you wish to clone the git repo for CloudStack, merely execute the following command:

git clone git://github.com/CloudStack/CloudStack.git

All other sub-projects for CloudStack are hosted on GitHub.

CloudBridge Amazon EC2 Compatibility Server

CloudBridge is a server process that runs as an adjunct to the CloudStack. The CloudBridge provides an Amazon EC2 compatible API via both SOAP and REST web services. The EC2 API is translated to native CloudStack API calls by the CloudBridge. Clients can continue using existing EC2-compatible tools with the CloudBridge.

• Software
• You can find the latest documentation here: http://docs.cloud.com/CloudBridge_Documentation

Password Management Scripts

The CloudStack can perform root password management and reset for guest instances.  This is described further in the Administration Guide.  These scripts are installed in your templates.  Scripts are available for Windows and Linux.

• Windows (for all versions of CloudStack) (You may need to right-click and choose Save Link As)
• Linux (get_password_from_domr - for version 2.1 of CloudStack and earlier)
• Linux (cloud-set-guest-password for version 2.2 of CloudStack and later) (Updated 21 June 2011)

SSH KeyGen Script

The script will go to the virtual router and fetch SSH keys.  The script is coded to put the fetched keys in the root folder.

• cloud-set-guest-sshkey.in (updated July 19, 2011)