Characteristics

Existing modules

• stoney core: Main framework responsible for shared functionality (also called self-care):
  • User management, rights and roles.
  • A consistent look and feel between modules.
  • Internationalization.
• stoney backup: A on-line backup service for desktops, servers and virtual machines.

Work in progress

• stoney vm: A simplified sub set of the stoney conductor functionality.
• stoney mail: Mail service with or without group-ware (based on Open-Xchange).

Planned

• stoney conductor: Responsible for:
  • Storage allocation
  • Network configuration
  • Virtual machine profiles
  • Virtual machine templates
  • Virtual machines
  • Virtual machine snapshots
  • Virtual machine full backups
• stoney monitor: Monitoring (with Zabbix). ((monitoring, control, inspection, interception, surveillance)
• stoney orchestra: Configuration Management (with Puppet).
• stoney box: An on-line storage service (will support WebDAV via HTTPS and SFTP, later CIFS as well).
• stoney web: Web & Database hosting service (based on Apache and MariaDB).

Overview

The following image gives an overview of the life cycle of a virtual machine, starting with the ISO file and ending with a persistent or non-persistent virtual machine.