Ox in a box: A virtual private cloud with Open-Xchange

OX in a box: A selfcontained OX environment for containers and virtual machines

OX Summit 2016, Frankfurt / Main

13. October 2016

Nico Gulden

+49 421 2223228

[email protected]

https://twitter.com/ngulden

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Univention GmbH | www.univention.com

Usual Setup steps for OX App Suite

» Result:

» Many single steps

» High effort with the maintenance, e.g. software updates

Operating System

DBMS OX App Suite

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Mailboxes

Configuration

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» No multi tenancy for bigger customers

» Migration projects for on boarding

» User management via directory service

» Individual maintenance windows

What is the problem to be solved?

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Standard Approach

» Hundreds/Thousands small customers

» Typically few users per customer

MSP: 80 customers, 200 users each

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What is the problem to be solved?

Standard approach does not workfor bigger customers!

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Virtual Private Cloud: OX in a Box

» How to solve the problem with UCS and OX App Suite?

» Our solution: Virtual Private Cloud with a selfcontained single tenant environment

» Box content:

» Univention Corporate Server (UCS)

» OX App Suite preinstalled

» Database

» Mailstack: Postfix and Dovecot

» Integration with identity management (IDM)

DBMS OX App Suite

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IDM Mailstack

Management

Container or virtual Appliance

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What does it provide?

» Webfrontend for Administrators

» Web based user management in UCS

» Connection to Microsoft Active Directory

» Completely configured box with just a view clicks

» Brings OX App Suite into service very fast

» Allows automization and parameterization via cloud init

» Comes with Batteries included

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How does it look like?

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Container in a Box

» Marketplace „App Center“ integrates Docker container technology

» Encapsulate apps into single environments

» Apps operate without interference of each other, e.g. disagreed dependencies

» Containers decouple app stack from underlying operating platform

Goals

» Every App in its own container

» Migration to dockerized apps until release of UCS 4.2

» Dockerized apps as standalone containers

» Hook up containers together to one environment

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Take away

» Download the OX App Appliance:

https://www.univention.com/products/univentionappcenter/appcatalog/oxseforucs/

https://www.univention.com/products/univention-app-center/app-catalog/oxseforucs/

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Offering for CSPs and MSPs

» Become Univention Cloud Partner!

» CSPs / MSPs can use UCS as operating platform for their offerings:

» Use UCS Core Edition no support→

» Become Univention Cloud Partner support for UCS→

» Choose from the App Center portfolio of over 90 apps

» References:

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Contact

Univention GmbH

Bremen | Germany

+49 421 222 3220

Univention North America

Boston | MA

+1 781 9685492

Nico Gulden

[email protected]

+49 421 222 3228

www.univention.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngulden

http://www.univention.com/

Ox in a box: A virtual private cloud with Open-Xchange

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