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Open Source Support for Cloud
Learning Objectives
The main objective of this chapter is to provide an overview of open source
support for cloud computing. After reading this chapter, you will
• Understand the difference between open source and closed source
tools
• Know the advantages of open source tools over closed source
• Understand the different open source tools for Infrastructure as a
Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service
(SaaS), etc.
• Know the available architecture of tools
• Understand the features supported by tools
Preamble
This chapter provides an overview of different open source tools sup-
port