Fedora Elastic Servers Have Arrived

Our goal is to continually expand our component libraries, cloud and virtual deployment targets, and available operating systems. Today Fedora Core 10 joins our other Linux distros in the Elastic Server factory. Choice in today's IT environment is often lost when dealing with certain vendors. It's YOUR software stack, who are we to tell you what works in your DC or cloud? All we are concerned with is making it easier for you to create reliable and secure virtual and cloud servers with speed and quality, you make all of the decisions.

Building a Fedora Elastic Server
To start, bundles (remember software components) available for inclusion in Fedora Elastic Servers will be limited. As we continue to expand our build options to other operating systems and other packaging management utilities we are refining our own meta package management system. We will continue to expand the community and CohesiveFT component libraries available to our stylish Fedora users. Update messaging will be displayed in the top banner section of the Elastic Server factory pages show below.

We are still syncing the assembly portals but in the mean time all foundation technology you need to move your Fedora project forward is available now as Fedora-ready bundles via the Bundle Explorer. Using the Bundle Explorer search tool you can filter your results by OS. Just select Fedora Core 10 from the drop down menu, click 'search,' and select your components from the resulting list.

For more information on how to build an Elastic Server using the Bundle Explorer, check out our Bundle Explorer QuickTip walkthrough video.

I Want More!
Remember in the early stages of Fedora availability, the list of available bundles is limited. We are still completing some work on the new wing of the factory, so as new bundles come online we will add them to the Bundle Explorer and to certain Elastic Server Sites. You can always use the "BYO" (Build Your Own) Upload Feature to add Fedora specific components to the Elastic Server factory. Use the RPM package type option and make sure to mark your package and bundle as Fedora specific. Check out our "BYO" Quick Tip video for a quick walkthrough.

Final Thoughts.
Cambridge was the Red Hat project that went on to form Fedora Core and it was the release name for Fedora Core 1. With Fedora 10, Red Hat went full-circle giving it the nostalgic codename Cambridge. While FC 10 is available on the Elastic Server factory today, we will be working to bring you the upcoming release of FC 11 codenamed Leonidas (see THIS IS FEDORA!).

Stetson.