Integrating Virtuozzo Application Catalog into Your Provisioning System

A subscription to the catalog licenses the service provider to use offered application images on any host running Virtuozzo 6 or newer and launch such instances as virtual machines or containers. The service provider is free to choose the most suitable monetization strategy. The most common models are:

• Target specific verticals that use specific applications.
• Integrate the image catalog into own provisioning system, provide a seamless one-click experience deploying these applications, and thus promote additional consumption of IaaS-based hosting products.

Each application is accompanied by a standard computer-readable description (metadata) that can be used to build a catalog in provider's own control panels and online stores. For example, Ametys CMS has the following description:

name = Ametys

categories = CMS

description = Ametys CMS is a multi-purpose Web factory and can run corporate websites, blogs, portals, and corporate wikis on the same server. Its features include roll-out enterprise portals, websites, blogs through a website factory and share contents.

version = 3.7.1-1

ports = 80, 443

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You can download all catalog item descriptions as a single package. Depending on your needs, you can either create your own list from specific applications or expose all applications in the catalog to your customers. When applications in the catalog are updated or a new application is added to the catalog, the description package is updated as well.

• If you choose the first option and cherry-pick applications to your own list, you will need to maintain it and review new additions to the catalog in case you want to expand your list.
• If you choose the second option and want to expose all available applications to end users, you can scan the catalog listing and convert it to an end-user application catalog.