On 2021-06-25, at 14:58:34, Randy Bush wrote: > >> i do not see how one really gets to this place [...] if one buys > >> services above metal as a service (aka MASS). > > > > "Shim the APIs", e.g. Terraform or similar, and use lowest common > > denominator in terms of refined higher-level services. > > and what shim do we use on OVH et alia?
https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/ => https://registry.terraform.io/providers/terraform-provider-openstack/openstack/latest/docs > >> a side benefit of buying MAAS, is that this brings in emea vendors, > >> not just aws, azure, or goog. > > There are more cloud APIs than those three in EMEA. > > two things > > o those three are not based in emea. see others' postings on gdpr > and other issues with american providers > > o there seem to be extremely few emea based providers above MAAS; > which was my point There are actually many, only a small sample is represented on https://www.openstack.org/marketplace/public-clouds/f/a/Compute%20Service%20-%20Nova The list of additional providers for terraform is long. /M
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