In short
A cloudspace is an isolated virtual environment where you deploy and manage cloud resources. In whitesky, a cloudspace is a fully isolated layer 2 network with a virtual firewall that contains your virtual machines, storage, and networking configuration.
General definition
In cloud computing, the term “cloudspace” generally refers to:
- An isolated virtual network or VPC
- A logical division of cloud resources
- A boundary for security and multi-tenancy
- A unit of organization for workloads
Cloudspace in whitesky
In whitesky, a cloudspace provides:
Isolation and security
- Fully isolated layer 2 network
- Virtual firewall by default
- No external access to VMs without configuration
- Multi-tenant isolation when used in shared environments
Network capabilities
- DHCP server for automatic IP assignment
- DNAT port forwards (a TCP/UDP port to one specific VM)
- VPN access for secure remote connectivity
- Connected Cloudspaces for multi-tier architectures
- Load balancers and reverse proxies (L4/L7): Layer 7 (HTTP/HTTPS reverse proxy) and Layer 4 (TCP/UDP), both via the built-in Traefik, to a server pool
- Automatic SSL certificates via Let’s Encrypt
Storage options
- Software-defined storage (vDisks)
- Direct attached NVMe for high-performance workloads
- Automated snapshots with configurable retention
- Integrated backup to S3-compatible storage
VM management
- Create VMs from predefined images or ISO
- Clone from snapshots
- Import from backup solutions (VMware, Veeam and Acronis)
- CPU pinning and custom CPU topologies
- vGPU support for GPU workloads, where the cloud location offers GPUs (configured by the Cloud Enabler in Meneja)
- Anti-affinity groups for high availability
Related concepts
- Objectspaces - S3-compatible object storage
- Containerspaces - Managed Kubernetes
- VDI - Virtual desktop infrastructure
Learn more
Visit the Cloudspaces documentation for detailed technical information.