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Introduction

Built on the robust OpenStack Cloud Operating System, our Compute service offers a comprehensive suite of tools designed to meet all your cloud infrastructure needs with unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and efficiency.

Regions

Switch Cloud Compute is available in two regions, both located in Switzerland:

Region Location
ZHW Zurich West
ZHC Zurich Central

Both regions offer the same compute services. You can choose which region to deploy your workloads in based on your requirements, for example to achieve application high availability or to distribute workloads across locations.

Selecting a region

When working in the Horizon Dashboard, you can switch between regions using the dropdown menu in the top navigation bar. The dropdown menu shows your current domain, project and active region.

To select a region:

  1. Log in to the Horizon Dashboard from the Switch Cloud Portal
  2. Click the dropdown menu in the top navigation bar showing your current project and region
  3. Under Regions, select either zhw or zhc
  4. The dashboard will reload and show resources belonging to the selected region

Region selector

Note: Switching regions will show only the compute resources deployed in the selected region. Organisation-wide resources such as users, projects and domains are shared across both regions.

Compute Capabilities:

  • Instances: Easily create and manage virtual machines tailored to your specific needs, enabling rapid deployment and scaling of applications.
  • Images: Maintain and deploy standardized templates for your virtual machines, ensuring consistency and efficiency across your infrastructure. You can also upload your own images.

Storage Solutions:

  • Volumes: Allocate and manage block storage volumes to suit your data requirements, providing persistent storage for your applications.
  • Volume Snapshots: Create point-in-time snapshots of your volumes for backup and disaster recovery purposes, ensuring your data is always protected.

Networking:

  • Networks: Define and manage your virtual networks, ensuring optimal communication between your instances and other network resources.
  • Routers: Configure and control routing between different networks, enhancing the connectivity and security of your infrastructure.
  • Security Groups: Implement fine-grained security controls by defining rules that manage incoming and outgoing traffic for your instances.
  • Floating IPs: Assign public IPv4 addresses to your instances, or move an existing one between instances, allowing them to be accessible from the internet while maintaining control over network traffic.

Seamless Management with Horizon Dashboard:

Our Compute service is designed to be user-friendly and accessible through the Horizon Dashboard, OpenStack's powerful web-based interface. This intuitive platform allows you to:

  • Easily navigate and manage all aspects of your cloud infrastructure across both regions.
  • Quickly deploy, configure, and scale your virtual machines, storage, and networking resources.

Join us in embracing the power of cloud computing. Experience the unmatched benefits of a cloud infrastructure built on OpenStack, and take yourself to new heights of innovation and efficiency.