# Notes on Fedora Cloud

*Notes from meeting with David Duncan and Major Hayden 05/10/2022*

- #### What is Fedora Cloud?

- A lightweight VM environment, customised for the best cloud native experience.
- Can be as minimal or as feature rich as possible.
- Suitable for indecisive people

- #### For new net Fedora Cloud users, who is the growth audience we should try to address?

- Hobbyists trying things out
- Someone who wants to use Fedora on a cloud whether that’s public or private
- Users whose software/systems don’t immediately fit openshift or kubernetes
- Users who want to rapidly test and deploy
- Users who want to build it up and then tear it down

- #### Who are Fedora Cloud’s competitors?

- Similar competitors to workstation and server
- Ubuntu cloud images
- openSUSE tumbleweed cloud image
- Amazon Linux cloud specific

- #### Supported platforms?

- X86 arm 65 arch 65
- x86_64 / aarch64
- xu6_64 / AMD+Intel
- s/xu6_64/x86_64/

- #### What words would you associate with Fedora Cloud?

- Next generation computing
- Cloud providers
- Vagrant
- Minimal (but in a good way)
- osbuild???

- #### What do you like about the current Fedora Cloud page?

- [https://alt.fedoraproject.org/cloud/](https://alt.fedoraproject.org/cloud/)
- The omni-spread
- Add the azure section
- Same words but changes needed for google image section

- #### What do you dislike?

- There's a lot of scrolling
- The z index layout

- #### Is there anything you would like to see in the new design?

- Pointer to the docs (need to be updated)
- CoreOS link that’s there make sense
- no reason not to point people there
- Need to add more enviroments
- Cloud agnostic
- Exapnd list
- Quickly scan page for favourite service. Can add logos for more visability.
- Goal: anything that’s super agnostic or grab and go are at top
- images at top also
- cloud option
- Include features providers section but not phrased like that
- Big providers and smaller ones
- [https://www.redhat.com/en/certified-cloud-and-service-providers](https://www.redhat.com/en/certified-cloud-and-service-providers)
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- #generated points:
- Security: Fedora Cloud is designed with security in mind. It includes features like SELinux, which provides additional security at the kernel level, and Security Profiles, which allow you to quickly configure security settings for different use cases.

- Latest software: Fedora Cloud includes the latest software packages and updates, so you'll always be up-to-date with the latest features and improvements.

- Customizable: Fedora Cloud allows you to customize your environment by selecting the specific packages and features you want to include, allowing you to create a tailored environment for your needs.

- Container-friendly: Fedora Cloud is optimized for container workloads, so it's a great choice if you're running container-based applications. It includes tools like podman and buildah for managing containers.

- Community-driven: Fedora is an open-source project that is driven by a community of developers and users. This means that there is a large pool of knowledge and expertise available to help you with any issues you may encounter.

- Documentation and support: Fedora Cloud comes with comprehensive documentation and support, including user guides, community forums, and online resources. This means you can easily find the information you need to get started and troubleshoot any issues that arise.