Collection: Multi-layered API specification based construction of ecosystem for cloud operating systems

2021-12-02 |

Achievement

The project puts forward the idea of building a cloud OS ecosystem around API and defines an API specification by analyzing the existing cloud computing practices. The API specification, which consists of basic and extended APIs, has gained the support from many vendors, forming a preliminary fully-controllable cloud OS ecosystem.

Application

The project outcomes promote the interoperability among different cloud operating systems or services, avoid repeated development, and thus facilitate continuous technology iteration and overall industry innovation. Till now, the cloud OS minimum kernel APIs have been officially supported by Alibaba Cloud, HUAWEI Cloud, Inspur Cloud, CETC Cloud, and so on. In particular, a domestic heterogeneous cloud platform has been constructed based on the API specification developed, further demonstrating the benefits of the project outcomes.

The World Internet Conference (WIC) was established as an international organization on July 12, 2022, headquartered in Beijing, China. It was jointly initiated by Global System for Mobile Communication Association (GSMA), National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Center of China (CNCERT), China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), Alibaba Group, Tencent, and Zhijiang Lab.