MicroClouds - A Low-Touch Cloud Solution for Home Labs and Edge Computing

Explore the concept of MicroClouds in this 22-minute conference talk from Ubuntu Summit 2023. Learn how to build your own cloud in your homelab or simulate a cloud environment on your laptop for development and testing. Discover the advantages of MicroClouds, including their lightweight nature, scalability, and simplicity in deployment. Understand how these low-touch clouds can be set up with a single command, requiring minimal resources and no specialist knowledge. Find out how MicroClouds can run on both commodity and high-end hardware, making them suitable for technology enthusiasts with home labs and enterprise architects managing distributed clouds alike. Gain insights from speakers Eric Gelinas, Miona Aleksic, and Thomas Parrott on creating a seamless cloud experience anywhere you need it.