The 2025 edition of the CloudStack India User Group (CSIUG) brought together passionate users, contributors, and innovators from across the region to explore the evolving landscape of Apache CloudStack. Hosted in person at the D1 Yotta Data Center in Greater Noida and supported by ShapeBlue, Yotta and LINBIT, the event was packed with technical talks, deployment insights, and collaborative energy.
Below you can find the sessions slides, abstracts, as well as speaker’s social links in case you would like to connect and have any questions about their session!
Access each session's slides by clicking onto the presentation graphic.
Meetup Kickoff & Welcome - Rohit Yadav, CSIUG Chairman and CTO at ShapeBlue
The day began with a warm welcome and a reflection on how far the CloudStack community in India has come — and where it’s headed next.
The Yotta x CloudStack Advantage: a Scalable, India-First Cloud - Tailored for Sovereignty, Flexibility, Affordability and Innovation – Sunil Gupta, CEO at Yotta
Sunil highlighted the critical role of sovereign clouds in India and how CloudStack enables Yotta to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant cloud services tailored to the Indian market.
Apache CloudStack 201: Let's Design & Build an IaaS Cloud - Jithin Raju, Cloud Architect at ShapeBlue
A standout session that walked attendees through a live demonstration of building an IaaS cloud from scratch. Jithin provided a clear blueprint for designing and deploying real-world CloudStack environments — a perfect bridge for those moving from basics to production deployments.
Empowering Cloud Providers with Apache CloudStack and Stackbill - Ravichandran Palanisamy, Global Head of Business Development at StackBill
This talk focused on transforming infrastructure into a business platform, showcasing how StackBill layers on top of CloudStack to enable turnkey cloud delivery with improved tenant experience and provider ROI.
Ampere Offers Energy-Efficient Future for AI and Cloud - Vinod Kumar, Sales Director at Ampere Computing
Vinod shared how Ampere’s processors — in partnership with ShapeBlue — are helping reduce power usage and carbon footprint while delivering performance for AI and cloud workloads.
Building and Operating a Private Cloud with CloudStack and LINBIT CloudStack HCI Appliance - Nischal Prabhu, Cloud Engineer at LINBIT # (https://linbit.com)
An in-depth look at how LINBIT’s HCI Appliance simplifies private cloud operations, leveraging CloudStack’s orchestration with resilient storage through DRBD and LINSTOR.
CloudStack GPU Integration - Rohit Yadav, CTO at ShapeBlue
Rohit unveiled the latest GPU capabilities in CloudStack, covering passthrough, virtual GPU support, and intelligent scheduling — vital for AI/ML and HPC workloads.
Simplifying End-to-End Apache CloudStack Deployment with a Web-Based Automation Portal - Vivek Kumar, Lead DevОps Engineer at Yotta
A technical deep dive into how Yotta has automated complex CloudStack deployments using a custom-built web UI that drives Ansible playbooks interactively.
Extensions Framework (XaaS) - Enabling Orchestrate Anything - Harikrishna Patnala - Lead Software Engineer & Abhishek Kumar - Software Engineer at ShapeBlue
This session demonstrated the flexibility of the new Extensions Framework, allowing operators to integrate custom services, orchestrators, and even third-party hypervisors like Proxmox directly into CloudStack’s lifecycle. A game-changer for extensibility and vendor-neutral operations.
Community Spirit
The CSIUG 2025 event once again demonstrated the power of the CloudStack community in India — not just as users, but as contributors, innovators, and leaders. With strong momentum in areas like GPU support, automation, and real-world production use cases, the future of Apache CloudStack looks brighter than ever.
We thank all the speakers, participants, and contributors who made the day a success!
Next Stop: London, September 18th
The next Apache CloudStack User Group event is just around the corner! Join us in London on September 18th for another day of technical sessions, live demos, and networking with the global CloudStack community. Whether you're an experienced operator or new to the project, the London User Group is a great opportunity to connect, learn, and contribute.
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