CloudStack (ACS)

Apache CloudStack is CMP's primary supported compute orchestrator. This section covers the complete setup from connecting CMP to CloudStack through to snapshots and backups.

For customer/admin feature docs (VMs, networks, volumes, and so on), see CloudStack Features.

Pages in this section

• Connecting CMP to CloudStack

• Configuring Zones in CMP — map CloudStack zones for customer provisioning

• Templates — prepare and configure OS templates in CMP

• CloudStack Packages — map offerings to CMP rate card packages

• Quota Management (ACS) — set CloudStack-level quota limits

• Storage Settings — map disk offerings to CMP storage categories

• Client Registration Flow

• CloudStack Packages

• Console Proxy Setup

• Snapshot & Backup (pre-4.20)

• CloudStack Native Backup (v4.20+)

CloudStack version compatibility

CMP Feature	Min ACS Version
Core VM provisioning	4.11+
Backup & Recovery (native)	4.20+
KVM snapshots	4.11+ (requires kvm.snapshot.enabled = true)