Mike, Cloudstack can be compiled with or without the non APL2 licensed JARS. These JARS are typically API interfaces for various commercial products and typically are closed source or have incompatible licenses. If you're using VMWare, you are probably using a package source that has compiled Cloudstack with the included JARS. The only reason two options are offered is that Cloudstack can't distribute the JARS as part of the source code, but a third party can (and does) include them as part of a compiled release for convenience to the community.
Hope this helps. -Si ________________________________ From: Corey, Mike <mike.co...@sap.com.INVALID> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 1:53 PM To: users@cloudstack.apache.org <users@cloudstack.apache.org> Subject: Clarity on when to use "Non-OSS" ACS Hi, I’ve been working with ACS 4.15 deploying to VMware hypervisors for over a year now. I’m catching up on 4.16 docs for an upgrade of our landscape. For whatever reason I’m just seeing the below regarding Non-OSS package creation if using VMware. Could I get some clarity on this please? I’m not sure what it is meant by VMware, NetApp, or other non-oss plug-ins. Up to this point I’ve been using the “normal” CloudStack CentOS package repo for the ACS installation. Have I done it all wrong? ### ACS 4.16 Guide: If you need support for the VMware, NetApp, F5, NetScaler, SRX, or any other non-Open Source Software (nonoss) plugins, you’ll need to download a few components on your own and follow a slightly different procedure to build from source. Some of the plugins supported by CloudStack cannot be distributed with CloudStack for licensing reasons. In some cases, some of the required libraries/JARs are under a proprietary license. In other cases, the required libraries may be under a license that’s not compatible with Apache’s licensing guidelines for third-party products. ### Mike Corey Technology Senior Consultant, IT CS CTW Operation & Virtualization Service US SAP AMERICA, INC. 3999 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, 19073 United States T +1 610 661 0905, M +1 484 274 2658, E mike.co...@sap.com [cid:image002.png@01D806FA.EE5ECAD0]
