Community
Start hereRun it yourself.
FreeOpen source, AGPL-3.0
- The complete software and its source code
- Documentation, runbooks and the design decisions
- Help in public: GitHub Discussions and Issues
The software is free. The help is quoted.
You do not need to buy anything to use Apelora Fabric, including in a company. Services add people and time. We have not published prices: each service is quoted for your environment.
Deployment
We set it up with you.
Request a quoteOne engagement, quoted for your environment
- Installation and configuration
- Validation on your servers
- Handover with runbooks
Support
Someone to ask.
Request a quoteA subscription with defined coverage
- Help installing, upgrading, operating
- Diagnosis from your logs and support bundle
- Fixes for confirmed defects, in releases
Integration, training or a larger deployment: request a quote for custom services.
What each option includes
- Included
- Not included
- Partly, as written
| Feature | Community | Deployment | Support |
|---|---|---|---|
| The software and its source | Included | Included | Included |
| Every feature that exists | Included | Included | Included |
| Documentation and runbooks | Included | Included | Included |
| Help in public on GitHub | Included | Included | Included |
| Installation and configuration by us | Not included | Included | Not included |
| Validation on your servers and handover | Not included | Included | Not included |
| Private help with your environment | Not included | During the engagement | Included |
| Upgrade guidance | Documentation only | Not included | Included |
| Price | Free | Request a quote | Request a quote |
Integration, training and larger deployments are custom services, quoted separately. Response times, hours and channels for support are written in each quote.
What shapes your quote.
These are the settings of an engagement, and what we ask about first. Nothing here is priced or promised until you have a written quote.
| Setting | Deployment | Support |
|---|---|---|
| Servers | How many are installed and validated | How many are covered |
| Environments | Lab, staging, production: which ones | Which are covered, and which are not |
| Storage and network | Local disks, shared storage, OVN, VLANs: what is set up and checked | What we need to know to diagnose |
| Sign-in and roles | Identity provider, local accounts or a directory; roles and approvals | Who may contact us, and for which environments |
| Internet access | Connected, or without internet access with image mirrors | How logs and the support bundle reach us |
| Coverage | The length of the engagement and what is handed over | Hours, channels and response times, written in your quote |
| Term | One engagement | A subscription for a stated period |
Have these answers ready, or not: ask about a deployment or about support and we will go through them with you.
Questions about licensing and services
Do I need to buy anything to use Apelora Fabric?
No. The whole software is available under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3. Anyone can use it, including companies, as long as they follow the licence.
Can a business use the Community edition?
Yes. Being a business does not require anything extra. The AGPL asks that if you modify the software and let other people use your modified version over a network, you offer them its source. Read the licence summary and the full licence text, and ask a lawyer if you are unsure how it applies to you.
Do paid services change what the software can do?
No. Services add our time: installation, support, training, integration. There is one edition of the software, and no feature is held back for customers.
Why are there no prices?
Every environment is different, and the services have not been priced yet. We quote after a short conversation about your servers, network, storage and how you operate. Until then the answer is "request a quote", not a guess.
Are there fees that are not in the quote?
No. A quote states the price, what it includes, taxes, any expenses and how they are limited, payment terms, how long it lasts, whether it renews, and how to cancel and what you get back, before you accept it. Nothing is charged before you accept, and nothing is charged for a demo or a quote. See refunds and cancellation.
Is Apelora Fabric ready for production?
Not yet. It is in early development and has been tested on a four-server lab, not on real servers. We will discuss your use, and what the software is ready for, before recommending anything. See the roadmap.
Tell us about your environment
How many servers, what storage and network, who needs access. We will tell you what Apelora does for that today and what it does not.