[KronisLV]

Thanks for dropping that link, it feels like there's definitely a niche that OpenStack can fill in nicely!

I guess the only other alternative is to look for the lowest common denominator, which in the case of Linux servers is typically something like Ansible/Salt - to connect to VPSes through SSH and do all of the necessary configuration from bottom up in an automated and repeatable manner.

Of course, that's not to say that it's always easy and i applaud what OpenStack is trying to do with providing APIs for a lot of that stuff.

[throwaway290232]

Yeah, they sort of have different purposes. VPS providers are the easiest way to just start using some VMs for static workloads. But Cloud providers give you not only a ton more control, but also allow you to save money by only getting charged for the resources you use. The tradeoffs being that the latter is way more complicated, and the "hyper-scale" Cloud providers are extremely overpriced. I'm hoping more small providers pop up and make the big girls more competitively priced.