Odin Automation is a service delivery platform that allows Internet service providers (ISPs) to quickly launch the hosting services and for that purpose provides the complete life-cycle management of hosting infrastructure.
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The consumers of the hosting services, called customers in the platform, are SMBs (small and medium-sized business) or individuals, whose goal is to get access to web hosting, business email solutions, and various other online applications from the cloud.
The platform allows the providers to deliver a variety of service types grouped into:
The platform allows the service provider and its resellers to automate and simplify configuration, management, support, and operational work associated with resource sales, operations, and maintenance. Web-based management tools are used for the mentioned activity at different business levels without the necessity to understand underlying systems in detail.
The platform, as a comprehensive hosting and cloud automation platform, provides full spectrum of integrated management tools to deploy and deliver services to customers and their service users:
The mentioned tools are grouped into the following two big systems:
The next articles introduce the main operations in the platform that are necessary to deploy and deliver application services to end-users. For more detailed guides, refer to the platform documentation.