A clear map of where you stand today — and what separates your infrastructure from a sellable cloud.
Free live webinar · Online · August 19, 2026 · 10:00 CET
Launch or upgrade a public cloud your customers can buy
Andrei Kvapil, the creator of Cozystack, walks through the whole journey — from platform setup and service catalog to billing, integrations, migration planning, and your first paying customers.
- Free with registration
- Online, about 60 minutes
- Live Q&A with the speaker
- Recording sent to all registrants
From infrastructure to services customers pay for
Demand for cloud services keeps growing, and it has long since moved beyond virtual machines. Customers now expect managed Kubernetes, databases, object storage, self-service, and predictable billing. For local and regional providers, this shift is not just pressure from the hyperscalers — it is a revenue opportunity, because you already own the two things that matter most: the infrastructure and the customer relationships.
Two starting points, one goal
Some providers run hosting, colocation, or data center services, but have no modern cloud product to sell yet. Others already operate a cloud platform that has become too complex, too expensive, or too dependent on manual work — OpenStack overhead, VMware licensing, a thin service catalog, billing that never quite fits.
In both cases the goal is the same: launch or upgrade your cloud services without rebuilding the business from scratch.
From platform to sellable product
Andrei will show how to get there with Cozystack, an open-source cloud platform and CNCF Sandbox project that turns your infrastructure into a foundation for virtual machines, managed Kubernetes, databases, and S3-compatible storage.
He will also show how Aenix's add-on modules turn that platform into a sellable product: billing and usage metering, a hosting panel, WHMCS and custom integrations, and a realistic migration plan.
Open-source foundation
- Virtual machines
- Managed Kubernetes
- Databases
- S3-compatible storage
+ Ænix modules
- Billing & usage metering
- Hosting panel
- WHMCS & custom integrations
~2 weeks
from installation to first customers on a greenfield setup — Andrei walks through exactly what those two weeks look like in practice.
What we'll cover
A practical walkthrough of the whole path — from why cloud services sell to reaching your first paying customers.
- 01
The opportunity. Why cloud services have become a growth opportunity for local and regional providers — and why selling only VMs holds providers back.
- 02
Where local providers win. Data sovereignty, latency, regional presence, and customer trust — the ground the hyperscalers can't take.
- 03
Why traditional stacks are hard to sell. An honest look at OpenStack, CloudStack, Virtuozzo, VMware, OpenNebula, and Proxmox — their trade-offs in complexity, cost, and migration.
- 04
The platform foundation. How Cozystack provides virtual machines, managed Kubernetes, databases, S3-compatible storage, networking, monitoring, and multi-tenancy.
- 05
Turning it into a business. How Aenix modules add billing and usage metering, a hosting panel, and WHMCS or custom integrations with your existing systems.
- 06
To your first paying customers. How to get from installation to first customers, including migration planning and a two-week greenfield launch scenario.
The session ends with a live Q&A. Questions submitted at registration get priority — and this part only happens live.
What you'll leave with
A realistic first service catalog you could offer your customers.
A clear-eyed view of billing, usage metering, and panel integration — how they work in practice.
A migration and launch plan you can adapt to your own stack.
Who should attend
The webinar is designed for teams turning infrastructure into cloud services. If you run VMware, OpenStack, Proxmox, or a custom stack today and are weighing your options, you will leave with a practical view of what modernization could look like for your business.
- Hosting providers
- Cloud providers
- Data center operators
- MSPs
- Telecom companies
Especially the people who own the numbers for cloud services:
- Founders
- CTOs
- COOs
- Product leaders
Your speaker
Andrei Kvapil
Creator of Cozystack · Founder of Aenix
Andrei created Cozystack, the open-source cloud platform and CNCF Sandbox project, after more than fifteen years of building clouds and high-load infrastructure. He contributes to Kubernetes, KubeVirt, Cilium, and LINSTOR, and speaks at KubeCon and other industry events. At Aenix, he helps providers turn their infrastructure into commercial cloud services.
Registration
August 19, 2026 · 10:00 CET · online. Attendance is free — with registration: you get the calendar invite and the recording.
About the webinar
This is a free live webinar for hosting providers, cloud providers, data center operators, MSPs, and telecom companies that want to turn their infrastructure into cloud services customers pay for. Andrei Kvapil — the creator of Cozystack, an open-source cloud platform and CNCF Sandbox project — walks through the whole journey: choosing the platform, building a service catalog, connecting billing and usage metering, integrating with WHMCS or a custom panel, planning a migration, and reaching the first paying customers. The webinar covers both common starting points: providers with no cloud product to sell yet, and providers whose existing platform has become too complex or too expensive to sell. Attendance is free with registration, and every registrant receives the recording.
Quick facts
- Format A live online webinar, about 60 minutes: a walkthrough of the launch path, followed by a live Q&A with the speaker
- Date August 19, 2026, 10:00 CET — online. Register to get the calendar invite and the recording.
- Price Free with registration; every registrant receives the recording
- Language English
- Who it's for Founders, CTOs, COOs, and product leaders at hosting providers, cloud providers, data centers, MSPs, and telecom companies
- Host Andrei Kvapil — creator and maintainer of Cozystack (CNCF Sandbox project), founder of Aenix
- After the webinar The recording, plus a practical view of a migration and launch plan you can adapt to your own stack
Frequently asked questions
When does the webinar take place?
August 19, 2026 at 10:00 CET, online. Register and we will email you a calendar invite — and the recording afterwards, whether or not you can attend live.
Is the webinar free?
Yes. Attendance is free — you only need to register. Every registrant also receives the recording.
Will there be a recording?
Yes. The recording goes to everyone who registers, so it is worth signing up even if the live time does not suit you.
We already run cloud services. Is this still relevant for us?
Yes. A large part of the session is about upgrading and commercializing an existing platform — replacing OpenStack or VMware overhead, widening a thin service catalog, and fixing billing and metering — without rebuilding the business from scratch.
We don't sell cloud services yet. Is it useful?
Very. The webinar walks the greenfield path from infrastructure to first paying customers, including a realistic two-week launch scenario and a first service catalog you can actually offer.
Do I need to know Kubernetes to follow along?
No. Andrei explains the platform in terms of the cloud product you want to sell — virtual machines, managed Kubernetes, databases, and storage as services — not as an internals deep-dive. It is aimed at the people who decide what to build and sell.
Free live webinar · Online · August 19, 2026 · 10:00 CET
Build a public cloud you can actually sell
August 19, 2026 · 10:00 CET · online. Attendance is free — with registration; every registrant gets the calendar invite and the recording.