--- title: What’s the easiest way to start using big software? Meet Conjure-up description: Have a big software project you want to get in front of users with the least amount of barriers? Maybe it has a lot of dependencies, target runtimes, and/or micro-service type relationships. Don’t feel like writing a book’s worth of install and configuration documentation? Wish you could just tell folks to just conjure-up your project? […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/conjure-up-an-introduction?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Adam Stokes](https://canonical.com/blog/author/adam-stokes "More about Adam Stokes") 9 June 2016 # What’s the easiest way to start using big software? Meet Conjure-up [Big Software](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/big-software) [conjure-up](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/conjure-up) [deep learning](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/deep-learning) [kubernetes](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/kubernetes) [OpenStack](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack) [Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/ubuntu) --- Share the article Have a big software project you want to get in front of users with the least amount of barriers? Maybe it has a lot of dependencies, target runtimes, and/or micro-service type relationships. Don’t feel like writing a book’s worth of install and configuration documentation? Wish you could just tell folks to just conjure-up your project? As if it was a magical spell? Hear about the latest platform but don’t have time to figure out how to begin to deploy it just to give it a try? ## Conjure-up is a power tool for getting users using Big Software The Ubuntu Solutions Engineering team is pleased to announce the first pre-release of conjure-up 2.0! Conjure-up lets you summon up big-software as a “spell” – a model of a software stack, including all the extra know-how to get you from bits on disk to a fully usable, configured, related deployment. Start using big software instead of learning how to deploy it. * Want OpenStack? Done, no problem. * What about Big Data? Like magic. * Deep Learning? Yep, just like that. * Kubernetes? Like butter. Seems simple? It is, with conjure-up. But wait, that sounds way too easy. What’s the catch? After picking a spell, conjure-up presents you with a list of targets to deploy to including: * Major public clouds like EC2, Azure or GCE * A local (and super fast) deployment with LXD containers * Bare metal in a MAAS cluster From there conjure-up can work in two ways: 1. Walkthrough mode: where each spell will present you with a series of panels describing software components and their associated configurations. Users can accept the defaults or modify as needed to fit their particular use case. 2. Default (headless) mode: where a spell can be deployed with all default options, placement and relations bypassing all the walkthrough panels. Enough with the sales pitch, you’re itching to give it a try right? Let’s get started! ## Getting conjure-up conjure-up is available on both Ubuntu Trusty 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 LTS ``` $ snap install conjure-up --classic --beta $ conjure-up ``` ## Popular Spells ### Kubernetes The Canonical Distribution of Kubernetes works across all major public clouds and private infrastructure, enabling your teams to operate Kubernetes clusters on demand, anywhere. ``` $ conjure-up kubernetes ``` ### OpenStack An OpenStack Cloud (Newton release) on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, providing Dashboard, Compute, Network, Block Storage, Object Storage, Identity and Image services. ``` $ conjure-up openstack ``` ## Release Notes Several bug fixes and new features were introduced in this release. For a full list of what’s changed visit the [Releases page](https://github.com/ubuntu/conjure-up/releases/tag/2.0.0.1). ## Feature highlights * Ability to summon spells from various remote repositories, such as the Juju charm store, GitHub, BitBucket, and privately managed web servers. * 2 modes of deployments, an Interactive mode which walks you through the entire deploy process. Second, a headless mode for a non-interactive approach to deploying big-software. ## Want to get involved? Please visit our website or join us on IRC to participate in this project: * [Website](http://conjure-up.io/) * [GitHub](https://github.com/ubuntu/conjure-up) * [IRC](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntu-server) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. 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