Vertebra (software)

For other uses of "Vertebra", see Vertebra (disambiguation).

Vertebra is a framework that aims to simplify writing applications in The Cloud written by Engine Yard.

Vertebra
Developer(s)	Engine Yard
Preview release	0.3 beta / January 14, 2009 (2009-01-14)
Written in	Erlang and Ruby
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Cloud computing framework
License	LGPL license
Website	vertebra.engineyard.com

Release

It was released under the GNU Lesser General Public License 3 at the end of 2008.^[1]

Technologies

Vertebra is written in a combination of Ruby and Erlang.^[2]

Public reception

It has been characterized as a Service-Oriented-Architecture for the cloud,^[3] an application deployment platform,^[4] and an evolution in the architecture for cloud computing.^[5] For its part, Engine Yard simply classifies it as "A Platform for the Cloud."^[6]