<s>
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
library	O
of	O
installers	B-Operating_System
or	O
software	B-Application
packages	I-Application
for	O
web	O
applications	O
and	O
software	B-Application
stacks	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
virtual	B-Application
appliances	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
is	O
sponsored	O
by	O
Bitrock	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
founded	O
in	O
2003	O
in	O
Seville	O
,	O
Spain	O
by	O
Daniel	O
Lopez	O
Ridruejo	O
and	O
Erica	O
Brescia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
stacks	O
are	O
used	O
for	O
installing	O
software	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	O
acquired	O
Bitrock	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
its	O
two	O
largest	O
properties	O
,	O
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
and	O
InstallBuilder	O
,	O
on	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
stacks	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
web	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
WordPress	B-Application
,	O
Drupal	B-Application
,	O
Joomla	O
!,	O
Redmine	B-Operating_System
,	O
AbanteCart	B-Language
,	O
PrestaShop	B-Application
,	O
Magento	B-Application
,	O
MediaWiki	B-Application
and	O
many	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
WordPress	B-Application
stack	O
will	O
include	O
WordPress	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
MySQL	O
database	O
to	O
manage	O
data	O
,	O
Apache	O
Web	O
server	O
to	O
serve	O
the	O
pages	O
,	O
OpenSSL	B-Language
library	O
for	O
basic	O
cryptographic	O
functions	O
and	O
PhpMyAdmin	B-Application
to	O
administer	O
MySQL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
installers	B-Operating_System
are	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
2.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
automated	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
management	O
,	O
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
offers	O
users	O
automated	O
application	O
deployments	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
server	O
apps	O
from	O
IBM	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
,	O
Oracle	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
,	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
EC2	I-General_Concept
,	O
Azure	B-Application
and	O
Google	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Platform	I-General_Concept
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
July	O
2009	O
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
also	O
offers	O
ready-to-run	O
virtual	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
that	O
contain	O
a	O
minimal	O
and	O
configured	O
Linux	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
offers	O
open	O
source	O
applications	O
as	O
modules	O
for	O
XAMPP	B-Application
package	O
developed	O
by	O
Apache	B-Application
Friends	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
distinct	O
difference	O
between	O
installation	O
of	O
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
installers	B-Operating_System
and	O
native	O
installs	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
rpms	O
and	O
debs	O
on	O
Linux	B-Application
)	O
are	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
installed	O
in	O
a	O
way	O
as	O
to	O
prevent	O
interference	O
with	O
existing	O
software	O
and	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
13	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Enano	O
CMS	O
web	B-Application
stack	I-Application
,	O
which	O
is	O
unique	O
in	O
that	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
and	O
to	O
the	O
Enano	O
CMS	O
Project	O
,	O
the	O
stack	O
module	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
be	O
externally	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2010	O
,	O
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
announced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
Cloud	B-Architecture
Hosting	I-Architecture
a	O
service	O
that	O
allows	O
deploying	O
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
stacks	O
on	O
the	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
EC2	I-General_Concept
cloud	O
,	O
with	O
automatic	O
monitoring	O
and	O
backups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2019	O
,	O
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
has	O
been	O
part	O
of	O
VMware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VMware	O
announced	O
its	O
intent	O
to	O
acquire	O
Bitnami	B-General_Concept
and	O
proceeded	O
on	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
