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For those that didn’t make it, here are a few highlights.
First, Ubuntu is the leading OpenStack distribution,
with 55% of all production are using Ubuntu, nearly 5x the number for
RHEL. There is a big squabble at the moment between vendors in the RHEL
camp; for the record, Canonical is happy to work with vendors of
alternative OpenStack distributions on Ubuntu as long as we have a
commercial agreement that enables us to support users. Nonetheless, the
standard way to do OpenStack starts with Ubuntu followed by the addition
of Canonical’s cloud archive, installing OpenStack using those
packages.
Second, vendors are focused on interoperability through Canonical’s OpenStack Interop Lab (OIL).
We build OpenStack thousands of ways every month with permutations and
combinations of code from many vendors. Bring us a Juju charm of your
work, sign up to the OIL program and we’ll tell you which other vendors
you need to do more work with if you want to be interoperable with their
OpenStack offerings.
Third, Juju and MAAS are growing support for Windows and CentOS, with other operating systems on the horizon too (patches welcome!). Thanks to contributions from CloudBase Solutions,
you’ll get amazing orchestration of Windows and Linux apps on any cloud
or bare metal. If you have a Windows app that you want charmed up, they
are the guys to talk to! We did a live on-stage install of OpenStack
with Ubuntu KVM and Windows Hyper-V with the beta code, and expect it to
land in production Juju / MAAS in the coming weeks.
from Mike Shuttleworth
