--- title: BootStack – taking away the pain of cloud management description: 'BootStack (short for: build, operate, and optionally transfer) is the new offering from Canonical to round up its cloud portfolio. Utilising their experience in working with some of the world’s leading telcos and enterprises to build OpenStack clouds, Canonical experts will design and build your OpenStack cloud in predictable time and on […]' url: https://canonical.com/blog/bootstack-taking-away-the-pain-of-cloud-management?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 1 September 2014 # BootStack – taking away the pain of cloud management [BootStack](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/bootstack) [Factsheet](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/factsheet) [Support](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/support) --- Share the article BootStack (short for: build, operate, and optionally transfer) is the new offering from Canonical to round up its cloud portfolio. Utilising their experience in working with some of the world’s leading telcos and enterprises to build OpenStack clouds, Canonical experts will design and build your OpenStack cloud in predictable time and on budget. Canonical will manage the cloud for you for a fixed price, relieving you from the pain of recruiting and training OpenStack staff. When your team is ready to take over your cloud operations, Canonical will transfer it to your care. It’s the best way to get up and running quickly on OpenStack. Read this overview for full details of the offer, or [click here](http://www.ubuntu.com/cloud/bootstack/contact-us "BootStack registration form") to get in touch. [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## 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. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Tracing a memory leak bug in PID 1 and contributing an upstream fix: a Linux support story](https://canonical.com/blog/fixing-memory-bug) How Canonical Support helped a global retail organization trace the cause for an unusual memory leak originating in PID 1. By investigating the issue across three separate... [Lidia Luna Puerta](https://canonical.com/blog/author/lidia-luna) 17 July 2026 [### How Canonical Support solves hard Linux performance bugs  – even in 12-year old code](https://canonical.com/blog/support-solves-bugs-in-12-year-old-code) A 12-year-old bug in libnss-db caused getent enumeration to slow to a crawl – and showed how far expert support can go when a customer brings the right evidence and the right question. [Lidia Luna Puerta](https://canonical.com/blog/author/lidia-luna) 1 June 2026 [### When an upstream change broke smartcard FIPS authentication – and how we fixed it](https://canonical.com/blog/when-an-upstream-change-broke-smartcard-fips-authentication-and-how-we-fixed-it) This is the story of how Canonical’s Support team provided bug-fix support: we tracked down an upstream change in OpenSC that inadvertently broke FIPS compatibility,... [Lidia Luna Puerta](https://canonical.com/blog/author/lidia-luna) 12 February 2026 [### How to avoid package End of Life through backporting](https://canonical.com/blog/how-to-avoid-package-end-of-life-through-backporting) When a Git vulnerability hit systems past Ubuntu package end of life, teams had to reassess security options. Learn how to stay protected beyond standard support. [Lidia Luna Puerta](https://canonical.com/blog/author/lidia-luna) 23 January 2026