--- title: Midokura joins OIL and opens MidoNet SDN description: Midokura, a network virtualisation specialist, has today joined the Ubuntu Cloud Partner Programme. As part of this programme, Midokura’s MidoNet technology, a software-defined virtual network solution designed for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) clouds, will be part of Ubuntu’s OpenStack Interoperability Lab (OIL). MidoNet will benefi […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/midokura-joins-oil-and-opens-midonet-sdn?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [John Zannos](https://canonical.com/blog/author/john-zannos "More about John Zannos") 3 November 2014 # Midokura joins OIL and opens MidoNet SDN [cloud](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/cloud) [OIL](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/oil) [OpenStack](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack) --- Share the article [Midokura](http://www.midokura.com/), a network virtualisation specialist, has today joined the [Ubuntu Cloud Partner Programme](http://www.ubuntu.com/cloud/ecosystem). As part of this programme, Midokura’s MidoNet technology, a software-defined virtual network solution designed for Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) clouds, will be part of Ubuntu’s [OpenStack Interoperability Lab](http://partners.ubuntu.com/partner-programmes/openstack) (OIL). MidoNet will benefit from interoperability testing with products from twenty five other vendors improving the experience for OpenStack end users everywhere. Midokura will also Charm MidoNet, simplifying its deployment on Ubuntu OpenStack, bare metal and most public cloud environments through Juju, Canonical’s orchestration tool. Midokura also today [announced](http://www.midokura.com/press-releases/) that the MidoNet source code is now freely available, so anyone – especially those in the OpenStack community – can use, distribute and build on the technology, as well as submit back to the project. Canonical is a leading member of the MidoNet community supporting the open source project. For any vendor to open source their technology is hugely significant and it is confirmation that the the emerging world of scale out and cloud computing favours open source. It is also confirmation that the extremely strategic areas of Software Defined Networking favours Ubuntu. Seven SDN vendors are now participating in OIL so we see a centre of SDN gravity forming around Ubuntu. Midokura has been one of the early supporters of OpenStack and long been supported on Ubuntu at customers such as Bit-Isle in Japan. We are committed to building an ecosystem around scale out computing, OpenStack and Ubuntu and so an open source Midonet in OIL helps us take a big step in that direction. ## 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 [### Join Canonical at the first-ever African OpenInfra Days](https://canonical.com/blog/join-canonical-at-the-first-ever-african-openinfra-days) For the second time, and in less than one month, Canonical is coming to East Africa! Three weeks ago, we had the first-ever UbuCon Africa, which was co-located with DjangoCon... [Sharon Koech](https://canonical.com/blog/author/skoech) 2 September 2025 [### Run agentic workloads on Arm and Ubuntu](https://canonical.com/blog/run-agentic-workloads-on-arm-and-ubuntu) In the lead-up to Ubuntu Summit 26.04, Canonical and Arm are collaborating to certify the new Arm AGI CPU on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS (Resolute Raccoon). Learn what this means for... [Youssef Eltoukhy](https://canonical.com/blog/author/usf197) 26 May 2026 [### How to set up a micro lab: four principles for a reliable homelab](https://canonical.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-reliable-homelab) After over a decade of running a homelab, I have learned a few difficult lessons. Although it begins as a “lab,” you inevitably end up with something you want to keep. If a... [Jake Nabasny](https://canonical.com/blog/author/slapcat) 17 March 2026 [### Building new revenue streams: 3 strategic cloud opportunities for telcos in 2026](https://canonical.com/blog/new-telco-cloud-opportunity) PWC claimed the ‘fundamental challenge’ behind slowing growth is that telecom’s ‘core products and services’ are ‘becoming commodities.’ The way forward lies in modernizing and... [Isobel Kate Maxwell](https://canonical.com/blog/author/iso-maxwell) 10 February 2026