--- title: Blog posts tagged "OpenStack" description: Canonical makes open source secure, reliable and easy to use, providing support for Ubuntu and a portfolio of enterprise-grade technologies. Founded in 2004, Canonical operates globally with team members in over 80 countries. url: https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack --- # Blog posts tagged "OpenStack" #### [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 service goes down for an extended period of time or you lose data, it can feel catastrophic. The anxiety of missed emails --- MicroCloud #### [OpenStack cloud – happy 15th anniversary!](https://canonical.com/blog/openstack-cloud-happy-15th-anniversary) Happy birthday, OpenStack! It’s astonishing how fast time flies – fifteen years already. Yet, here we are: OpenStack cloud still stands as a de facto standard for open source cloud infrastructure implementation. It powers thousands of organisations around the world, across telco, finserv, public sector, IT, research, manufacturing and mor --- Cloud and server #### [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 Africa 2025, and on September 6, Canonical will be coming to Kenya to support OpenInfra Days Kenya 2025. This event is set to be the --- Ceph #### [OpenStack PoC? No problem!](https://canonical.com/blog/openstack-poc) Setting up a proof of concept (PoC) environment is often one of the first steps in any IT project. It helps organizations to get to grips with the technology, validate the idea, and identify any potential risks. However, setting up an OpenStack PoC has always been a challenge due to the overall complexity of the --- Cloud and server #### [The Linux Foundation and OpenStack – a new chapter for cloud-native infrastructure](https://canonical.com/blog/linux-foundation-openstack) Effective July 23rd, 2025 the Open Infrastructure Foundation (OIF) has officially joined one of the world’s largest and most influential open source communities: the Linux Foundation. This strategic move reflects the accelerating trend toward open source standardization and democratization – a movement Canonical has proudly supported sinc --- Cloud and server #### [OpenStack with Sunbeam for medium-scale cloud infrastructure](https://canonical.com/blog/openstack-with-sunbeam-for-medium-scale-cloud-infrastructure) The rapid growth in OpenStack installation and orchestration tools that we have seen in recent years has effectively established OpenStack as the world’s leading open source cloud platform. Projects like Sunbeam or Kolla Ansible, for example, are effectively transforming OpenStack into yet another user application. By using containers and --- Cloud and server #### [vBRAS NFVI reference architecture with Huawei OceanStor and Canonical OpenStack](https://canonical.com/blog/telco-nfvi-vbras-huawei-oceanstor-canonical-openstack) A note from the editor: This post was written by Zhanglei Mao. A broadband remote access server (BRAS) is an access gateway oriented to broadband network applications. It bridges broadband access and backbone networks, providing basic access methods and management functions for broadband access networks. Traditionally, BRAS has suffered f --- OpenStack #### [Join Canonical in London at Dell Technologies Forum](https://canonical.com/blog/join-canonical-in-london-at-dell-technologies-forum) Canonical is excited to be partnering with Dell Technologies at the upcoming Dell Technologies Forum – London, taking place on 26th November. This prestigious event brings together industry leaders and technology enthusiasts to explore the latest advancements and solutions shaping the digital landscape. Register to Dell Technologies Forum --- AI #### [Join Canonical in Paris at Dell Technologies Forum](https://canonical.com/blog/join-canonical-in-paris-at-dell-technologies-forum) Canonical is thrilled to be joining forces with Dell Technologies at the upcoming Dell Technologies Forum – Paris, taking place on 19 November. This premier event brings together industry leaders and technology enthusiasts to explore the latest advancements and solutions shaping the digital landscape. Register to Dell Technologies Forum – --- AI #### [6 facts for CentOS users who are holding on](https://canonical.com/blog/migrating-to-ubuntu-lts-six-facts-for-centos-users) Considering migrating to Ubuntu from other Linux platforms, such as CentOS? Find six useful facts to get started! --- Cloud and server #### [Meet our EDU team at EDUCAUSE 2024](https://canonical.com/blog/meet-our-edu-team-at-educause-2024) We’re excited to announce our participation in EDUCAUSE 2024. --- Cloud and server #### [Why is Ubuntu Linux the leading choice to replace CentOS for financial services?](https://canonical.com/blog/why-is-ubuntu-linux-the-leading-choice-to-replace-centos-for-finserv-infrastructure) Financial services are powered by technology. The customer experience is increasingly driven by data, with tailoring of products and services to reflect individual behaviors and preferences. All of this rests on a foundation of secure, stable technology that can support agility and flexibility to adapt to customer needs, whilst at the sam --- Financial Services #### [BT Group and Canonical deliver 5G to UK stadiums](https://canonical.com/blog/bt-group-and-canonical-deliver-5g-to-uk-stadiums) Canonical teamed up with BT to improve connectivity in football stadiums. Find out how we brought 5G coverage to Watford stadium. --- Canonical announcements #### [OpenStack with Sunbeam as an on-prem extension of the OpenStack public cloud](https://canonical.com/blog/openstack-with-sunbeam-as-an-on-prem-extension-of-the-openstack-public-cloud) One of the biggest challenges that cloud service providers (CSPs) face these days is to deliver an extension of the public cloud they host to a small-scale piece of infrastructure that runs on customers’ premises. While the world’s tech giants, such as Amazon or Azure, have developed their own solutions for this purpose, many smaller, --- Cloud and server #### [OpenStack with Sunbeam for small-scale cloud infrastructure](https://canonical.com/blog/openstack-with-sunbeam-for-small-scale-private-cloud-infrastructure) Whenever it comes to a small-scale private cloud infrastructure project roll-out, organisations usually face a serious dilemma. The implementation process often seems complex due to a lack of knowledge, tricky migrations and an immediate need from management to run various extensions, such as Kubernetes, on top. The most obvious way to ov --- Cloud and server #### [Canonical joins the Sylva project](https://canonical.com/blog/canonical-joins-the-sylva-project) Canonical is proud to announce that we have joined the Sylva project of Linux Foundation Europe as a General Member. We aim to bring our open source infrastructure solutions to Sylva and contribute to the project’s goal of providing a platform to validate cloud-native telco functions. Sylva was created to accelerate the cloudification of --- Canonical announcements 1. *Previous page* 2. [1](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack?format=md&page=1) 3. [2](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack?format=md&page=2) 4. [3](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack?format=md&page=3) 5. [4](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack?format=md&page=4) 6. [5](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack?format=md&page=5) 7. [*Next page*](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack?format=md&page=2)