Oracle releases its OpenStack cloud-computing distribution on Oracle Linux

Grazed from V3.co.uk. Author: Daniel Robinson.

Oracle has officially released its Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux, its distribution of the OpenStack cloud framework that integrates with Oracle Linux and the Oracle VM Server virtualisation platform, providing customers with increased choice and interoperability when building cloud infrastructure, the firm said.

Available as a free download from Oracle’s Public Yum Server and the Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN), Oracle’s OpenStack build installs on top of Oracle Linux and allows users to operate virtual machines using any guest operating system supported by Oracle VM Server, including Microsoft Windows, Oracle Solaris and other versions of Linux…

The platform was previewed as a beta release back in May, but with the general availability of Oracle OpenStack for Oracle Linux 1.0, the firm is now providing production OpenStack support to Oracle Linux and Oracle VM customers, Oracle said. While the beta was based on the Havana release of OpenStack, the production release is based on the most up-to-date Icehouse release, along with numerous improvements such as a simplified install process and bug fixes…

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