Latest Openstack Release Extends Scope And Reach Of Cloud Platform
devops.com, Friday, October 4th, 2024
The latest edition of the OpenStack framework released this week adds an ability to reserve instances of graphical processor units (GPUs) along with a revamped user interface (UI) that promises to make the cloud management framework more accessible.
In addition, release 2024.2 Dalmatian of OpenStack Ironic adds a runbooks application programming interface (API) through which a series of curated workflows can be defined, along with any ability to manage updates to storage resources more granularly.
Finally, Ironic, a tool for provisioning bare metal servers has been further hardened to better secure passwords. Additionally, Neutron, a network virtualization module, provides access to a manager role to its application programming interface to enable role-based access controls (RBAC), while Nova controller fabric now automatically detects virtual Trusted Platform Module (vTPM) and requires Transport Layer Security (TLS) connections when using SPICE consoles.