Since the last release on 2024.1/stable (rev 783), Canonical OpenStack has gained new features, stability improvements, and internal design changes. Highlights are listed below.
New Features
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EPA features — Enhanced Platform Awareness capabilities via the EPA orchestrator.
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SR-IOV — SR-IOV configuration dialogue, MAAS deployment support, and physnet mappings.
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DPDK — DPDK configuration support.
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GPU Passthrough — GPU passthrough configuration via PCI whitelist.
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Identity integrations
- SSO / Identity Provider Integration (OIDC & SAML2) — Federation support via Google, Okta, Entra ID, and Canonical Identity Platform using OpenID Connect and SAML2.
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Additional Storage Backends
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Hitachi — Hitachi storage backend support via Sunbeam CLI.
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Pure Storage — Pure Storage backend support via Sunbeam CLI.
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Dell Storage Center (DellSC) — DellSC backend support via Sunbeam CLI.
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Network Role — Dedicated Network role for manual and MAAS deployment modes.
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TLS Management —
sunbeam enable tls-vaultfor Vault-managed TLS certificates on service endpoints. -
Magnum / CAPI — Cluster API (CAPI) components support for Magnum container-as-a-service.
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Shared Filesystems (Manila) — CephFS/NFS backend with manila-data charm integration.
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Baremetal / Ironic Support — OpenStack baremetal support to provision baremetal machines
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Multi-Region Deployment — Full multi-region support including MAAS mode, region name management, TLS handling, and adding nodes to multi-region clusters.
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Maintenance Mode Enhancements — Control role maintenance support
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Feature Gates Framework — Controlled rollout of experimental capabilities via
sunbeam list-feature-gates(baremetal, shared filesystems, multi-region).
Upgrading Existing Deployments
To get these features on an existing cluster, see the Cluster Upgrades guide.