OpenStack, a global leading open source cloud platform

OpenStack

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OpenStack is an open source cloud platform with more than 600 companies participating. In Korea, Kakao, Hyundai Motors, KBS, and Samsung SDS have introduced OpenStack. Since the launch of Korea's first OpenStack-based public cloud IXcloud in 2012, KINX is accumulating expertise in OpenStack through continuous development and function updates.

OpenStack and IXcloud®

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OpenStack is a platform that allows you to build a cloud environment by virtualizing existing physical resources such as servers, networks, and storage, and manage virtual resources through dashboards and APIs, and provides a service environment similar to AWS (Amazon Web Services). Based on OpenStack, IXcloud has the performance and convenience equivalent to global cloud services.

Compute Nova EC2
Block storage (Volume) Cinder EC2
Network Neutron AWS Network
Load balancer LBaaS ELB
Orchestration Heat Cloud Formation

OpenStack Projects
and Roadmap

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OpenStack, which has a modular architecture, carries out project out for each component. A broad range of projects are in progress for the resources and related functions, based on compute, network elements and storages. OpenStack, which is committed to an open design and development process, sets its roadmap based on a six-month based release cycle.

Major Projects

  • Compute

    Nova

  • Network

    Neutron

  • Storage

    Cinder

  • Security&Certification

    Keystone

  • Image Management

    Glance

Release Information by Version

Series Release Date
Stein 2019-04
Rocky 2018-08
Queens 2018-02
Pike 2017-08
Ocata 2017-02
Newton 2016-10
Mitaka 2016-04
Liberty 2015-10
Kilo 2015-04
Juno 2014-10