OpenInfra User Surveys

Open source project user surveys are a critical way for users to channel feedback to the upstream community and give more insight into adoption trends. If you are using an OpenInfra project (even in the POC stage!), now is your chance! Your anonymized responses are shared with the developers to make improvements where possible. These surveys help prioritize feature development, identify pain points, and guide future roadmaps. By participating, you’re directly influencing the evolution of the projects you depend on.

The deadline to be included in the 2025 analysis of the OpenStack User Survey is Friday, 29 August at 23:59 UCT.

Kata Containers User Survey | OpenStack User Survey | StarlingX User Survey | Zuul User Survey

OpenInfra Foundation News

• The OpenInfra Foundation is highlighting our Member organizations and how they’re powering the future of open source infrastructure. Check out the Storware, StackHPC and VyOS blogs and keep an eye on the Foundation blog to meet more OpenInfra Members. 
• If you’re interested in joining the global collaboration around open source infrastructure, consider membership of the OpenInfra Foundation. Contact Jimmy McArthur today to find out more!
• The OpenInfra PTG team survey signup is live! If your team is interested in participating in the PTG, please fill out the team survey here. 

OpenInfra Summit Europe

17-19 October | Paris-Saclay, France | École Polytechnique Campus

• The Schedule is live 
• Register Now | Prices double on 9 September at 23:59 PT
• Sponsorships are sold out! If you would still like some on-site recognition, please email [email protected]

OpenStack: Open source software for creating private and public clouds

• Running OpenStack? This is your annual chance to share feedback and architectural choices via the OpenStack User Survey to support the upstream community. The deadline to participate in this year’s analysis is Friday, August 29.

• Operators deploying the Watcher service will want to read OSSN-0094, making sure to apply the relevant bug fixes and follow its other recommended actions, including looking for any indication of prior volume collisions.

• Are you running artificial intelligence and machine learning workloads on OpenStack, or want to share how you fine-tune your deployment to support them? Get involved with the OpenInfra AI Working Group and help draft the upcoming OpenStack for AI White Paper!

• Some highlights among the 80+ OpenStack sessions on the OpenInfra Summit schedule include:

  • From Zero to Code - How to get started in OpenStack
  • Multi-Arch OpenStack in Production: ARM64/x86 Bare Metal and Hypervisors with Kolla-Ansible
  • Talking with Your Infrastructure: AI Agents for OpenStack and Kubernetes Infra
  • All aboard the Release Train: Lessons from our last 100 OpenStack upgrades
  • OpenStack at Scale: Operating a bare metal cloud for quant research

Kata Containers: The speed of containers, the security of VMs

• The new KataContainers 3.20 release is now available!

• If you’re evaluating or using Kata Containers, please take a few minutes to fill out the User Survey and provide feedback to the community!

• Check out the Kata Containers-related sessions on the OpenInfra Summit schedule:

  • Towards Secure Container Infrastructure on RISC-V: the Development from rust-vmm to Kata-Containers
  • Enabling Confidential Computing Throughout the Virtualization Stack
  • Enhancing Container Security with Kata Containers and eBPF at Ant Group
  • LLM Infrastructure Landscape and Trends: Insights from Open-Source Ecosystem Data
  • How Ant Group Achieves Data Security in LLM Inference with Kata-Based Confidential Computing
  • Next Generation Edge: Edge Computing Architectures for AI/ML Use Cases

OpenDev: Free software needs free tools

• OpenDev’s Zuul installation now defaults to running jobs with Ansible 11 in all tenants. Ansible 11 does not work with Python older than version 3.8. One consequence of this is that jobs running on Ubuntu Bionic will no longer function. When Zuul drops support for Ansible 9 entirely, OpenDev will drop its Ubuntu Bionic test nodes completely.

StarlingX: A fully featured cloud for the distributed edge

• If you’re evaluating or using StarlingX, please take a few minutes to fill out the User Survey and provide feedback to the community!

• Check out the StarlingX-related sessions on the OpenInfra Summit schedule:

  • Building Resilient Systems: Lessons from High Availability Architecture in StarlingX
  • StarlingX Edge Orchestration: Managing Critical Workloads at Scale
  • Transforming Telecom: Kubernetes in Radio Access Network Management
  • Next Generation Edge: Edge Computing Architectures for AI/ML Use Cases

Zuul: Stop merging broken code

• Check out the Zuul sessions on the OpenInfra Summit schedule:

  • How BMW Uses Zuul CI as the Standard Gating System
  • Building a Kubernetes Distribution for Workday using Zuul
  • Building OpenDev: A Zuul for Operations Story
  • So Long and Thanks For All the Nodes

Upcoming OpenInfra and Community Events

Celebrate OpenStack's 15th Birthday  

• Nairobi, Kenya – 6 September
• Montreal, CA - September
• New Zealand - September
• Austin, TX – 3 October (co-located with Texas Linux Fest)
• Atlanta, GA - November (co-located with KubeCon NA)
• Check out more upcoming celebrations!

Many of these OpenStack birthday celebrations are still recruiting sponsors. If your organization is interested in sponsoring one of these birthday celebrations, please reach out to [email protected].

OpenInfra Days Asia Roadshow

• July - September | Cloud Operator Days Tokyo
• 15 November | OpenInfra Day China
• And more!

OpenInfra Days Kenya 

• 6 September | Nairobi, Kenya | Learn More

More upcoming events!

• Cepholacon 
• Linux Foundation Europe Readshow 
• Find a User Group near you! 

For more information about OpenInfra community events, please contact [email protected].