OpenNebula 2.2 Beta1 (2.1.80)
March, 2nd 2011. The OpenNebula project has made available the first beta version of the next release of the OpenNebula 2 series. This beta release is targeted at testers and users that would like to check the exciting new features of OpenNebula 2.2. This new release features a new component, Sunstone, a web application to control your cloud with lots of eye candy. OpenNebula 2.2 is backward compatible with the 2.x series in terms of the database schema, interfaces and API's.
With this new release, the OpenNebula community continues to fulfill the promise of building a state-of-the-art open source toolkit that also addresses the scalability, flexibility and security requirements of large-scale production systems.
OpenNebula 2.2. includes many improvements among which are:
A complete list of issues and bug fixes for this release can be check at the development portal.
OpenNebula is released under the Apache 2 open source license. The complete source tree and binary packages for OpenNebula can be downloaded here.
Please report any bug or send feedback at the development portal or at the mailing list.
The documentation for this beta release can be found here. The documents have been slightly re-structured to ease looking for information, so watch out!. We have also created a Community Wiki to include how-tos, installation instructions, configuration tips or any other technical information. Check the Community Wiki to get your account and contribute.
More information about the project can be found at the project web page. You may be also interested in checking the OpenNebula Ecosystem that includes many interesting projects contributed by the community to enhance or add new features to OpenNebula.
The OpenNebula project would like to thank the community for their effort and valuable contributions that made possible this release; the European Commission for founding part of the developments of this release through the StratusLab and BonFIRE research grants; and our private sponsor, C12G for supporting the community and software contributions.