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Information and instructions for use can be found on [https://launchpad.net/~nova-core/+archive/trunk Launchpad].
 
Information and instructions for use can be found on [https://launchpad.net/~nova-core/+archive/trunk Launchpad].
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The packages are built by grabbing the latest tarball from http://nova.openstack.org/tarballs/ and adding [https://code.launchpad.net/~openstack-ubuntu-packagers/ubuntu/natty/nova/ubuntu lp:~openstack-ubuntu-packagers/ubuntu/natty/nova/ubuntu] on top of it, and adding a changelog entry.
  
 
= Milestone PPA =
 
= Milestone PPA =

Revision as of 20:04, 16 December 2010

Ubuntu is the reference platform for OpenStack. We follow the Ubuntu release cycle very closely, and do most of our QA on Ubuntu.

If you want to run OpenStack on Ubuntu, there are a few options, depending on your stability requirements and which version of Ubuntu you're running.

Ubuntu version Only what is in Ubuntu Only stable releases Only milestone releases
10.04 LTS (Lucid) N/A Milestone PPA Release PPA
10.10 (Maverick) Pre-Austin snapshot Milestone PPA Release PPA
11.04 (Natty) Frequent snapshots.<
>Cactus expected in final release
Milestone PPA Release PPA

Trunk PPA

A PPA<<FootNote(Personal Package Archive: an extra apt repository you can add to your sources.list to get access to software not in Ubuntu.)>> where we will upload a new version for every single commit on trunk.

Information and instructions for use can be found on Launchpad.

The packages are built by grabbing the latest tarball from http://nova.openstack.org/tarballs/ and adding lp:~openstack-ubuntu-packagers/ubuntu/natty/nova/ubuntu on top of it, and adding a changelog entry.

Milestone PPA

(Coming soon!)

A PPA<<FootNote(Personal Package Archive: an extra apt repository you can add to your sources.list to get access to software not in Ubuntu.)>> where we will upload milestone releases.

Release PPA

(Coming soon!)

A PPA<<FootNote(Personal Package Archive: an extra apt repository you can add to your sources.list to get access to software not in Ubuntu.)>> where we will upload only final releases.