OpenInfra Foundation

The #OpenInfra Foundation has officially joined the @linuxfoundation.org, marking a monumental moment for #opensource. As @jbryce.bsky.social says, the open source standards for OS (Linux), cloud infra (@openstack.org), & containers (@kubernetes.io) are all together openinfra.org/blog/openinf...

Planning an infrastructure path beyond proprietary hypervisors? At OpenInfra Day North America, Ajith Narayanan will share how to deploy OpenStack and Ceph for autonomous, sovereign private clouds. Register: linuxfoundation.regfox.com/openinfra-da... #OpenStack

For platform engineers in regulated environments, manual compliance checks create bottlenecks and operational risk. At OpenInfra Days Kenya 2026, Nelson Ngumo will present a production-grade open source pipeline that makes compliance testable, code-driven, and verifiable. buff.ly/3MGMfri

Sovereign Cloud Days is only days away. Secure your place for the OpenInfra track in Saarbrücken to connect directly with the teams building and running sovereign open infrastructure. Register: www.sovereign-cloud-days.eu/en/event/sov...

VEXXHOST is deepening its commitment to open source with a $100K contribution to host OpenInfra Foundation infrastructure. See how community hosting powers upstream collaboration: openinfra.org/blog/vexxhos...

Join Michelle Fuchs and Martin Pilka at ALASCA Summit 2026 as they share how a hackathon idea evolved into production OpenStack tooling for sovereign AI cloud. Register today: alasca.cloud/en/alasca-su...

Building sovereign cloud infrastructure requires proven architecture, not guesswork. Secure your spot for the OpenInfra track at Sovereign Cloud Days before registration closes. www.sovereign-cloud-days.eu/en/event/sov...

Digital sovereignty requires more than static data residency. kt cloud paired OpenStack, OVN, Kubernetes, and Zuul to build an engineering-led model grounded in network control and transparent validation. superuser.openinfra.org/articles/par... #OpenStack

The OpenInfra Digital Sovereignty Working Group and OpenInfra AI communities launched a new series of discussions on sovereign AI. Read the meeting notes and get involved: lists.openinfra.org/archives/lis...

Registration is live for OpenInfra Day Kenya 2026. Connect with developers, SREs, and platform engineers in Nairobi on November 6-7 for two days of technical talks and workshops. Secure your spot today: zenlipa.co.ke/events/GErIfp

The PTG starts tomorrow! Community groups and project teams are gathering virtually to organize discussions and map out technical priorities across open source projects. Check the participating teams and register: openinfra.org/ptg/

When host failures strike, workload recovery cannot wait for manual intervention. Stefan Hoffmann will present an automated approach to OpenStack VM evictions and routine upgrades at ALASCA Summit 2026. Join the OpenInfra track on Nov 3: alasca.cloud/en/alasca-su...

Project leads from across OpenStack broke down the 2026.2 Hibiscus release on OpenInfra Live. Watch to see how teams across Nova, Neutron, Manila, and Ironic are driving key feature updates and security hardening. www.youtube.com/live/37p9C0n... #OpenStack

Digital sovereignty isn't an abstract idea; it's running in production today across European OpenStack clouds. Join the OpenInfra track at ALASCA Summit in Dresden on November 3-4 to explore vendor neutral cloud solutions built on open source. alasca.cloud/en/alasca-su...

Want to see what's new in OpenStack 2026.2 Hibiscus? Join OpenInfra Live in 30 minutes to get the technical breakdown directly from the community. We're covering stronger security, hardware enablement, and capabilities for AI workloads. Watch live: www.youtube.com/live/37p9C0n...

Registration is open for OpenInfra Day North America in Chicago on November 17. Secure your spot today to spend a full day with practitioners building scalable open infrastructure. Register here: linuxfoundation.regfox.com/openinfra-da...

Planning your schedule for the October PTG? Registration is open for teams collaborating across OpenStack, Kata Containers, StarlingX, and Zuul. Secure your spot to shape upcoming release goals and project roadmaps: openinfra.org/ptg/

Building a sovereign cloud strategy starts with open tools that eliminate proprietary lock-in. Discover the core architectural strategies for deploying resilient infrastructure in production. Read Best Practices with OpenInfra for Digital Sovereignty: openinfra.org/best-practic...

Traditional cloud models are hitting limits under massive AI demand. In a new article for IT Brief Australia by Anthony Caruana, OpenInfra GM Thierry Carrez explains why open source gives teams the flexibility, cost control, and scale modern AI requires. itbrief.com.au/story/future... #OpenSource

The OpenInfra community in East Africa is expanding with the launch of the OpenInfra User Group Ethiopia. Connect with local developers and operators to collaborate on open infrastructure. Join the meetup group to stay updated on upcoming events: www.meetup.com/openinfra-us...

Open infrastructure advances when leading organizations align around open source techologies. Thank you to the Gold and Platinum members across the OpenInfra Foundation, CNCF, and PyTorch Foundation for your support. Help define the open source AI stack: openinfra.org/join/

The CFP for OpenInfra Days Kenya 2026 is open! Submit your presentation proposal on open infrastructure, cloud-native technologies, or AI before September 21. Submit your proposal: cfp.openinfra-ke.org/openinfra-da... #OpenInfra #OpenSource

Thanks to the 40 members who joined us to celebrate Kata Containers 4.0 at OpenInfra Summit in Shanghai! Co-founder Xu Wang shared reflections on how far the project has come and what's next for the community. Want to contribute? Get started today: katacontainers.io

Xu Wang is in Shanghai, mapping out an open agent runtime powered by Kata Containers. Over the last 9 years, Ant Group has been working with the community to simplify the Kata Containers runtime from multiple services to a single service. All in Rust! For a faster and simpler VMM.

It's not about OpenStack; it's not about Kubernetes; it's not about PyTorch. It's about all open source for the AI era we live in now. Jonathan Bryce and Horace Li open the keynote stage by introducing the complete open source AI stack, connecting models and inference down to physical hardware.

Welcome to Shanghai! "Shanghai is Horace's hometown, so when he says welcome, he means it." Horace Li and Jonathan Bryce welcome the community to Shanghai and receive a warm welcome from the Founder of open source in China, Professor Lu Shouqun!

Welcome to Day 1 of the #OpenInfraSummit! The OpenInfra team is excited to be joining our friends from the PyTorch and Cloud Native communities to kick off the day with Keynotes!

Tomorrow, the #OpenInfraSummit Asia kicks off alongside our friends at the Cloud Native and PyTorch Communities! This week, the community will collaborate across #OpenStack, #Kubernetes, #PyTorch, and #KataContainers, bringing the entire tech stack together under one roof.

Share your production experiences, architectural lessons, or open infrastructure strategies at OpenInfra Day North America. The CFP closes September 9 at 23:59 PT. Submit your proposal: sessionize.com/OpenInfra2026/ #OpenInfra

Planning your project team's technical priorities for the upcoming cycle? Secure your virtual meeting space for the October Project Teams Gathering before the survey closes on September 6 at 7:00 UTC. Submit your team interest survey: openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/oct202... #OpenStack

The Sovereign Cloud Days 2026 CFP closes August 31, submit your proposal today! The OpenInfra track is looking for sessions on @OpenStack.org, bare metal, edge, and sovereign AI. www.sovereign-cloud-days.eu/en/event/sov... #WeAreOpenInfra #OpenStack

More time to submit your session. The OpenInfra Day North America CFP is now open until September 9. If you use or contribute to OpenStack, Kubernetes, Kata Containers, StarlingX, or Ceph, submit your proposal today. sessionize.com/OpenInfra2026/ #OpenInfraDay #OpenStack

Open infrastructure relies on community collaboration. The CFP for OpenInfra Day Kenya 2026 is officially open. Share how you run open source at scale in East Africa by submitting your presentation today. cfp.openinfra-ke.org/openinfra-da... #WeAreOpenInfra #OpenInfraDays

If your project team is planning to participate in the October PTG, now is the time to sign up. The Project Teams Gathering runs October 12-16 virtually. openinfrafoundation.formstack.com/forms/oct202... #OpenInfra #OpenSource

On September 1, Korea's Kubernetes, OpenInfra, and Ceph User Groups are joining forces in Seoul for a combined conference on cloud native computing, distributed storage, and open infrastructure. buff.ly/DEJhJqx #OpenInfra #KCD

For the first time, Kubernetes Community Days and the OpenInfra Community came together in Vietnam, gathering over 800 community members in Hanoi for KCD & OpenInfra Days Vietnam 2026. Read the full event recap: openinfra.org/blog/openinf... #OpenInfra #WeAreOpenInfra

OpenInfra Day Nigeria is this Saturday, August 29, in Jalingo. Join the community for keynotes, breakout sessions, and networking with open infrastructure leaders in person or online. meetup.com/openstack-nigeria-user-group/events/315706846/ #OpenInfra

OpenInfra Platinum Member, Viettel, built a Token-as-a-Service platform using @OpenStack.org, @Kubernetes.io, and @PyTorch.org for AI inference. Catch their session at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + OpenInfra Summit + PyTorch Conference China 2026: www.lfopensource.cn/kubecon-clou... #OpenStack

What does digital sovereignty actually require at the infrastructure level? The OpenInfra Digital Sovereignty Working Group compared OpenStack and proprietary clouds across compute, security, compliance, and TCO. buff.ly/QpZOyJB #DigitalSovereignty #OpenInfra

The CFP for OpenInfra Day North America closes August 28. If you have a session idea on open infrastructure, cloud native computing, or AI, submit your session today! sessionize.com/OpenInfra2026/ #OpenInfra

The University at Buffalo's Center for Computational Research modernized its OpenStack research cloud by partnering with VEXXHOST, going from falling behind on releases to quarterly upgrades completed in hours. buff.ly/00lVhc8 #OpenStack

Martin Pilka of dNation shares how the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) worked with dNation and Vanilla Core to build a sovereign cloud using OpenStack, ALASCA's Yaook distribution, and Sovereign Cloud Stack. buff.ly/W7TPfAN #OpenStack

Jay Faulkner of the OpenStack Vulnerability Management team makes the case for doing the invisible security work: the documentation and design decisions that help operators make informed security choices. superuser.openinfra.org/articles/do-the-invisible-security-work-too/ #OpenStack #OpenSource

OpenInfra Day North America is coming to Chicago on November 17! Register now to join contributors, operators, and community members from across the OpenInfra ecosystem. linuxfoundation.regfox.com/openinfra-day-north-america #OpenInfra

If your team works on OpenStack, KataContainers, StarlingX, or Zuul, the Project Teams Gathering allows you to meet virtually, exchange ideas, and get work done. The next PTG is October 12-16. Submit your team interest survey by September 6. buff.ly/ZCv0tRn #OpenInfra