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The Ubuntu Cloud Archive

Canonical’s Ubuntu Cloud Archive (UCA) gives users the ability to install newer releases of OpenStack on an Ubuntu LTS release as they become available up through the next Ubuntu LTS release. Bug processing and patch contributions will follow standard Ubuntu practice and policy where applicable.

In order to allow for relatively easy upgrades, and still adhere to Ubuntu processes and policy, Canonical elected to have archive.canonical.com be the home of the cloud archive. Update paths will exist for each OpenStack release. For example, enabling “xenial-queens” will provide access to all OpenStack Queens packages built for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (binary and source), any updated dependencies required, and bug/security fixes made after release.

There are no plans to make available OpenStack packages for non-LTS releases in the cloud archive.

20.04

Starting with Ubuntu 20.10, newer releases of OpenStack are available via cloud archive for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Victoria and OpenStack X are supported for 18 months each, and OpenStack V for 36 months. When 22.04's OpenStack version is released that will be added to the cloud archive with support for 3 years, i.e. until the end of the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS lifecycle.

18.04

Starting with Ubuntu 18.10, newer releases of OpenStack are available via cloud archive for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Rocky and Train are supported for 18 months each, and Stein for 36 months. When 20.04's OpenStack version is released that will be added to the cloud archive with support for 3 years, i.e. until the end of the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS lifecycle.

16.04

Starting with Ubuntu 16.10, newer releases of OpenStack are available via cloud archive for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Newton and Pike are supported for 18 months each, and Ocata for 36 months. Queens, 18.04's default OpenStack version, is supported in the cloud archive for 3 years, i.e. until the end of the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS lifecycle.

14.04

Starting with Ubuntu 14.10, newer releases of OpenStack are available via cloud archive for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Juno and Liberty are supported for 18 months each, and Kilo for 36 months. Mitaka, 16.04's default OpenStack version, is supported in the cloud archive for 3 years, i.e. until the end of the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS lifecycle.

For more details on OpenStack release end of life see: Ubuntu OpenStack release cycle.

Enabling the Cloud Archive

Train

NOTE: Train cloud archive only supported on Bionic.

sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:train

Stein

NOTE: Stein cloud archive only supported on Bionic.

sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:stein

Rocky

NOTE: Rocky cloud archive only supported on Bionic.

sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:rocky

Queens

NOTE: Queens cloud archive only supported on Xenial (Bionic includes Queens by default).

sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:queens

Ocata

NOTE: Ocata cloud archive only supported on Xenial.

sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:ocata

Mitaka

NOTE: Mitaka cloud archive only supported on Trusty (Xenial includes Mitaka by default)

sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:mitaka

Updating package listings

After having enabled a cloud archive, update your package listings before attempting to install/upgrade your OpenStack packages.

sudo apt update

Reporting bugs

To report bugs against packages from the Ubuntu Cloud Archive, please use the 'ubuntu-bug' tool.

For example:

ubuntu-bug nova-compute

This will ensure that bugs are raised against the cloud-archive project on Launchpad.