CloudArchive
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 to the next Ubuntu LTS release. Bug processing and patch contributions will follow standard Ubuntu practice and policy where applicable. There are no plans to make available OpenStack packages for non-LTS releases in the cloud archive.
In order to allow for relatively easy upgrades, and still adhere to Ubuntu processes and policy, Canonical elected to have ubuntu-cloud.archive.canonical.com be the home of the cloud archive. Update paths will exist for each OpenStack release. For example, enabling "bionic-ussuri" will provide access to all OpenStack Ussuri packages built for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (binary and source), any updated dependencies required, and bug/security fixes made after release.
Packages go through various stages as they make their way towards a publicly available UCA pocket. See the Version Tracking page for details.
For more details on OpenStack release end of life see: Ubuntu OpenStack release cycle.
Reporting bugs
To report bugs against packages from the UCA, 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.
Enabling the Cloud Archive
In terms of timing, the release schedule of OpenStack and Ubuntu are generally synchronised. An OpenStack release is therefore available (in the UCA) to an LTS release six months after its own release, coinciding with the next release of Ubuntu. As OpenStack releases become available in the UCA and as releases fall out of support this section will be updated.
A UCA OpenStack release can be enabled on exactly one Ubuntu LTS release and is done with the add-apt-repository command.
Important: It is good practice to run sudo apt update both before and after the add-apt-repository command.
20.04
On Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, OpenStack Victoria and OpenStack X are supported for 18 months each, and OpenStack W for 36 months. When 22.04's default OpenStack version is released it will be added to the UCA with support for 3 years (i.e. until the end of the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS lifecycle).
18.04
On Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, OpenStack Rocky and OpenStack Train are supported for 18 months each, and OpenStack Stein for 36 months. When 20.04's default OpenStack version is released it will be added to the UCA with support for 3 years (i.e. until the end of the Ubuntu 18.04 LTS lifecycle).
Ussuri
sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:ussuri
Train
sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:train
Stein
sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:stein
Rocky
sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:rocky
16.04
On Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, OpenStack Newton and OpenStack Pike are supported for 18 months each, and OpenStack Ocata for 36 months. OpenStack Queens, 18.04's default OpenStack version, is supported in the UCA for 3 years (i.e. until the end of the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS lifecycle).
Queens
sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:queens
14.04
On Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, OpenStack Juno and OpenStack Liberty are supported for 18 months each, and OpenStack Kilo for 36 months. OpenStack Mitaka, 16.04's default OpenStack version, is supported in the UCA for 3 years (i.e. until the end of the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS lifecycle).
Mitaka
sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:mitaka