--- title: "What’s Ubuntu’s role in OpenStack?\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is the fastest and best-supported route to creating an OpenStack cloud. […] url: https://ubuntu.com/blog/whats-ubuntus-role-in-openstack?format=md keywords: index, follow --- 1. [Blog](https://ubuntu.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 21 November 2012 # What’s Ubuntu’s role in OpenStack? [OpenStack](https://ubuntu.com/blog/tag/openstack) --- Share the article Ubuntu is and remains the reference operating system for the OpenStack project since the beginning — making it the easiest and most trusted route to an OpenStack cloud, whether for private use or as a commercial public cloud offering. No other operating system is as tightly integrated with OpenStack – or as stringently tested. In short, if you want to run OpenStack (and if you’re interested in open cloud infrastructure, you definitely should be) then the best advice is to do so on Ubuntu. Want to receive this content direct in your inbox? [Register here.](https://pages.canonical.com/canonical-optin.html?utm_source=insights&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=database) ## Newsletter signup Get the latest Ubuntu news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/data-privacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Surviving the uncharted: when dedicated OpenStack expertise is your best ally in disaster recovery](https://ubuntu.com/blog/support-restores-openstack) A customer’s OpenStack control plane went down overnight after their only backup proved stale. Canonical support rebuilt the database cluster live, service by service, without... [Lidia Luna Puerta](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/lidia-luna) 1 September 2026 [### How to set up a micro lab: four principles for a reliable homelab](https://ubuntu.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-reliable-homelab) After over a decade of running a homelab, I have learned a few difficult lessons. Although it begins as a “lab,” you inevitably end up with something you want to keep. If a... [Jake Nabasny](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/slapcat) 17 March 2026 [### OpenStack cloud – happy 15th anniversary!](https://ubuntu.com/blog/openstack-cloud-happy-15th-anniversary) Happy birthday, OpenStack! It’s astonishing how fast time flies – fifteen years already. Yet, here we are: OpenStack cloud still stands as a de facto standard for open source... [Tytus Kurek](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/tkurek) 7 October 2025 [### Join Canonical at the first-ever African OpenInfra Days](https://ubuntu.com/blog/join-canonical-at-the-first-ever-african-openinfra-days) For the second time, and in less than one month, Canonical is coming to East Africa! Three weeks ago, we had the first-ever UbuCon Africa, which was co-located with DjangoCon... [Sharon Koech](https://ubuntu.com/blog/author/skoech) 2 September 2025