Oracle has announced support for customers to use OpenStack cloud software with Oracle Linux and Oracle VM.

Users can install this OpenStack technology preview in their test environments with the latest version of Oracle Linux and the beta release of Oracle VM 3.3.

Customers can use Oracle Linux as the base operating system for OpenStack deployments where they can take advantage of the advanced patching capabilities of Oracle Ksplice.

OpenStack services such as compute, network, and storage management, can be downloaded from the Oracle Public Yum Server and Unbreakable Linux Network (ULN).

Oracle Linux and Oracle VM customers who deploy the product release of this OpenStack distribution can also benefit from Oracle’s enterprise-class support experience.

Oracle is participating in this week’s OpenStack Summit in Atlanta, Georgia. Attendees can visit booth D14 to learn more.

“Oracle is working closely with the OpenStack community across many areas,” says Wim Coekaerts, senior vice-president, Linux and Virtualisation Engineering, Oracle. “Oracle will continue to help deliver OpenStack capabilities to enable our customers to more efficiently deploy, manage and support their large Oracle data centre deployments.”

“We are excited to see the OpenStack eco-system growing,” says Mark Collier, chief operating officer, OpenStack Foundation. “As Oracle and others integrate OpenStack into enterprise IT environments, users will have new choices for deploying OpenStack in their data centres.”