Clarification on Ubuntu Cloud Archive Status and Future Support Plans

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Hello Ubuntu Community,

I wanted to inquire about the current state and future plans regarding the Ubuntu Cloud Archive (UCA). I’ve noticed that the official UCA wiki page hasn’t been updated since October 2023 (OpenStack/CloudArchive - Ubuntu Wiki). However, upon checking Launchpad, it appears there has been recent activity, including the release of the Dalmatian Cloud Archive for Ubuntu 24.04 (Series dalmatian : Ubuntu Cloud Archive), and an associated bug fix enabling the command add-apt-repository cloud-archive:dalmatian - Bug #2073742 “[SRU] Enable support for Dalmation Cloud Archive” : Bugs : software-properties package : Ubuntu

I rely exclusively on Ubuntu packages for managing my OpenStack and Ceph clouds, specifically because Ubuntu provides a uniquely smooth upgrade path. It allows for incremental upgrades of OpenStack and Ceph on the current LTS release and later facilitates a smooth major Ubuntu LTS upgrade while maintaining consistent OpenStack/Ceph versions. This feature is incredibly valuable and highly appreciated.

Given this, could someone from the Ubuntu team provide clarity on:

  1. The current state of the Ubuntu Cloud Archive documentation.
  2. Future plans for maintaining and updating the UCA over the next 5-10 years.
  3. Assurance that this valuable upgrade path functionality will continue to be supported.

Thank you for your ongoing efforts; this approach has been instrumental in our infrastructure strategy, and we sincerely hope it will continue.

NOTE: Sure, I can see ongoing activity: Bug #2086844 “[SRU] Enable support for Epoxy Cloud Archive” : Bugs : software-properties package : Ubuntu - Perhaps just the wiki that is not maintained anymore?

Cheers!

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Hi @eCoder ,

I’m Felipe, member of the OpenStack Engineering team at Canonical, thanks for the feedback on the UCA status and how you value it.

Let me try to answer your questions:

This is outdated, it was an oversight from our side, I will make a note so we get updated, since you already noticed we keep release UCA pockets for newer OpenStack releases.

The level of support for each OpenStack release can be found at Supported OpenStack versions | Ubuntu , also outdated, and I will get this updated too.

We keep invested in getting new OpenStack releases, at the moment we are working in 2025.1 (epoxy) packages that will be available in Ubuntu 25.04 (Plucky) and a corresponding UCA pocket for Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble).

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up to date information and different levels of support per product and OpenStack release can be found https://canonical-openstack.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/reference/release-cycle-and-supported-versions/