diff --git a/website/content/en/status/report-2023-01-2023-03/openstack-on-freebsd.adoc b/website/content/en/status/report-2023-01-2023-03/openstack-on-freebsd.adoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..16ad6c83c9 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/content/en/status/report-2023-01-2023-03/openstack-on-freebsd.adoc @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +=== OpenStack on FreeBSD + +Links: + +link:https://www.openstack.org/[OpenStack] URL: link:https://www.openstack.org/[] + +link:https://github.com/openstack-on-freebsd[OpenStack on FreeBSD] URL: link:https://github.com/openstack-on-freebsd[] + + +Contact: Chih-Hsin Chang + +Contact: Li-Wen Hsu + +This project aims to port key OpenStack components so that FreeBSD can function as an OpenStack host. + +In 2023 Q1, the big news is that we're able to spawn FreeBSD instances with man:bhyve[8] on the OpenStack platform. +But there are still some major limitations regarding the capabilities of the spawned instances that need to be resolved: + +* No self-service networks (only support the flat network) +* No network connectivity inside the instance +* Only support FreeBSD raw images (`FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-amd64.raw` tested) +* No disk resize +* No console integration (need to use man:cu[1] command manually) + +The step-by-step documents for constructing a POC site can be found link:https://github.com/openstack-on-freebsd/docs[in the `docs` repository]. +The patched version of each OpenStack component is under the same GitHub organization. + +Also, we attended AsiaBSDCon 2023 at the end of March and gave a short talk about the current project status at the developer summit. +We got precious feedback at the event and will focus on the following for the next quarter: + +* Resolve the Open vSwitch networking issue +* Convert each OpenStack component into FreeBSD ports + +People interested in helping with the project can first help check the documentation by following the installation guide. +And here is an open task for the project: + +* FreeBSD-specific implementation for the oslo.privsep library + +Feedback and helps are always welcome. + +Sponsor: The FreeBSD Foundation