Mirantis, delivering Kubernetes-native infrastructure for AI, announced the release of Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes (MOSK) 26.1, a major update that helps cloud providers, neoclouds, and enterprises operate OpenStack clouds with greater efficiency and performance.
MOSK 26.1 adds AI assistant for documentation and operational guidance to provide accurate answers from technical documentation and connected knowledge sources. Instead of manually navigating documentation, cloud operators can ask task-oriented questions and get faster, more targeted guidance that can reduce time spent searching for procedures, and speed up troubleshooting and operations.
Now, operators can track energy consumption and correlate workloads with power cost — particularly valuable with energy-intensive usage, such as GPU clusters and AI factories.
MOSK 26.1 brings significant enhancements to OpenStack networking: expanded Open Virtual Network (OVN) support, with features such as VPNaaS to build secure connectivity between OpenStack clouds and their own premises, or between their projects in different MOSK clusters; quality of service for north-south traffic that adds another layer of control, helping operators enforce predictable network behavior for external-facing workloads; and support for SR-IOV to improve performance for latency-sensitive workloads by giving virtual machines direct access to network hardware.
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Additional enhancements:
- The ability to granularly restrict workloads’ access to Instance HA (OpenStack Masakari) service helps cloud operators align failover policies with business priorities and available infrastructure capacity. The recovery process no longer treats all workloads the same way, allowing operators to prioritize critical workloads and premium service tiers.
- Cryptographically signed Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs) in CycloneDX format, provides a clearer view of the components included in MOSK 26.1 and following software releases. This supports management of security vulnerabilities, license compliance, and assurance of the software supply chain, which is particularly important for regulated industries, including the public sector, healthcare, financial services, and telecommunications.
- Improved resilience for MOSK management clusters with external backup storage support, encrypted backups, support for both manual and scheduled backup workflows, and automatic creation of backups before cluster updates.
SOURCE: Businesswire