The OpenInfra University Partnership Program

The University Partnership Program (UPP) is a targeted effort to encourage collaboration between the OpenInfra Foundation and universities and colleges all around the globe to get more students involved in open source and build up the pipeline of young professionals in open source.

• A recent graduate from Oregon State University and a former intern in the Open Source Lab, Antonia Gaete has been hired by the Linux Foundation and now works as a Cloud Operations Engineer there. She shared her experiences in a Superuser article discussing her path from an intern to an open source contributor and onto an engineer.
• This year, OpenStack is again on the short list of open source projects for students taking Professor Braught’s course series at Dickinson College as a vetted project where students can have an impact. Last year, students engaged with the Swift community to contribute for two back to back semesters and shared some of that experience with our community.

At the OpenInfra Summit Europe, we’ve put together a ton of student-friendly sessions and hands-on workshops which you can find here. We are also happy to extend discounted registration to not just students, but also professors and university researchers, just email us at [email protected] and we’ll get you set up.

Some Highlights on the schedule include:

• How to Do Code Review Like a Pro
• From Zero to Code: How to Get Started in OpenStack
• Hands-On: Infrastructure Provision with Terraform or OpenTOFU
• How Can You Contribute to OpenStack?
• A Universe from Nothing: Hands-on Introduction to OpenStack

This event is truly a great chance for students to meet open source developers from around the world, pick up real-world skills, and even start contributing to major projects like OpenStack. Our OpenInfra projects welcome new contributors and are excited about the next generation of open source contributor!

OpenInfra Foundation News

• The OpenInfra Foundation is highlighting our Member organizations and how they’re powering the future of open source infrastructure. Check out the Storware, Fairbanks, Encora, Cloudification, Acme Gating, Worteks, Ultimum Technologies, StackIT, Rapifuzz, and Planet Hoster blogs and keep an eye on the Foundation blog to meet more OpenInfra Members. 
• If you’re interested in joining the global collaboration around open source infrastructure, consider membership of the OpenInfra Foundation. Contact Jimmy McArthur today to find out more!

OpenInfra Summit Europe

17-19 October | Paris-Saclay, France | École Polytechnique Campus

We are just 2 weeks away from getting back together again in Paris!

• Register Now 
• Check out the Schedule
• RSVP for Workshops
• Volunteer Onsite
• Plan your Trip

OpenStack: Open source software for creating private and public clouds

• The OpenStack community announced today the release of OpenStack 2025.2 (Flamingo). Learn more about the highlights around technical debt reduction and expanded security.
• Tomorrow, learn more about the 32nd release of OpenStack straight from the community leaders on an episode of OpenInfra Live.

Kata Containers: The speed of containers, the security of VMs

• The new KataContainers 3.21 release is now available!
• The nomination period for the Kata Containers Architecture Committee (AC) election is currently open! Submit your nomination if you’re eligible, or follow the process to learn who the new AC members are going to be.
• If you’re evaluating or using Kata Containers, please take a few minutes to fill out the User Survey and provide feedback to the community!

OpenDev: Free software needs free tools

• OpenDev’s base Python container images have moved from Docker Hub to Quay. Read the announcement to catch up on all the details. If you are using OpenDev’s base Python container images you will need to update your builds to fetch them from the new location

StarlingX: A fully featured cloud for the distributed edge

• The StarlingX Technical Steering Committee, Project and Technical Lead elections will be kicking off later this month. It is time to prepare your nomination if you’re eligible to run for any of the open positions, or keep an eye on the process to learn who the project’s new leaders are going to be
• If you’re evaluating or using StarlingX, please take a few minutes to fill out the User Survey and provide feedback to the community!

Zuul: Stop merging broken code

• Zuul 13.0.0 has been released. This release includes support for Ansible 11, better automatic triggering of builds when jobs are updated, alternative nodesets, and more. Please read the release announcement for more information

Upcoming OpenInfra and Community Events

Celebrate OpenStack's 15th Birthday  

• Austin, TX - 3 October | Co-located with Texas Linux Fest (3-4 October)
• Atlanta, GA - 12 November | Co-located with KubeCon NA (November 10–13)
• Montreal, CA - 13 November
• Check out all the celebrations!

Many of these OpenStack birthday celebrations are still recruiting sponsors. If your organization is interested in sponsoring one of these birthday celebrations, please reach out to [email protected].

OpenInfra Days

• 15 November | KCD Hangzhou + OpenInfra Days China 202

OpenInfra Days Kenya 

• 6 September | Nairobi, Kenya | Learn More

More upcoming events!

• Texas Linux Fest
• Cephlacon 
• Linux Foundation Europe Roadshow 
• KubeCon N
• Find an OpenInfra  User Group near you! 

For more information about OpenInfra community events, please contact [email protected].