New Template Addition - Ubuntu 15.10 Server x64

  • Saturday, 24th October, 2015
  • 16:49pm
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Ubuntu 15.10 Server has been released! Here is an excert on new features which can be expected in version 15.10:

What’s new in server

LXD comes of age

LXD, the machine container hypervisor, is now included by default within every Ubuntu server. That means every Ubuntu Server can now host hundreds of other Linux guest containers. LXD provides all of the key features expected of a modern hypervisor — image management, snapshots, live migration, Fan overlay networking, IPv4 and IPv6 support, and an industry leading security profile. Beyond the usual hypervisor features, LXD also provides an open, RESTful API, the network endpoint that any tool can use to start, stop, clone, and live migrate those containers. The first consumer of that RESTful API is the nova-compute-lxd driver — now available as a Tech Preview in Ubuntu OpenStack Liberty — which uses the LXD hypervisor to provision operating system container instances in an OpenStack private cloud, and integrates with the rest of OpenStack’s core projects (Neutron, Swift, and Ceph).

MAAS is Ubuntu’s Metal as a Service platform, capable of installing onto physical hardware any Linux or Windows operating system, and of scaling to data centers of thousands of machines. MAAS has a command line interface, a beautiful web user interface, and like LXD, a RESTful API. New for 15.10, the MAAS web interface has been redesigned, and is fully responsive in any browser on any PC or mobile device.

Ubuntu Server 15.10 ships with a v4.2 based Linux kernel, enabling the latest server hardware and peripherals available from IBM, HP, Dell, and Intel. The 15.10 kernel delivers new features inherited from upstream such as ACPI support for ARM, LSM (Linux Security Module) Stacking, and the new thermal Power Allocator governor. We also see notable Ubuntu specific achievements with fan networking for network address space expansion capability and also the introduction of a DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) tech preview for faster packet processing in network-heavy applications.

High performance networking

New in 15.10 for telcos and enterprises with heavy networking requirements, DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) previews. DPDK is a set of libraries and drivers for fast packet processing and with a great many high volume OpenStack deployments happening within telecoms companies, DPDK enables virtual network functions to deliver the high performance network throughput required in core network services.

Source:
 https://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/10/22/whats-new-in-ubuntu-15-10-cloud-and-server/


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his template is now available for all newly provisioned servers as well as for rebuilds of current servers. Please let us know if you have any questions! Enjoy!

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