StarlingX 11.0 is ideal for enterprises seeking a reliable, low-cost distributed cloud architecture, having been hardened in production by telcos such as KDDI, T-Systems, Verizon, Vodafone and others.
StarlingX, the open source distributed cloud platform for IoT, 5G, O-RAN and edge computing, is available in its 11.0 release. StarlingX combines the Linux kernel, Ceph, OpenStack, Kubernetes and more to create a full-featured cloud software stack that provides everything telecom carriers and enterprises need to deploy an edge cloud on a few servers or hundreds of them. Container-based, highly automated and scalable, StarlingX is used by the most demanding applications in industrial IoT, telecom, video delivery and other ultra-low latency, high-performance use cases.
“The StarlingX platform has been running in production and flawlessly performing for years in demanding environments such as telecom backbone networks,” said Ildikó Váncsa, director of community for the OpenInfra Foundation. “The community is now focusing on fine-tuning the project to take it to the next level. The StarlingX 11.0 release emphasizes reliability, security, and scalability without sacrificing performance, which ensures that the platform fits existing and emerging use cases alike.”
Highlights of the New Features and Upgrades in StarlingX 11.0
- New toolset to automate upgrading StarlingX applications, and further enhancing the rollback process for some upgrade scenarios
- Increased efficiency and flexibility in networking configurations in the central and sub-clouds
- Protecting inter-host pod-to-pod application traffic with IPSec
- Enhanced PTP notification settings
- Security enhancements through improved access control, secure boot and more
- OVS-DPDK and Rook-Ceph integration for OpenStack in StarlingX
- Platform maintenance and new versions of integrated projects, including OpenStack Caracal and Kubernetes v1.32.2
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StarlingX at the OpenInfra Summit EU
StarlingX developers, ecosystem contributors, and users recently gathered at OpenInfra Summit EU to share use cases, best practices and suggestions for the project roadmap. These sessions are now available for viewing on demand:
- StarlingX Edge Orchestration: Managing Critical Workloads at Scale , presented by Joshua Kraitberg, member of the Technical Staff at Wind River
- Building Resilient Systems: Lessons from High Availability Architecture in StarlingX , presented by Eliud Kyale, member of the Technical Staff at Wind River
- Next Generation Edge: Edge Computing Architectures for AI/ML Use Cases , presented by Beth Cohen, advanced networking and security product strategist at Verizon, and Ildiko Vancsa, director of community for the OpenInfra Foundation
StarlingX – A Simple Approach to Scaling Distributed Clouds
StarlingX is widely used in production among large telecom operators around the globe, such as T-Systems, Verizon, Vodafone, KDDI and more. Operators are utilizing the container-based platform for their 5G and O-RAN backbone infrastructures, along with relying on the project’s features to easily manage the lifecycle of the infrastructure components and services. The StarlingX community is actively collaborating with the O-RAN Software Community (SC) to ensure compatibility with relevant requirements and workloads.
Although hardened by major telecom users, StarlingX is not exclusively a telecom platform. StarlingX is ideal for enterprises seeking a highly performant distributed cloud architecture. Organizations are evaluating the platform for providing backbone network infrastructure for railway systems, high-performance computing (HPC), edge datacenter solutions, industrial automation and other demanding use cases.
OpenInfra Community Drives StarlingX Progress
The StarlingX project launched in 2018, with initial code contributed by Wind River and Intel. Active contributors to the project include Wind River, Encora, Intel and 99Cloud.
“StarlingX is advancing Kubernetes and cloud technologies for enterprises and mission-critical industries. As a committed supporter of the project and original contributor to the code base, we are excited to see the ongoing growth in commercial adoption and within the ecosystem. We will continue to support this momentum with our continued collaboration and by delivering expertise with our commercial distribution of StarlingX in Wind River Cloud Platform.”—Paul Miller, Chief Technology Officer, Wind River
“We are thrilled to welcome the release of StarlingX 11.0, a significant milestone in delivering a robust, enterprise-grade open-source distributed edge cloud platform. With its expanded capabilities, stronger security, and greater operational efficiency, StarlingX 11.0 empowers enterprises to accelerate their edge transformation and unlock new possibilities. I will continue to actively contribute to the community, working closely with customers and partners to drive innovation and foster broader adoption of StarlingX.” —Shuquan Huang, technical director, 99Cloud, member of the StarlingX Technical Steering Committee
“We are thrilled to witness the results delivered by the StarlingX 11.0. This release brings important new features to improve security and reliability, positioning it as the perfect choice for an open-source distributed edge cloud platform. The community engagement and the ecosystem are growing and bringing accelerated results. The new contributors helped the community bring multiple new enhancements and integrations including an upversion to OpenStack 2024.1 (Caracal). Encora is excited to continue supporting the expansion of StarlingX.” —Thales Elero Cervi, Encora, StarlingX Openstack project lead, member of the StarlingX Technical Steering Committee
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