OpenInfra Days

OpenInfra Days North America will take place in conjunction with SCaLE and is being jointly organized by the OpenInfra communities from the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Sessions will cover open source projects used to build data center infrastructure including OpenStack, Kubernetes, Linux, Kata Containers, StarlingX, Ceph, and many more! We encourage involvement from open source users, contributors, and companies from these countries for a lively networking and community-building opportunity!

The OpenInfra community exceeds 110,000 individuals from over 180 countries. Learn more about the global community and how you can participate within your local community!

OpenInfra Days North America will take place on March 6 & 7, 2025.

Diversity Tickets

Thanks to the support of our Diversity Sponsor, OpenMetal, we are able to offer 15 free tickets to attendees from traditionally underrepresented groups in the technology and/or open source communities as well as those who have been affected by the recent California fires. Please follow this link to apply for a Diversity Ticket. 

Thank You to Our Incredible Sponsors! 
Headline: 
Rackspace and ZConverter
Spotlight: Lightbits
Coffee Breaks: PureStorage
Diversity: OpenMetal

Interested in supporting OpenInfra Days North America? Contact sponsorship@socallinuxexpo.org

OpenStack’s 15th Birthday!

The OpenInfra Days North America planning committee is making a meaningful change in how they will utilize the $1,000 sponsorship provided by the OpenInfra Foundation. Initially intended to be used to celebrate OpenStack’s 15th Birthday, they have chosen instead to donate these funds to World Central Kitchen. Our hearts go out to those affected by these tragic events and this decision gives the community the opportunity to provide critical support to first responders, community members and their families impacted by the devastating wildfires in the Los Angeles area. There are still plans to host a casual gathering during OpenInfra Days North America to celebrate OpenStack’s 15th Birthday. Stay tuned for details, and thank you for your support!

 

Schedule: 

March 6, 2025

Time Room 1 Room 2
09:00 Keynote
10:15 Coffee Break (sponsored by PureStorage)
11:00 Getting Started With OpenStack Students in Open Source: The OpenInfra University Partnership Program Growth and Lessons Learned
11:30 OpenStack in the Real World Building and Supporting Open Source Communities Through Metrics: Reviewing OpenInfra Community Metrics
12:00 Knowing is Half the Battle: End to End Observability in OpenStack on Kubernetes Project Gating with Zuul
12:30 Ironic, Neutron and OVN - current challenges Testing software defined storage on multiple architectures in a OpenStack environment
14:30 CephFS and OpenStack Manila: File Sharing Without the Headaches (Mostly!) RDO openstack on OKD kubernetes: The perfect combination for modern enterprise datacenter
15:00 Scaling AI with Open Source: Running Models on CPUs and GPUs in VMs on OpenStack Kata Containers - Security and Containers Without Compromise
15:30 Sponsor Session: Lightbits Labs Kata Container & LLM
15:45 Sponsor Session: PureStorage
16:30 Openstack edge cloud with SONiC VPP for high-speed and low-latency multi-cloud connectivity Sponsor Talk: The Economics of Migrating from VMware to OpenStack
17:00 Empowering OpenStack with OceanBase: Key Features and Seamless Integration
17:30 O-RAN Lifecycle Management on OpenStack Tacker Moving authentication from a single provider to all the socials!

March 7, 2025

Time Room 1
09:00 Managing Test Resources and Images with Zuul Ceph Storage: a Caffeinated Primer
09:30 The future of OpenStack operators meetups and community
10:00 Seamless migration from VMware to OpenStack using vJailbreak tool>
10:30 FORUM: Kolla User Forum Sponsored Talk: ZConverter
13:00 FORUM: OpenInfra Leadership Meet and Greet
13:30 VALKEY 101 - A Superfast in-memory database
14:00 WORKSHOP: From Zero to Code: A Hands-On Guide to Making Your First OpenStack Code Contribution
14:30 From VMware to OpenStack: Redefining the Virtualization Landscape with Open Source Software
15:30 OpenStack as a Catalyst for Innovation, Resilience, and Cost Efficiency FORUM: OpenStack Scientific SIG Meeting
16:00 Leveraging OpenInfra and Open Source GenAI to Address Climate Change Cloud Repatriation - Industry Trends to Hybrid Environments
17:00 Unleashing AI with OpenInfra: The Future of Open Source in Artificial Intelligence
17:00 Closing Remarks
When: 
Thursday, March 6, 2025 - 08:00 to Friday, March 7, 2025 - 18:00