Juniper is moving their OpenContrail codebase to the Linux Foundation. OpenContrail is Juniper’s open-source version of their Contrail SDN orchestrator. Provided as an open-source offering, OpenContrail doesn’t have the support and service the commercial Contrail offering provides. In 2012, Juniper provided the first open-source Contrail version. Earlier this year they extended governance of the project, creating an even more open and community-led project. Juniper hopes that by transferring OpenContrail to the Linux Foundation, their management will enable an entirely community-led project.
“We are excited at the prospect of our growing global community being able to broadly adopt, manage and integrate OpenContrail’s codebase to manage and secure diverse cloud environments. Having this addition to our open-source projects will be instrumental in achieving the level of technology advancements our community has become known for.” – Arpit Joshipura, Vice President of Network and Orchestration, The Linux Foundation
“We applaud Juniper for putting OpenContrail as a project within the Linux Foundation. We expect that this move will further expand its community reach and spur new innovations. Projects like OpenContrail bring local network overlay control into open source, enhancing the openness and broadening the ecosystem of software-defined networking. We look forward to joining others in working within the OpenContrail community.” – Chris Rice, Senior Vice President, AT&T Labs
“Juniper’s focus on cloud-grade networking means delivering on the promises of open and scalable multicloud networking options. OpenContrail is a key part of that strategy. Our goal of placing OpenContrail’s codebase with the Linux Foundation shows Juniper’s commitment to open networking and open source overall. Over the past year, we have been working closely with the community to transition the governance for OpenContrail’s codebase because we believe it has the unique opportunity to be a ubiquitous cloud-grade network fabric used everywhere. We look forward to continuing our close participation with the community once this project takes on new life under the Linux Foundation.” – Randy Bias, Vice President of Technology – Cloud Software, Juniper Networks
Announced via Juniper Press Release (Juniper Networks Reinforces Longstanding Commitment to Open Source by Moving OpenContrail’s Codebase to the Linux Foundation) 12 December 2017
