Canonical OpenStack Backup and Recovery
Storware protects Canonical OpenStack — Charmed OpenStack and the newer Sunbeam (2024.1 LTS) — agentlessly, through the standard service APIs on your Ubuntu KVM hosts. Full and incremental backups, instant restore, and V2V into OpenStack, under one license — from a Canonical technology partner.
Key Highlights
Charmed OpenStack and Sunbeam
One platform protects both Canonical distributions: Juju-operated Charmed OpenStack and the snap-based Sunbeam (2024.1 LTS).
Agentless on Ubuntu
No agents on your Ubuntu compute nodes. Protection runs through Nova, Cinder, and Glance, with direct Ceph RBD access.
Canonical technology partner
Backed by a joint value proposition with Canonical and OpenInfra Foundation membership.
Built for BaaS
Multi-tenant, multi-domain, with per-VM, per-host, or per-TB licensing — the model for backup-as-a-service on Ubuntu clouds.
Powerful Data Protection Features for Canonical OpenStack
Two current backup strategies
Disk attachment and Disk attachment with generic incremental (preferred), both Cinder-based through a Proxy VM per availability zone.
Generic and Ceph RBD CBT incrementals
Backend-independent generic incremental via block-level checksum; on Ceph RBD — Canonical's common storage layer — CBT-like incrementals fetch changed blocks directly from the Ceph monitors.
Instant restore
A dedicated NFS-backed restore path for fast recovery objectives, with optional live migration to production storage.
Immutable, air-gapped security
IsoLayer air-gap, immutable backup destinations, retention lock, RBAC and access management, Keycloak MFA, Linux-based installation.
V2V into Canonical OpenStack
Restore VMware backups — and, since 7.5, Citrix Hypervisor and XCP-ng — directly into Canonical OpenStack, so protection continues through migration.
Granular and cross-cloud recovery
Recover files, volumes, single VMs, or full instances, and rebuild an instance in another OpenStack cloud from captured metadata and flavors.
Multi-tenant and multi-domain
Scoped and unscoped domain authorization with role inheritance down to projects; native OpenStack dashboard integration (Horizon and Skyline).
Storage-agnostic
Protect across any Cinder backend — Ceph RBD, NFS, iSCSI, LVM — with source and destination independent of each other.
Open REST API
Native project scoping for self-service portals and orchestration/CMP tooling; assign policies by VM name or Nova tag.
Technology partners
See Storware protecting Canonical OpenStack
Register your Canonical OpenStack — Charmed or Sunbeam — and Storware discovers instances, Cinder volumes, and Nova tags through the APIs, runs full and incremental backups on your Ubuntu KVM hosts, and recovers VMs granularly or instantly. No agents on your compute nodes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Storware support Canonical OpenStack?
Yes. Storware protects both Charmed OpenStack and the newer Sunbeam distribution, working through the standard OpenStack service APIs on your Ubuntu KVM hosts.
Is Storware agentless on Canonical OpenStack?
Yes. There are no agents on your Ubuntu compute nodes. Storware works through Nova, Cinder, and Glance, with direct Ceph RBD access and a Proxy VM provisioned per availability zone.
Which Canonical OpenStack versions does Storware support?
Charmed OpenStack 2024.1 and Sunbeam 2024.1 LTS, along with newer releases. Confirm the exact supported versions against the current documentation at docs.storware.eu before deployment.
How does Storware perform incremental backups on Canonical OpenStack?
Through disk attachment with generic incremental (storage-backend-independent, block-level checksum) or, on Ceph RBD, CBT-like incrementals with changed blocks fetched from the Ceph monitors.
Can I migrate VMware to Canonical OpenStack with Storware?
Yes. Storware provides V2V migration from VMware — and, since 7.5, Citrix Hypervisor and XCP-ng — directly into Canonical OpenStack, so data protection continues throughout the migration.
Can service providers run backup-as-a-service on Canonical OpenStack?
Yes. Multi-tenant isolation, multi-domain authentication, and per-VM, per-host, or per-TB licensing make Storware a fit for BaaS on Ubuntu clouds.
Is Storware a Canonical partner?
Yes. Storware is a Canonical technology partner and an OpenInfra Foundation member, with a joint value proposition available for Canonical OpenStack.
How does Storware protect Canonical OpenStack backups against ransomware?
Through immutable backup destinations, IsoLayer air-gap, and retention lock, which keep recovery points from being altered or deleted.