As part of the preparation for the first public release under the MPL-2.0 license, the source texts for the build tools and specific components of the Helios distribution, developed by Oxide Computer and used to support software-controlled cloud server racks Oxide Rack, have been opened. The entire software stack of the Oxide platform is open-source. The Helios distribution is based on the work of the Illumos project, which continues the development of the kernel, networking stack, file systems, drivers, libraries, and a basic set of system utilities from OpenSolaris.
The included components are:
- boot-image-tools — tools for creating boot images.
- helios-omnios-build, garbage-compactor — build scripts for the basic OS packages.
- helios-omnios-extra — build scripts for an extended package set.
- helios-omicron-brand — creating an isolated environment for running the Omicron management web interface.
- illumos-gate — system components from Illumos (kernel, libraries, utilities).
- phbl (Pico Host Boot Loader) — bootloader.
- pinprick — utility for compressing ROM images.
- image-builder — tools for creating boot disk images with Illumos.
- helios-engvm — tools for creating an environment for developing and building Helios images on physical or virtual x86 systems running Ubuntu 20.04.01 with KVM/QEMU.
Additionally, it is noteworthy that Oracle has changed the support schedule for the Solaris operating system, according to which the support time for Solaris 11.4 has been extended to 2037 (previously, the product's lifecycle was set to end in 2034). Considering that Solaris 11.4 was released in 2018, the total support duration will be 19 years. Support for Solaris 10 and Solaris 11.3 will end in 2027.
Source: opennet.ru
