Fabricio Duarte is one of the newest committers of the Apache CloudStack community. In this interview, Fabricio delves into his professional background, his contributions to the CloudStack project, advice on how to get involved in the project, and more! Click the button below to see the current project member list.
Meet the New VP of CloudStack: Nicolas Vazquez
The CloudStack project is pleased to announce our newest VP, Nicolas Vazquez. This interview explores Nicolas’ experience with Apache CloudStack, key projects, recent developments, advice on how to contribute to the CloudStack ecosystem, and more!
Introduce yourself in a few words
My name is Nicolas Vazquez, I am a Software Engineer from Uruguay. I have been involved on the CloudStack project for the last 10 years, during which I became a Committer and then a PMC member. In the last months I have been contributing to features like VMware to KVM migration, the support for Virtual Appliances on VMware, the Multi-Architecture Zones.
Why LifeinCloud Chose ACS for their Public Cloud
The Story of LifeinCloud
LifeinCloud is a privately-owned, European public cloud provider on a mission to make powerful cloud solutions more accessible to developers and businesses worldwide.
They started in 2009 as a managed services provider, later expanding into private cloud solutions. As demand grew, they faced a similar challenge to many in our community:
Apache CloudStack 4.19.2.0 Release
CloudStack European User Group 2025 – Vienna, Austria
We’re thrilled to announce that the CloudStack European User Group (CSEUG) 2025 is happening on May 8th in Vienna, Austria! This User Group meeting will bring together the European CloudStack community for a full day of networking, knowledge sharing, and discussions about our open-source cloud technology. This year’s CSEUG is sponsored by ShapeBlue, proIO and LINBIT, who will also be the local event host.
Meet Apache CloudStack at CloudFest 2025
From March 17-20th, the world’s leading internet infrastructure event – CloudFest – will be taking place at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany! The Apache CloudStack project will be exhibiting at the conference for a third consecutive year, showcasing the benefit of complete vendor independency and flexibility of using open-source virtualization management solutions! The event presents a fantastic opportunity for cloud builders to discover Apache CloudStack’s robust capabilities and its value to the wider cloud computing industry. As the premier gathering for internet infrastructure professionals, CloudFest offers an ideal platform to connect with industry leaders, share insights, and highlight how Apache CloudStack is driving innovation in cloud computing.
CVE-2025-22828: Unauthorised access to annotations
CVE-2025-22828: Unauthorised access to annotations
Severity: Low
Affected versions:
- Apache CloudStack 4.16.0 or later
Description:
CloudStack users can add and read comments (annotations) on resources they are authorised to access.
Explore the Sessions from the CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2024!
The CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2024 was held in Madrid, Spain, from November 20-22, bringing together CloudStack users, developers, and operators from over 40 countries.
Apache CloudStack 4.20.0.0 Release
Apache CloudStack LTS Release 4.20.0.0
The Apache CloudStack project is pleased to announce the release of CloudStack 4.20.0.0.
Apache CloudStack 4.20 is the most recent release of the cloud management platform. It comes as a product of extensive contributions from the development community and is a LTS release, guaranteeing ongoing maintenance and support for a period of 18 months