Analysis of Chinese Company Contributions to the OpenStack Pike Release and Feature Updates

The OpenStack Pike version, released on September 1, 2017, introduced enhancements such as improved composability, tighter integration with Kubernetes and Ansible, and a range of feature updates across the platform's core services.

In the first week after release, the final code contribution list showed 45 Chinese companies participating, a 21% increase over the previous Ocata release, underscoring China's growing role in the OpenStack ecosystem.

OpenStack’s officially recognized projects (TC‑approved) now number 16, including Nova, Cinder, Neutron, Horizon, Ironic, Heat, Swift, Keystone, Ceilometer, Glance, Sahara, Trove, and others. Contributions are measured by commits, which represent complete, test‑covered code changes.

Overall Chinese contribution rankings place Huawei (TOP2), EasyStack (TOP7), and FiberHome (TOP8) among the top ten global contributors for the Pike release.

Nova (Compute) added Cells v2 multi‑cell deployment, a rewritten quota system, PCIWeigher support, automatic service removal, reserved host CPUs, and enhanced Placement API. Chinese contributors include Huawei (global TOP2), EasyStack (TOP11), FiberHome (TOP13), and Inspur (TOP19).

Cinder (Block Storage) introduced revert‑to‑snapshot, in‑use volume extension, backend_default configuration, and replication support. Top Chinese contributors are Huawei (global TOP1), FiberHome (TOP4), and Lenovo (TOP6), with EasyStack and ZTE also in the global TOP20.

Neutron (Networking) added seamless upgrade from Ocata, haproxy replacement, QoS and DVR improvements, quota usage statistics, per‑port DNS domains, MTU settings, and custom tags. Chinese companies FiberHome (TOP13), HaiyunJiexun (TOP17), and EasyStack (TOP18) appear in the global TOP20.

Horizon (Dashboard) now supports clouds.yaml download, network port creation/deletion in the UI, "any" IP protocol and port rules, and visibility of security‑group‑to‑port mappings. EasyStack ranks TOP4 globally, with six other Chinese firms in the TOP20.

Ironic (Bare Metal) added boot from Cinder volume, physical network awareness, and seamless/rolling upgrades. FiberHome leads globally at TOP9, with five other Chinese firms in the TOP20.

Heat (Orchestration) gained NeutronTrunk resources, Magnum cluster support, Mistral‑managed custom resources, and ZunContainer resources. Huawei (TOP2), EasyStack (TOP3), and FiberHome (TOP5) are in the global TOP10.

Swift (Object Storage) introduced global erasure coding, composite rings, and proxy configuration options. FiberHome ranks TOP6 globally, with three other Chinese companies in the TOP20.

Keystone (Identity) added default policy registration and stronger password hashing. Huawei (TOP2), ZTE (TOP4), and FiberHome (TOP9) are in the global TOP10.

Ceilometer (Telemetry) now supports Manila and multiple SDN controllers. Huawei (TOP2), EasyStack (TOP3), FiberHome (TOP4), ZTE (TOP6), and others appear in the TOP10.

Glance (Image) introduced tasks_api_access to protect the Tasks API and manage image import tasks. FiberHome (TOP5) and EasyStack (TOP6) are in the global TOP10.

Sahara (Data Service) added CDH support with libguestfs for image creation. EasyStack (TOP1), FiberHome (TOP6), Huawei (TOP7), and others are among the top contributors.

Trove (Database) focused on a WSGI API server and Python 3 support. EasyStack (TOP6), China Mobile (TOP9), Inspur (TOP10), and several other Chinese firms contributed.

These detailed statistics and feature overviews illustrate the significant and expanding impact of Chinese enterprises on the OpenStack Pike release, reflecting both technical advancements and community involvement.