Within preparation for the first public release under the free MPL-2.0 license open source codes for the assembly tools and specific components of the Helios distribution, developed by Oxide Computer and used to support the operation of software-controlled cloud server racks Oxide Rack. The entire software stack of the Oxide platform is open source. The Helios distribution is built on the basis of the project's developments Illumoswhich continues the development of the kernel, network stack, file systems, drivers, libraries and a basic set of OpenSolaris system utilities.
Among the components included:
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- boot-image-tools – tools for creating boot images.
- helios-omnios-build, garbage-compactor – assembly scripts for base OS packages.
- helios-omnios-extra – assembly scripts for an extended set of packages.
- helios-omicron-brand – formation of an isolated environment for launching the web control interface Omicron.
- illumos-gate – system components from Illumos (kernel, libraries, utilities).
- phbl (Pico Host Boot Loader) – bootloader.
- pinprick – utility for compressing ROM images.
- image-builder – a toolkit for creating bootable disk images with Illumos.
- helios-engvm – tools for creating an environment for developing and creating Helios images on physical or virtual x86 systems running Ubuntu 20.04.01 with KVM/QEMU.
Additionally, it can be noted that Oracle contributed change in schedule support of the Solaris operating system, according to which the support time for the release of Solaris 11.4 was extended until 2037 (previously, the product life cycle ended in 2034). Considering that Solaris 11.4 was published in 2018, the total maintenance time will be 19 years. Support for the Solaris 10 and Solaris 11.3 branches will end in 2027.
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