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Read the updateOpen infrastructure / operator-built
We build and operateopen infrastructure.
VEXXHOST designs, builds, and operates Kubernetes, OpenStack, and Ceph for teams around the world—open source infrastructure without proprietary lock-in.
- Origin
- Montréal, Canada
- Scope
- Organizations worldwide
- Operating model
- Upstream first
- KubernetesWorkloads
Container orchestration for portable applications
- OpenStackCloud
Bare metal, virtual machines, networking, identity, and APIs
- CephData
Block, object, and file storage
// Why we exist
Infrastructure should be a foundation, not a trap.
We started on the operator side of the screen—close to the hardware, the code, and the people depending on both. That shaped a simple position: teams should be able to understand, move, and improve the systems they run.
01 / The story
From Montréal roots to open infrastructure around the world.
The technology changed. The operating instinct did not: own the outcome, learn from production, and keep the infrastructure open.
- 01
2006 / Origin
Start close to the machines.
VEXXHOST begins in Montréal as a hosting company. Running the hardware ourselves makes reliability personal: when something fails, our team owns the answer.
- 02
2011 / Open cloud
Choose an open control plane.
We adopt OpenStack as software we can inspect, operate, and improve—not a black box. Using it in production leads naturally to contributing fixes upstream.
- 03
2015 → / Open infrastructure expands
Broaden the open infrastructure.
Ceph moves into production in 2015 for durable data. Kubernetes follows in 2018 for workloads and orchestration. Each adds a distinct capability our engineers can deploy and operate in production.
- 04
Today / Production
Operate each product in the real world.
Today we help organizations design, deploy, and operate Kubernetes, OpenStack, and Ceph as distinct products—supported by engineers who work with each of them in production and contribute upstream.
02 / Open infrastructure
Open infrastructure. Choose what you need.
Kubernetes, OpenStack, and Ceph are core offerings in a growing product portfolio. Choose any of them independently, with engineering and operational support shaped around your infrastructure.
03 / Workloads
Kubernetes
Upstream container orchestration for workloads that need to stay portable across public, private, and on-premises environments.
Explore Kubernetes02 / Cloud
OpenStack
Portable APIs for compute, networking, identity, images, and storage—with the control plane visible and under your control.
Explore OpenStack01 / Data
Ceph
Distributed block, object, and file storage without a proprietary storage layer hiding underneath.
Explore CephOpen source / built and operated in the opengithub.com/vexxhost
03 / README.md
The operator is in the room.
The people helping design the architecture also understand its upgrade path, failure modes, and 3 a.m. pages. That changes how decisions get made.
- 01Deploy
- 02Operate
- 03Debug
- 04Upstream
- + operate.what_we_shipWe operate what we ship.
- Architecture decisions are tested against real upgrades, incidents, capacity changes, and long-running production environments.
- + prefer.upstreamUpstream is the default.
- We prefer the open project over a private fork, so improvements remain portable and the community can carry them forward.
- + exits.are_featuresAn exit is a feature.
- Open APIs and familiar tooling keep customers in control of their infrastructure, their data, and what comes next.
- + fix.it.in_the_openFix it where everyone benefits.
- Production exposes the hard bugs. We diagnose them, work with maintainers, and push durable fixes back into the projects we depend on.
04 / Community
Membership is support. Contribution is the work.
We invest in the foundations that keep open infrastructure neutral and sustainable, while production experience continues to flow back into the projects themselves.
05 / Canadian roots
45.5017° N / 73.5673° W
Built in Montréal. Open to the world.
We are proudly Canadian-owned, with roots in Montréal and infrastructure across North America and Europe. We work with organizations worldwide, offering clear choices for where systems run, who operates them, and how they can move.
See our data centres- Ownership
- Canadian-owned
- Cloud regions
- Montréal · Santa Clara · Amsterdam
- Customer reach
- Worldwide
06 / From the newsroom
Signals from the company.
02 / Press release
Atmosphere adds support for Dell PowerStore storage arrays
Read the update03 / Press release
VEXXHOST launches Atmosphere, a new open source OpenStack deployment tool
Read the updateNext / Build
Bring us the infrastructure problem that does not fit in a product card.
We work with infrastructure teams that want open architecture, production operators, and a path that stays theirs.
Field notes / Latest
What production is teaching us.
Engineering notes from operating open infrastructure: the failures, design decisions, and upstream work that make open infrastructure better.
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