BOSH
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Overview
An open source release engineering, deployment, and lifecycle management tool for distributed systems.
Key Features
Unifies release engineering, deployment, and lifecycle management of small and large-scale cloud software.
Performs monitoring, failure recovery, and software updates with zero-to-minimal downtime.
Supports multiple Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) providers like VMware vSphere, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services EC2, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, and Alibaba Cloud.
Use Cases
Provision and deploy software over hundreds of VMs, particularly well-suited for large distributed systems like Cloud Foundry PaaS or Hadoop.
Getting Started
To bootstrap a new Bosh server from scratch, use the Bosh CLI with the `bosh create-env` command.
Recent Updates
The latest release is v283.1.13, published on 2026-10-10.
Did You Know?
Bosh is deployed by Bosh. To bootstrap a new Bosh server from scratch, the Bosh CLI acts as a lightweight Bosh server.