The boot-from-volume feature in OpenStack Compute (Nova) Folsom and Essex, when using nova-volumes, allows remote authenticated users to boot from other users volumes via a volume id in the block_device_mapping parameter.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essex | Openstack | - (including) | - (including) |
| Folsom | Openstack | - (including) | - (including) |
| OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6 | RedHat | openstack-nova-0:2012.2.2-8.el6ost | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | oneiric | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Nova | Ubuntu | quantal | * |