# OpenNebula 5.6 Beta 'Blue Flash' is Out! **URL:** \ **Category:** Engage\ **Created:** [June 6, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/opennebula-5-6-beta-blue-flash-is-out/6042 "2018-06-06T15:09:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tinova](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/tinova/32/25_2.png) [@tinova](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/tinova)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/opennebula-5-6-beta-blue-flash-is-out/6042/1 "2018-06-06T15:09:21Z")
The OpenNebula project is proud to announce the availability of the beta release of OpenNebula 5.6 ‘Blue Flash’. Blue Flash is the fourth release of the OpenNebula 5 series. A significant effort has been applied in this release to enhance features introduced in 5.4 Medusa, while keeping an eye in implementing those features more demanded by the community. A massive set of improvements happened at the core level to increase robustness and scalability, and a major refactor happened in the vCenter integration, particularly in the import process, which has been streamlined. Virtually every component of OpenNebula has been reviewed to target usability and functional improvements, trying to keep API changes to a minimum to avoid disrupting ecosystem components. Check the [blog pos](https://opennebula.org/opennebula-5-6-blue-flash-beta-is-out/)t for more information on this new release. OpenNebula, the fastest smurf alive! - [Release Notes](http://docs.opennebula.org/5.5/intro_release_notes/release_notes/whats_new.html) - [Software](https://opennebula.org/software/) - [Documentation](http://docs.opennebula.org/5.5) ---
**Author:** ![tinova](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/tinova/32/25_2.png) [@tinova](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/tinova)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/opennebula-5-6-beta-blue-flash-is-out/6042/2 "2018-06-06T15:09:49Z")
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**Author:** ![tinova](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/forum.opennebula.io/tinova/32/25_2.png) [@tinova](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/tinova)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/opennebula-5-6-beta-blue-flash-is-out/6042/3 "2018-06-28T14:59:58Z")