A consultant from Ubuntu called Ironic a &quot;still birth&quot; and said its name was indicative of its fit with the rest of OpenStack. His team used MaaS which I gather serves most of the same purpose:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maas.ubuntu.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maas.ubuntu.com&#x2F;</a>