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<h2>Highlights of the week</h2>
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<h3><a
href="http://www.openstack.org/blog/2012/08/openstack-at-cloudopen/">OpenStack
at CloudOpen</a></h3>
<p>OpenStack is a protagonist of CloudOpen, the only
conference providing a collaboration and education space
dedicated to advancing the open cloud. Next week, from Aug
29 to 31 in San Diego there will be plenty of chances to
hear talks about OpenStack and how it’s shaping the cloud
industry.</p>
<p>On Tuesday Aug 28th join the OpenStack community at <a
href="http://www.thehoppingpig.com/">The Hopping Pig</a>
for a party! Food & drinks sponsored by HP, Intel,
Opscode, Rackspace, SUSE, and Ubuntu. The event will
immediately follow the official CloudOpen happy hour, and
is within walking distance of the Andaz. <a
href="http://openstack-cloudopen2012.eventbrite.com/">Reserve
your ticket</a>.</p>
<h3><a
href="http://www.openstack.org/blog/2012/08/openstack-at-puppetconf-tim-bell-of-cern-to-keynote/">OpenStack
at PuppetConf: Tim Bell of CERN to Keynote</a></h3>
<p>PuppetConf is coming up September 27-28 in San Francisco,
and we’re excited to announce some great OpenStack
content, including a keynote presentation from Tim Bell of
CERN!</p>
<h3><a
href="http://www.openstack.org/blog/2012/08/openstack-won-unprecedented-popularity-in-asiapacific/">OpenStack
Won Unprecedented Popularity in Asia/Pacific</a></h3>
<p>On August 10 -11, the first two-day OpenStack
Asia-Pacific Conference (OSAC) was held in Beijing and
Shanghai concurrently. This conference is jointly
organized by CSDN (Chinese Software Develop the Net), the
world’s largest Chinese IT technology community and the
OpenStack user group (COSUG). The presentations are on
slideshare: <a
href="http://www.slideshare.net/HuiCheng2/tag/2012osac">http://www.slideshare.net/HuiCheng2/tag/2012osac</a></p>
<h3><a
href="http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2012/08/20/submitting-new-features-to-nova/">Submitting
new features to Nova</a></h3>
<p>Mark McLoughlin wrote down a few pieces advice for
someone submitting a large feature patch to Nova.</p>
<h3><a
href="http://bcwaldon.cc/2012/08/20/openstack-folsom-glance-overview.html">OpenStack
Folsom & Glance</a></h3>
<p>Brian Waldon recaps what landed in Glance in the past
months. These are most of the features that will make it
in Folsom release.</p>
<h2>Tips and Tricks</h2>
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<li>By Derek Higgins: <a
href="http://goodsquishy.com/2012/08/listing-openstack-keystone-credentials/">Listing
openstack keystone credentials</a></li>
<li>By Zmanda Team: <a
href="http://www.zmanda.com/blogs/?p=894">Storing
Pebbles or Boulders: Optimizing Swift Cloud for
different workloads</a></li>
<li>By Mate Lakat: <a
href="http://blogs.citrix.com/2012/08/17/hello-xen-api-host-plugin/">Hello
Xen API host plugin</a></li>
<li>By Derek Higgins: <a
href="http://goodsquishy.com/2012/08/rackspace-cloud-files-from-the-command-line/">rackspace
cloud files from the command line</a></li>
<li>By Alessandro Tagliapietra: <a
href="http://www.alexnetwork.it/2012/08/20/openstack/hetzner-failover-ip-routing-tool-for-openstack.html">Hetzner
Failover IP routing tool for openstack</a></li>
<li>By Brian Waldon: <a
href="http://bcwaldon.cc/2012/08/19/using-warlock-and-json-schemas.html">Using
Warlock & JSON Schemas</a></li>
<li>By Everett Toews: <a
href="http://blog.phymata.com/2012/08/18/logging-in-jclouds/">Logging
in jclouds</a> and <a
href="http://blog.phymata.com/2012/08/17/get-a-token-from-rackspace/">How
I get a Token from the Rackspace Open Cloud from the
Command Line</a></li>
<li>By <a href="http://blog.chmouel.com/">Chmouel
Boudjnah</a>: <a
href="http://blog.chmouel.com/2012/08/17/using-python-novaclient-against-rackspace-cloud-next-generation-powered-by-openstack/">Using
python-novaclient against Rackspace Cloud next
generation (powered by OpenStack)</a></li>
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<h2>Upcoming Events</h2>
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<li><a
href="http://openstack-cloudopen2012.eventbrite.com/"
target="_blank">OPENSTACK REVOLUTION </a>Aug 28, 2012
– San Diego, CA <a
href="http://openstack-cloudopen2012.eventbrite.com/"
target="_blank">RSVP</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://aosug.openstack.org.au/events/66911242/"
target="_blank">Australian OpenStack User Group –
Adelaide Meetup with SAGE-AU</a> Aug 28, 2012 – <a
href="http://aosug.openstack.org.au/events/66911242/"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-LA/events/74425192/"
target="_blank">Block Storage Service is Cemented by
Cinder</a> Aug 30, 2012 – Los Angeles, CA <a
href="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-LA/events/74425192/"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/77706042/"
target="_blank">OpenStack Swift meetup</a> Aug 30,
2012 – San Francisco, CA <a
href="http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/77706042/"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a href="http://openstack.org/" target="_blank">OpenStack
Summit</a> Oct 15 – 18, 2012 – San Diego, CA</li>
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<h2>Other news</h2>
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<li>Feature freeze period started: we’re on our way to
Folsom release</li>
<li>OpenStack Project Meeting 2012-08-21: <a
href="http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/openstack-meeting/2012/openstack-meeting.2012-08-21-21.02.html">Summary</a>
and <a
href="http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/openstack-meeting/2012/openstack-meeting.2012-08-21-21.02.log.html">Meeting
log</a></li>
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<h2>Welcome new contributors</h2>
<p>Celebrating the first patches submitted this week by:</p>
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<li>Alex Yang</li>
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