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<h2>Highlights of the week</h2>
<h3><a
href="http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/04/introducing-the-openstack-activity-board/">Introducing
the OpenStack Activity Board</a></h3>
<p>I am pleased to announce that a beta release of the OpenStack <a
href="http://activity.openstack.org/data/">Activity Board (beta)</a>
is now live. The development Activity Board <a
href="http://www.openstack.org/blog/2012/09/providing-a-unified-view-of-openstack-projects/">announced
few months ago</a> provides a visual overview of all the
OpenStack public activity of community members across multiple
dimensions: contributors and organizations, projects and tools.
From a single interface, you can easily surf OpenStack project
content, whether it is coming from the LaunchPad bug tracker, Git
or Gerrit, all mapped against the OpenStack Foundation members
database. Join the <a
href="http://openstacksummitapril2013.sched.org/event/ebbf37e343246e0b80bf99540a0c8d86">session
at the Summit</a> to learn more and give feedback.</p>
<h3><a
href="http://fnords.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/the-need-for-releases/">The
need for releases</a></h3>
<p>The beginning of a new release cycle is as good as any moment to
question why we actually go through the hassle of producing
OpenStack releases. <a
href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Release_Cycle"
target="_blank">Twice per year</a>, on a precise date we
announce 6 months in advance, we bless and publish source code
tarballs of the various integrated projects in OpenStack. Every
week we have a <a
href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Meetings/ProjectMeeting"
target="_blank">meeting</a> that tracks our progress toward this
common goal. Read Thierry’s post if you want to know why.</p>
<h3><a
href="http://openstacksummitapril2013.sched.org/event/e45f299aad360fea432241f9b6067eca#.UWaWlrXLo2w">International
Community Forum – Wednesday April 17 3.40pm in A105</a></h3>
<p>If you are travelling to the OpenStack Summit from afar, we are
holding an International Forum where we would like you to come
along with your answer to the following question, “What’s an
important, unique and interesting thing about OpenStack in my
country”. The aim of the session is to share the answers so that
we all might learn and gather new ideas for the improvement of the
OpenStack community around the world!” It will be great to see
just how many countries we can see represented in the one room,
and a great opportunity for international networking.</p>
<h3><a
href="http://cloudystuffhappens.blogspot.com/2013/04/understanding-nova-conductor-in.html">Understanding
nova-conductor in OpenStack Nova</a></h3>
<p>Nova conductor is a new service in Nova introduced in the Grizzly
release. It as one of the top three changes in Nova in the Grizzly
cycle, along with bare metal provisioning and cell. In this
article, <a
href="http://cloudystuffhappens.blogspot.com/search/label/openstack">Yun
Mao</a> discusses its pros and cons to help you understand it
better.</p>
<h3><a href="http://markmail.org/message/w37tv4bgzxld7x4a">OpenStack
Networking, use of “Quantum”</a></h3>
<p>We have to phase out the trademark or attention getting use of
the code name “Quantum” when referring to the the OpenStack
Networking project, as part of a legal agreement with Quantum
Corporation, the owner of the “Quantum” trademark. The Board of
Directors and Technical Committee members involved in Networking
related development and documentation were notified so we could
start working to remove “Quantum” from public references.</p>
<p>At the summit we have a session scheduled to talk about project
names generally and the path forward for OpenStack Networking
specifically. For instance, in places where there is a need for
something shorter, such as the CLI, we could come up with a new
code name or use something more descriptive like “os-network.”
This is a question it probably makes sense to look at across
projects at the same time. If you have input on this, please come
participate in the session Thursday April 18 at 4:10pm: <a
href="http://openstacksummitapril2013.sched.org/event/95df68f88b519a3e4981ed9da7cd1de5#.UWWOZBnR16A">http://openstacksummitapril2013.sched.org/event/95df68f88b519a3e4981ed9da7cd1de5#.UWWOZBnR16A</a></p>
<h2>Tips and Tricks</h2>
<ul>
<li>By <a
href="http://jaegerandi.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenStack">Andreas
Jaeger</a>: <a
href="http://jaegerandi.blogspot.com/2013/04/chef-and-crowbar-for-setting-up.html">Chef
and Crowbar for setting up OpenStack clouds – with openSUSE
and SUSE Cloud</a></li>
<li>By <a href="http://www.mirantis.com/">Mirantis</a>: <a
href="http://www.mirantis.com/blog/offloading-cpu-data-traffic-in-openstack-cloud-iscsi-over-rdma/">Guest
Post: Offloading CPU data traffic in OpenStack cloud with
iSCSI over RDMA</a></li>
<li>By <a href="http://xlcloud.org/bin/view/Blog/OpenStack">Xlcloud</a>:
<a
href="http://xlcloud.org/bin/view/Blog/Devstack+with+Quantum+in+a+multi-node+configuration?language=en">Devstack
with OpenStack Networking in a multi-node configuration</a></li>
<li>By <a href="http://sebastien-han.fr/">Sébastien Han</a>: <a
href="http://sebastien-han.fr/blog/2013/04/09/openstack-quickly-fix-mirrored-queues-errors/">Openstack:
quickly fix mirrored queues errors</a></li>
<li>By <a href="http://engineering.spilgames.com/">Spilgames
Engineering</a>: <a
href="http://engineering.spilgames.com/openstack-with-open-vswitch-on-scientific-linux/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=openstack-with-open-vswitch-on-scientific-linux">OpenStack
with Open vSwitch and Networking (Folsom) on Scientific Linux</a></li>
<li>By <a href="http://www.stillhq.com/">Michael Still</a>: <a
href="http://www.stillhq.com/openstack/tips/000001.html">Faster
pip installs</a></li>
<li>By <a
href="http://cloudystuffhappens.blogspot.com/search/label/openstack">Yun
Mao</a>: <a
href="http://cloudystuffhappens.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-to-run-pylint-with-few-false.html">How
to run pylint with few false positives</a></li>
<li>By <a href="http://kashyapc.wordpress.com/">Kashyap Chamarthy</a>:
<a
href="http://kashyapc.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/finding-serial-console-log-of-a-nova-instance/">Finding
serial console log of a nova instance</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Upcoming Events</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/"
target="_blank">OpenStack Summit April 2013</a> Apr 15 – 18,
2013 – Portland, OR <a
href="http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108730682/"
target="_blank">Beers / Summit Debrief / Internally Promoting
OpenStack</a> Apr 24, 2013 – Chicago, IL <a
href="http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108730682/"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/108876542/"
target="_blank">OpenStack meeting in Cologne</a> May 04, 2013
– Cologne, Germany <a
href="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/108876542/"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10526716.htm"
target="_blank">OpenStack DACH Day</a> May 24, 2013 – Berlin
Fairgrounds <a
href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10526716.htm"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.meetup.com/IGTCloud/events/99146542/"
target="_blank">OpenStack Israel</a> May 27, 2013 – Tel-Aviv,
Israel <a href="http://www.openstack-israel.org/"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.openstack.org/" target="_blank">OpenStack
CEE Day</a> May 29, 2013 – Budapest <a
href="http://www.openstack.org/" target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108731562/"
target="_blank">Building an OpenStack Cloud</a> May 30, 2013 –
Chicago, IL <a
href="http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108731562/"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/109700562/"
target="_blank">OpenStack meeting in Munich</a> Jun 11, 2013 –
Munich, Germany <a
href="http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/109700562/"
target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a href="http://event.gigaom.com/structure/" target="_blank">GigaOM
Structure</a> Jun 19 – 20, 2013 – San Francisco, CA <a
href="http://event.gigaom.com/structure/" target="_blank">Details</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013" target="_blank">OSCON
2013</a> Jul 22 – 26, 2013 – Portland, OR <a
href="http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013" target="_blank">Details</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Other News</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://rafstack.tumblr.com/post/47690655131">OpenStack
Board of Directors Talks: Episode 9 with Alan Clark, Chairman
of the Board</a></li>
<li><a
href="http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/b/techcenter/archive/2013/04/10/openstack-bo">OpenStack
Board of Directors Talks: Episode 8 with Lew Tucker, VP/CTO
Cloud Computing at Cisco Systems</a> <br>
</li>
<li>OpenStack Project Meeting: <a
href="http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-04-09-21.02.html">Summary</a>
and <a
href="http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-04-09-21.02.log.html">full
logs</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Got answers?</h2>
<p><a href="https://ask.openstack.org/">Ask OpenStack</a> is the
go-to destination for OpenStack users. Interesting questions
waiting for answers:</p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://ask.openstack.org/question/191/how-to-upgrade-from-folsom-to-grizzly/">How
to upgrade from Folsom to Grizzly?</a></li>
<li><a
href="https://ask.openstack.org/question/42/are-there-any-video-tutorials-for-setting-up-a-horizon-development-environment/">Are
there any video tutorials for setting up a Horizon development
environment?</a></li>
<li><a
href="https://ask.openstack.org/question/151/how-do-i-assign-multiple-networks-to-a-tenant/">How
do I assign multiple networks to a tenant?</a></li>
<li><a
href="https://ask.openstack.org/question/43/why-do-i-get-timed-out-error-when-trying-to-create-a-glance-image/">Why
do I get “Timed out” error when trying to create a glance
image?</a></li>
<li><a
href="https://ask.openstack.org/question/51/any-insightresourcesexamplessuggestions-of-how-to-design-applications-to-take-advantage-of-the-openstack-platform/">Any
insight/resources/examples/suggestions of how to design
applications to take advantage of the openstack platform?</a></li>
</ul>
<p><em>The weekly newsletter is a way for the community to learn
about all the various activities occurring on a weekly basis. If
you would like to add content to a weekly update or have an idea
about this newsletter, please leave a comment.</em></p>
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