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<B><FONT SIZE="4"><A HREF="http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/five-years-in-charting-the-openstack-galaxy">Five years in: Charting the OpenStack galaxy</A></FONT></B><BR>
The Starship Enterprise had a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_no_man_has_gone_before">five year mission</A>, to "explore strange new worlds," among other things, and as we approach the five year mark in our own mission, it's fun to think about the worlds we've seen and contemplate where to go next. Did anyone think we'd have a non-profit foundation in year three, with VMware joining right after we started it? Strange new worlds, indeed.<BR>
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<B><FONT SIZE="4"><A HREF="http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/check-out-what-s-under-the-hood-at-trystack">Check out what's under the hood at TryStack</A></FONT></B>
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Billed as the easiest way to try out OpenStack, this free service lets you test what the cloud can do for you, offering networking, storage, and compute instances, without having to go all in with your own hardware. <A HREF="https://twitter.com/radez">Dan Radez,</A> whose day job is at Red Hat, unveiled TryStack’s new gear in a lightning show-and-tell talk at the recent <A HREF="http://superuser.openstack.org/search/results?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=mid-cycle">Mid-Cycle Ops Meetup.</A><BR>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">The Road to Vancouver</FONT></B>
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<LI><A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/blog/2015/02/sign-up-for-openstack-upstream-training-in-vancouver/">Sign up for OpenStack Upstream Training in Vancouver</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/superuser-awards-nominations-now-open">Superuser Awards Nominations Now Open</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.openstack.org/blog/2015/01/vancouver-summit-sponsorships-now-available/">Vancouver Summit Sponsorships Now Available</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/visa/">Canada Visa Information</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/hotels/">Official Hotel Room Blocks</A>
<LI>Next batch of invites to Kilo contributors will be sent after a new milestone is released
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">Relevant Conversations</FONT></B>
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<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-February/057355.html">Call for mentors - Upstream Training,</A> <A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/058148.html">Outreachy (former OPW) </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://ttx.re/stepping-out-of-the-way.html">Stepping out of the way</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/058801.html">readout from Philly Operators Meetup </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/058689.html">Avoiding regression in project governance </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/058493.html">Microversions. And why do we need API extensions for new API functionality? </A>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">Deadlines and Development Priorities</FONT></B>
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<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/058796.html">[nova] Kilo FeatureFreeze is March 19th, FeatureProposalFreeze has happened </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-January/055719.html">[cinder] Kilo Deadlines</A> need to have a CI by end of K-3, March 19th 2015
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-February/057383.html">[cinder] Proposals for Liberty Summit </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/059092.html">[sahara] Design summit proposals for Liberty Summit </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/058696.html">[oslo] must-fix bugs for final kilo releases </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/058360.html">Log Working Group priorities </A>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">Security Advisories and Notices</FONT></B>
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<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-March/000341.html">Nova console Cross-Site WebSocket hijacking (CVE-2015-0259) </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/058860.html">[OSSN 0045] Vulnerable clients allow a TLS protocol downgrade (FREAK) </A>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">Reports from Previous Events</FONT></B>
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<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/foundation/2015-March/001928.html">March 2 Board of Directors Meeting </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/openstack-mid-cycle-meetup-day-one-roundup">OpenStack Mid-Cycle meetup, day one roundup</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/openstack-mid-cycle-meetup-day-two-roundup">OpenStack Mid-Cycle meetup, day two roundup</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/takeaways-from-openstack-s-mid-cycle-ops-meetup-a-little-more-conversation-a-little-more-action">Takeaways from OpenStack’s Mid-Cycle Ops Meetup: A little more conversation, a little more action</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/058596.html">[horizon] Kilo angular virtual sprint</A>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">Tips ‘n Tricks</FONT></B>
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<LI>By <A HREF="http://blog.oddbit.com/">Lars Kellogg-Stedman</A>: <A HREF="http://blog.oddbit.com/2015/03/09/diagnosing-problems-with-an-openstack-deplo/">Diagnosing problems with an OpenStack deployment</A>
<LI>By <A HREF="http://doughellmann.com/">Doug Hellmann</A>: <A HREF="http://doughellmann.com/2015/03/12/deploying-nested-znc-services-with-ansible.html">Deploying Nested ZNC Services with Ansible</A>
<LI>By <A HREF="http://www.cloudbase.it/windows-maas-and-open-compute/">Gabriel Samfira</A>: <A HREF="http://www.cloudbase.it/windows-maas-and-open-compute/">Windows + Open Compute + MAAS = ♥</A>
<LI>By <A HREF="http://www.matthias-runge.de/">Matthias Runge</A>: <A HREF="http://www.matthias-runge.de/2015/03/11/test-horizon-git/">Testing Horizon git snapshots</A>
<LI>By <A HREF="http://blog.russellbryant.net/">Russell Bryant</A>: <A HREF="http://blog.russellbryant.net/2015/03/10/the-different-facets-of-openstack-ha/">The Different Facets of OpenStack HA</A>
<LI>By <A HREF="http://techs.enovance.com/7351/writing-a-new-openstack-puppet-module">Emilien Macchi: </A><A HREF="http://techs.enovance.com/7351/writing-a-new-openstack-puppet-module">Writing a new OpenStack Puppet module</A>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">Upcoming Events</FONT></B>
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<A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/community/2015-March/001040.html">OpenStack @ PyCon 2015: Booth info, looking for volunteers, posting of jobs, OpenStack presentations </A><BR>
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<LI><A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/china-shanghai/meetup-event-intel">Mar 14, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/china-shanghai/meetup-event-intel">Meetup event in Intel</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/220862422/">Mar 16 - 17, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/220862422/">OpenStack Workshop ,</A><A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/220862422/">Bangalore, Karnataka, IN</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/india/openstack-workshop-pesit">Mar 16 - 17, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/india/openstack-workshop-pesit">OpenStack Workshop at PESIT</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Munich/events/220488026/">Mar 17, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Munich/events/220488026/">OpenStack Munich Meetup</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Munich/events/220488026/">Munich, Bavaria, DE</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.vlab.org/events/openstack/">Mar 17, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://www.vlab.org/events/openstack/">Disrupting Vendor Clouds</A> <A HREF="https://www.vlab.org/events/openstack/">Stanford, CA, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://softwarearchitecturecon.com/sa2015/public/schedule/detail/42493">Mar 17, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://softwarearchitecturecon.com/sa2015/public/schedule/detail/42493">HP Helion Technical Session</A> <A HREF="http://softwarearchitecturecon.com/sa2015/public/schedule/detail/42493">Boston, MA, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/austria/openstack-m%C3%BCnchen-meetup-%E2%80%93-lets-talk-about-storage">Mar 17, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/austria/openstack-m%C3%BCnchen-meetup-%E2%80%93-lets-talk-about-storage">OpenStack München Meetup – Lets talk about Storage</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/austin/introduction-opendaylight-current-events-and-openstack-neutron-integration">Mar 18 - 19, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/austin/introduction-opendaylight-current-events-and-openstack-neutron-integration">Introduction to OpenDaylight: Current Events and OpenStack Neutron Integration</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/atlanta/keystone-and-external-authentication-implementation">Mar 19 - 20, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/atlanta/keystone-and-external-authentication-implementation">Keystone and External Authentication Implementation</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/baltimore/openstack-baltimore-meetup-3">Mar 19 - 20, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/baltimore/openstack-baltimore-meetup-3">OpenStack Baltimore Meetup #3</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/boston/openstack-networking-neutron-deep-dive-plumgrid">Mar 19 - 20, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/boston/openstack-networking-neutron-deep-dive-plumgrid">OpenStack networking - Neutron deep dive with PLUMgrid</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/australia/march-sydney-hackathon-tentative-date">Mar 20 - 21, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/australia/march-sydney-hackathon-tentative-date">March Sydney Hackathon - Tentative Date</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/san-francisco-bay-area/sfbay-openstack-hackathon-ossfo-3">Mar 20, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/san-francisco-bay-area/sfbay-openstack-hackathon-ossfo-3">SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/220862582/">Mar 22 - 23, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/220862582/">OpenStack Workshop, Pune</A>, <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/220862582/">Bangalore, Karnataka, IN</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/india/openstack-workshop-sicsr-pune">Mar 22 - 23, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://groups.openstack.org/groups/india/openstack-workshop-sicsr-pune">OpenStack Workshop at SICSR, Pune</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://openstackmy.eventbrite.com/">Mar 24, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://openstackmy.eventbrite.com/">OpenStack Malaysia 2nd Meetup</A> <A HREF="http://openstackmy.eventbrite.com/">Damansara, Kuala Lumpur, MY</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://calagator.org/events/1250467647">Mar 26, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://calagator.org/events/1250467647">PDX OpenStack Hackathon</A> <A HREF="http://calagator.org/events/1250467647">Portland, OR, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://cloudbeer.me/">Mar 26, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://cloudbeer.me/">#CloudBeerStockholm</A> <A HREF="http://cloudbeer.me/">Stockholm, SE</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-LA/events/220972576/">Mar 26, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-LA/events/220972576/">OpenStack L.A. March Meetup</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-LA/events/220972576/">Pasadena, CA, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ceph-day-amsterdam-tickets-15500667915?discount=Openstack">Mar 31, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ceph-day-amsterdam-tickets-15500667915?discount=Openstack">Ceph Day Amsterdam</A> <A HREF="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ceph-day-amsterdam-tickets-15500667915?discount=Openstack">Amsterdam, Netherlands, NL</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://goo.gl/QieEGE">Mar 31, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://goo.gl/QieEGE">OpenStack: fueled and containerized</A> <A HREF="http://goo.gl/QieEGE">Rome, IT</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DFW/events/218264002/">Apr 01, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DFW/events/218264002/">OpenStack Meetup DFW</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DFW/events/218264002/">Frisco, Texas, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://iscc-supcom.rhcloud.com/">Apr 03 - 06, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://iscc-supcom.rhcloud.com/">ISCC2015</A> <A HREF="http://iscc-supcom.rhcloud.com/">Ariana, Ariana, TN</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://us.pycon.org/2015/">Apr 08 - 16, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://us.pycon.org/2015/">PyCon 2015</A> <A HREF="https://us.pycon.org/2015/">Montreal, Quebec, CA</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.percona.com/live/openstack-live-2015/">Apr 13 - 14, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.percona.com/live/openstack-live-2015/">OpenStack Live</A> <A HREF="http://www.percona.com/live/openstack-live-2015/">Santa Clara, CA, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://coll15.mapyourshow.com/6_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?ScheduleID=3436">Apr 13 - 16, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://coll15.mapyourshow.com/6_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?ScheduleID=3436">StackAttack! A HOLatCollaborate15</A> <A HREF="http://coll15.mapyourshow.com/6_0/sessions/session-details.cfm?ScheduleID=3436">Las Vegas, NV, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.openstack-konferenz.de/">Apr 15, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.openstack-konferenz.de/">iX OpenStack Tag</A> <A HREF="http://www.openstack-konferenz.de/">Köln, NRW, DE</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://occ.csdn.net/">Apr 16 - 18, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://occ.csdn.net/">Open Cloud 2015</A> <A HREF="http://occ.csdn.net/">Beijing, Beijing, CN</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.con-nect.com.au/">Apr 21 - 22, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.con-nect.com.au/">CONNECT 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.con-nect.com.au/">Melbourne, Victoria, AU</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.infoexevents.com.cn/chinasdn">Apr 22 - 23, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.infoexevents.com.cn/chinasdn">China SDNNFV Conference</A> <A HREF="http://www.infoexevents.com.cn/chinasdn">Beijing, CN</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-New-York-Meetup/events/220648431/">Apr 22, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-New-York-Meetup/events/220648431/">OpenStack NYC Meetup</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-New-York-Meetup/events/220648431/">New York, NY, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/Philly-OpenStack-Meetup-Group/events/220648495/">Apr 23, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/Philly-OpenStack-Meetup-Group/events/220648495/">OpenStack Philadelphia Meetup</A> <A HREF="http://www.meetup.com/Philly-OpenStack-Meetup-Group/events/220648495/">Philadelphia, PA, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.cebit.com.au/">May 05 - 07, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.cebit.com.au/">CeBIT AU 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.cebit.com.au/">Sydney, NSW, AU</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/">May 18 - 22, 2015</A> <A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/">OpenStack Summit May 2015</A> <A HREF="https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/">Vancouver, BC</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.openstackdachday.com/">Jun 11, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.openstackdachday.com/">OpenStack DACH Day 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.openstackdachday.com/">Berlin, DE</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.oscon.com/open-source-2015">Jul 20 - 24, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.oscon.com/open-source-2015">OSCON 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.oscon.com/open-source-2015">Portland, OR, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/catalyst/">Aug 10 - 13, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/catalyst/">Gartner Catalyst Conference</A> <A HREF="http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/catalyst/">San Diego, CA, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.openstackbeneluxconference.nl/">Sep 17, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.openstackbeneluxconference.nl/">OpenStack Benelux Conference 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.openstackbeneluxconference.nl/">Bussum, NL</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.gartner.com/technology/symposium/orlando/">Oct 04 - 08, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.gartner.com/technology/symposium/orlando/">Gartner SymposiumITxpo</A> <A HREF="http://www.gartner.com/technology/symposium/orlando/">Orlando, FL, US</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.supercomp.org/">Nov 15 - 20, 2015</A> <A HREF="http://www.supercomp.org/">Supercomputing 15</A> <A HREF="http://www.supercomp.org/">Austin, TX, US</A>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">Other News</FONT></B>
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<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-March/000340.html">OpenStack 2014.1.4 released</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/058221.html">glance_store release 0.1.12 </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/2015-March/011852.html">[OpenStackClient] OSC release 1.0.3</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/058454.html">Announcing Gertty 1.1.0</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-March/058714.html">Second Release of Magnum </A>
<LI><A HREF="http://www.mattgriffin.com/2015/03/09/superuser-reader-app-for-android-available-now/">Superuser Reader app for Android available now</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://developer.ibm.com/opentech/2015/03/09/welcoming-oslo-policy-oslo-family/">Welcoming oslo.policy into the OpenStack Oslo family</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/pass-the-mic-user-spotlight-jeremy-stanley-openstack-infrastructure-team">Pass the Mic User Spotlight: Jeremy Stanley, OpenStack Infrastructure Team</A>
<LI><A HREF="http://tesora.com/blog/openstack-and-balance-between-independence-and-compatibility">OpenStack and the Balance Between Independence and Compatibility</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://www.mirantis.com/blog/take-cicd-plunge-learned-stop-worrying-love-openstack-qa/">How to Take the CI/CD Plunge or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love OpenStack — Q&A</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://blog.xenproject.org/2015/03/11/xen-project-now-an-easy-option-in-openstack/">Xen Project Now an Easy Option in OpenStack</A>
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<B><FONT SIZE="5">Got Answers?</FONT></B>
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<A HREF="https://ask.openstack.org/">Ask OpenStack</A> is the go-to destination for OpenStack users. Interesting questions waiting for answers:<BR>
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<LI><A HREF="https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/62654/i-accidentally-deleted-nova-cert-service-how-can-i-rebuild-it/">I accidentally deleted nova-cert service. How can I rebuild it?</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/62422/importerror-no-module-named-authidentity/">ImportError: No module named auth.identity</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/62417/ceilometer-how-to-get-metrics-from-sdn-controllers/">Ceilometer: How to get metrics from SDN controllers</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/62348/why-the-bufferedhttpresponse-stops-proceeding-requests/">Why the BufferedHttpResponse stops proceeding requests?</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/62830/why-does-openstack-swift-put-requests-are-blocked-by-eventletgreenhttplib/">Why does Openstack Swift PUT requests are blocked by eventlet.green.httplib?</A>
<LI><A HREF="https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/62979/using-openstack-alarms/">Using Openstack alarms</A>
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