<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Hi All,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> Just a quick note to let folks know that the <a href="https://launchpad.net/fuel">Fuel project</a> has reached its 4.0 GA milestone. This version of Fuel has been updated to deploy <a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/ReleaseNotes/2013.2.1">Havana 2013.2.1</a> including OpenStack Orchestration (Heat) and optionally OpenStack Telemetry (Ceilometer). It also deploys the newest version of the <a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Murano">Murano project</a>. Just a few of the other changes made include:</div><ul style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><li><span style="color: rgb(65, 69, 77); font-family: 'PT Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Puppet Master server has been removed from the Fuel Master Node. Puppet modules and manifests are now synchronized between the master node and the managed nodes. The modules and manifests are then applied locally.</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(65, 69, 77); font-family: 'PT Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The Fuel project has added a framework that enables partners and community members to localize the Fuel UI by modifying the <a class="reference external" href="https://github.com/stackforge/fuel-web/blob/master/nailgun/static/i18n/translation.json" style="color: rgb(211, 47, 26); text-decoration: none;">translate.json</a> file. A sample that translates the UI into zh-CN (Simplified Chinese) has been created by a community partner, 99cloud, and can be found in the file. </span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(65, 69, 77); font-family: 'PT Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Previously, It was only possible to specify a subnet for a public network on the Networks tab of the Fuel UI. </span></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(65, 69, 77); font-family: 'PT Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">In this release, it is now possible to set a flexible range for Fuel use, for example 12.0.0.10 to 12.0.0.20.</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(65, 69, 77); font-family: 'PT Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Additional error checking has been added to the Fuel UI when entering information into the network settings under the Network tab. A full list of the limitations that are checked can be found on <a class="reference external" href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/limitations-of-networking-configuration" style="color: rgb(211, 47, 26); text-decoration: none;">OpenStack Etherpad</a>.</span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(65, 69, 77); font-family: 'PT Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">In earlier releases, Fuel deployed the operating system and OpenStack components in a single action. Now</span><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">, it is possible to deploy the operating system and OpenStack components in separate actions. This option is not expected to be used for typical deployments but may be useful in focused development or testing scenarios like OpenStack scalability testing as part of the </span><a class="reference external" href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Rally" style="color: rgb(211, 47, 26); text-decoration: none; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">OpenStack Rally</a><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> project.</span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(65, 69, 77); font-family: 'PT Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a href="http://docs.mirantis.com/fuel/fuel-4.0/reference-architecture.html#advanced-network-configuration-using-open-vswitch">Documentation</a> on how to enable NIC Bonding has been made more complete and thorough.</span></span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(65, 69, 77); font-family: 'PT Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The default value for the Swift ring partition power is now being calculated according to </span><a class="reference external" href="https://answers.launchpad.net/swift/+question/211929" style="color: rgb(211, 47, 26); text-decoration: none; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">https://answers.launchpad.net/swift/+question/211929</a><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span></span></li></ul><div>I’m looking forward to continued involvement from the community on the Fuel project – plus I’m very excited as we continue discussions around leveraging pieces of the Fuel project into OpenStack Deployment (<a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/TripleO">TripleO</a>) as we enter the new year.</div><div><br></div><div>Happy Holidays to everyone,</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>- David J. Easter</div><div> Product Line Manager, Mirantis</div></div></div></body></html>