<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Hi David,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Count me in. <br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">~coolsvap<br> <br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 9:01 PM, David Moreau Simard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmsimard@redhat.com" target="_blank">dmsimard@redhat.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
We've started planning the deployment with the Kolla team, you can see<br>
the etherpad from the "operator" perspective here:<br>
<a href="https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/kolla-rdo-m3" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://etherpad.openstack.<wbr>org/p/kolla-rdo-m3</a><br>
<br>
We'll advertise the test days and how users can participate soon.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<span class="im HOEnZb"><br>
<br>
David Moreau Simard<br>
Senior Software Engineer | OpenStack RDO<br>
<br>
dmsimard = [irc, github, twitter]<br>
<br>
<br>
</span><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 8:29 AM, David Moreau Simard<br>
<<a href="mailto:dmsimard@redhat.com">dmsimard@redhat.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi !<br>
><br>
> For those who might be unfamiliar with the RDO [1] community project:<br>
> we hang out in #rdo, we don't bite and we build vanilla OpenStack<br>
> packages.<br>
><br>
> These packages are what allows you to leverage one of the deployment<br>
> projects such as TripleO, PackStack or Kolla to deploy on CentOS or<br>
> RHEL.<br>
> The RDO community collaborates with these deployment projects by<br>
> providing trunk and stable packages in order to let them develop and<br>
> test against the latest and the greatest of OpenStack.<br>
><br>
> RDO test days typically happen around a week after an upstream<br>
> milestone has been reached [2].<br>
> The purpose is to get everyone together in #rdo: developers, users,<br>
> operators, maintainers -- and test not just RDO but OpenStack itself<br>
> as installed by the different deployment projects.<br>
><br>
> We tried something new at our last test day [3] and it worked out great.<br>
> Instead of encouraging participants to install their own cloud for<br>
> testing things, we supplied a cloud of our own... a bit like a limited<br>
> duration TryStack [4].<br>
> This lets users without the operational knowledge, time or hardware to<br>
> install an OpenStack environment to see what's coming in the upcoming<br>
> release of OpenStack and get the feedback loop going ahead of the<br>
> release.<br>
><br>
> We used Packstack for the last deployment and invited Packstack cores<br>
> to deploy, operate and troubleshoot the installation for the duration<br>
> of the test days.<br>
> The idea is to rotate between the different deployment projects to<br>
> give every interested project a chance to participate.<br>
><br>
> Last week, we reached out to Kolla to see if they would be interested<br>
> in participating in our next RDO test days [5] around February 8th.<br>
> We supply the bare metal hardware and their core contributors get to<br>
> deploy and operate a cloud with real users and developers poking<br>
> around.<br>
> All around, this is a great opportunity to get feedback for RDO, Kolla<br>
> and OpenStack.<br>
><br>
> We'll be advertising the event a bit more as the test days draw closer<br>
> but until then, I thought it was worthwhile to share some context for<br>
> this new thing we're doing.<br>
><br>
> Let me know if you have any questions !<br>
><br>
> Thanks,<br>
><br>
> [1]: <a href="https://www.rdoproject.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rdoproject.org/</a><br>
> [2]: <a href="https://www.rdoproject.org/testday/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rdoproject.org/<wbr>testday/</a><br>
> [3]: <a href="https://dmsimard.com/2017/11/29/come-try-a-real-openstack-queens-deployment/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dmsimard.com/2017/11/<wbr>29/come-try-a-real-openstack-<wbr>queens-deployment/</a><br>
> [4]: <a href="http://trystack.org/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://trystack.org/</a><br>
> [5]: <a href="http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/kolla/2018/kolla.2018-01-24-16.00.log.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://eavesdrop.openstack.<wbr>org/meetings/kolla/2018/kolla.<wbr>2018-01-24-16.00.log.html</a><br>
><br>
> David Moreau Simard<br>
> Senior Software Engineer | OpenStack RDO<br>
><br>
> dmsimard = [irc, github, twitter]<br>
<br>
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