[Openstack] Dashboard Diablo update

Devin Carlen devin.carlen at gmail.com
Fri Sep 2 16:58:37 UTC 2011


Hi Armando,

Actually I misspoke and the volumes branch hasn't landed yet.  But it will soon!

Sorry for the confusion,

Devin

On Sep 2, 2011, at 8:02 AM, Armando Migliaccio wrote:

> Hi Devin,
> 
> thanks for this update. Below you mentioned support for managing Nova volumes, floating IPs. Can you tell us a bit more about this? 
> 
> I cannot see a volume section in the dashboard UI, are there specific extensions to pull into the code?
> 
> Thanks,
> Armando
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: openstack-bounces+armando.migliaccio=eu.citrix.com at lists.launchpad.net
>> [mailto:openstack-
>> bounces+armando.migliaccio=eu.citrix.com at lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of
>> Devin Carlen
>> Sent: 01 September 2011 22:18
>> To: openstack at lists.launchpad.net
>> Subject: [Openstack] Dashboard Diablo update
>> 
>> Hey everyone,
>> 
>> I wanted to update everyone on where we've made it so far in the Diablo
>> release.
>> 
>> First off, along with the Keystone project, the Dashboard project has been
>> promoted to OpenStack core, meaning it is now an officially recognized part of
>> the OpenStack ecosystem.
>> 
>> There are a few outstanding things we need to do to fully integrate with
>> existing processes, though we are pretty far along:
>> 
>> * Move code reviews from Github to Gerrit
>> * Synch up on packaging efforts
>> * Redouble efforts on documentation
>> * Pick an official codename for the project
>> 
>> I'll be sending out a list of codename candidates soon for us to decide on as
>> a community. :)
>> 
>> We put a lot of work into Dashboard in the Diablo timeframe.  Some of the
>> highlights:
>> 
>> * uses OpenStack API instead of EC2 API for underlying calls
>> * full support for Keystone for authentication
>> * support for managing Swift containers and objects
>> * support for managing Quantum networks and ports
>> * support for managing Nova volumes, floating IPs, etc (mostly got feature
>> parity with EC2 API)
>> * a new look and feel
>> * new features for sysadmins
>> * ... and more!
>> 
>> There are three phases to a project's life:
>> 
>> 1) make it work (austin/bexar)
>> 2) more is better (cactus/diablo)
>> 3) better is more
>> 
>> I feel that as a project we've fulfilled our "more is better" phase, as in
>> having more features is more important than perfecting each piece.
>> 
>> During the Essex release, we're going into our "better is more" phase.  We'll
>> be focusing on user experience and interaction design and making this project
>> a world class web application.
>> 
>> We'll be talking quite a bit about this at the design summit as well, so we'll
>> look for you all there!
>> 
>> Devin
>> 
>> 
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