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OpenStack 2013.1.1 released
by Alan Pevec 10 May '13

10 May '13

Hi everybody, In the time since the Grizzly release, we have been busy selectively back-porting bugfixes to the stable/grizzly branch according to our "safe source of high-impact fixes" criteria documented here: http://wiki.openstack.org/StableBranch We're happy to announce the 2013.1.1 release, the latest in the series of stable releases. These releases are bugfix updates to Grizzly and are intended to be relatively risk free with no intentional regressions or API changes. A total of 85 bugs have been fixed in this release. The list of bugs fixed can be seen here: https://launchpad.net/nova/grizzly/2013.1.1 https://launchpad.net/cinder/grizzly/2013.1.1 https://launchpad.net/quantum/grizzly/2013.1.1 https://launchpad.net/keystone/grizzly/2013.1.1 https://launchpad.net/horizon/grizzly/2013.1.1 Please read (and add to!) the release notes at: http://wiki.openstack.org/ReleaseNotes/2013.1.1 The work on Grizzly stable release series continues, next release 2013.1.2 is planned for June 6th and will be managed by Adam Gandelman. Enjoy! Alan

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[OSSA 2013-011] Keystone tokens not immediately invalidated when user is deleted (CVE-2013-2059)
by Thierry Carrez 09 May '13

09 May '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 OpenStack Security Advisory: 2013-011 CVE: CVE-2013-2059 Date: May 9, 2013 Title: Keystone tokens not immediately invalidated when user is deleted Reporter: Sam Stoelinga Products: Keystone Affects: All versions Description: Sam Stoelinga reported a vulnerability in Keystone. When users are deleted through Keystone v2 API, existing tokens for those users are not immediately invalidated and remain valid for the duration of the token's life (by default, up to 24 hours). This may result in users retaining access when the administrator of the system thought them disabled. You can workaround this issue by disabling a user before deleting it: in that case the tokens belonging to the disabled user are immediately invalidated. Keystone setups using the v3 API call to delete users are unaffected. Havana (development branch) fix: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28677/ Grizzly fix: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28678/ Folsom fix: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28679/ References: https://bugs.launchpad.net/keystone/+bug/1166670 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2013-2059 - -- Thierry Carrez (ttx) OpenStack Vulnerability Management Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJRi8UUAAoJEFB6+JAlsQQjarMQAL64x2OlW3SbgOoCUDhi91lv JdBStMO6/6H1Njjv0cLEAOE/50rAJSFLsdLlzSkXHimD9NWnXogpbaKj+gWd/Jbm xDOgVtRDa8IgmaXVgA88tAO0/C6QHTQMBwBce8hVzMRRDZZ6zW7SAvofTBjdjmEj tC8nwhxF/QAx/lHwIyWHQsGCip+z9JQxT+UCQ5ytQQbSnYI/wmRWMHCCcst7XFqn H6Y9LQ8cLQAOZk0fHZx7wsFFVJ9XIiQcZxYSGPDn5/aRXlbbF6cWTy4UPB3jmMkp wJ7XSjpXzPLsTCimXwYT9CkhUYjvC7Y9Yu2XF3VycFL+bifobIfPQ2ABNBqkd/U1 2iIMq8rCTIG+GEhgBMHyrBdXJclsdzY/mFOHZhOdCsLH2pO6EPCUjO3Zs6BPtYfk zBNPRzrUXAnay+xjJhjQqxCOuskx/gxt2kOF00G1c/jZTytqzx7M4yf5GL9DYD6g LLUZpb+Ia5voocBpK2484fXlouVoQY+encQopnSZb5GarsMgO1hRK8qtExeeR3+o NPxeat15YaSvVaCgSL2msqnjIr6g3wXI1vLGdvmGny4hvNnLd+UeeQ9eT0Nc7LN9 aotaXRhDeYz71aFd8ZCYpUtoZ6I50/XnRT9+FrQ2QZ7cEKSVZjUv+mcEn0mCvZpC hqKVwOK6strcPXDlQwZr =e4jK -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[OSSA 2013-010] Nova uses insecure keystone middleware tmpdir by default (CVE-2013-2030)
by Thierry Carrez 09 May '13

09 May '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 OpenStack Security Advisory: 2013-010 CVE: CVE-2013-2030 Date: May 9, 2013 Title: Nova uses insecure keystone middleware tmpdir by default Reporter: Grant Murphy (Red Hat), Anton Lundin Products: Nova Affects: Folsom, Grizzly Description: Grant Murphy from Red Hat and Anton Lundin both independently reported a vulnerability in Nova's default location for the Keystone middleware signing directory (signing_dir). By previously setting up a malicious directory structure, an attacker with local shell access on the Nova node could potentially issue forged tokens that would be accepted by the middleware. Only setups that use the default value for signing_dir are affected. Note that future versions of the Keystone middleware will issue a warning if an insecure signing directory is used. Havana (development branch) fix: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28568/ Grizzly fix: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28569/ Folsom fix: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/28570/ References: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1174608 http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2013-2030 - -- Thierry Carrez (ttx) OpenStack Vulnerability Management Team -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJRi72dAAoJEFB6+JAlsQQjJZAQAJ5w/+BoBD4em8YklBsxU6wU Bn1wWu3W5ngCNuHwr4ydWzC3U1TT1zWtogWJpv/+87m2KPESWhs7YGCkTIE9tLpA sNOniOG9hGUsWwRgtUqjA8/8QzLgbNJ/PDJx0lrNPNkvMbHwP/jxotx353edhelQ QAPJwVPBqu0vn2VZOeFWYNO/AnWNcjTXE0po92qaFvw3HWL3ykMd30w4Ejxv9clC VjBjaNkReSkmcd/BaArtr1IenyYyVqM7nv/VWl5O5Up02+uvAozDmy6Cyc1O5VOW 6m9nRH2WKE/bFXcTEG4rpH+/BZxG2RuyklUBvVtSaEAQOWYFSwQKzjxGM3rItsWt iuQYrakl6H69tRS3HS9pAXWdxSikSb8CqmVJauf3RG1/EQ7GtCO0kXVPi8fYBaTX GpLmpY8bj6o2iY1Kh1bozZ2oYVLgPrhP2R4oj+4iaSN++gy2qs0d3AvIK0BzBKT+ fd7wAUpdxltM9eZS82VEQxIaOGUDqnGompEu3nPRv9KD5kZqgz/L/jp5I+PR3y1D Uaj8W+FfF/AZtMRLJHl3I0kUHRhfuIusir5zja7UCoR6UEeipLvBzbi/DSGfBCRY /VbBv9ZZBeQ+Kw4EwS4/7G5nw1RX4/bKGSi0zcwwmD2unB7Plm9MjI65yR4oFidl uOpCYFwNk6PqCFED/mCz =wjZ/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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OpenStack Grizzly documentation released 4/30/13
by Anne Gentle 06 May '13

06 May '13

Hi all, We have released a version of the OpenStack official documentation for grizzly and it is now available at http://docs.openstack.org/grizzly. We continue to update docs through our continuous publishing process so feedback is always welcome. Sorry for the delayed announcement. The release happened 4/30, less than a month after the code release. Contributor docs at http://docs.openstack.org/developer/ are completed at the same time as the code release, but operator and deployer documentation takes a little more time to bake and test. If you have questions about how OpenStack documentation is maintained or would like to get involved, see http://wiki.openstack.org/Documentation/HowTo. We had nearly 80 contributors to the documentation for the Grizzly release. Thanks to everyone who helped create and maintain accurate information for OpenStack. Thanks, Anne --- Anne Gentle Rackspace Content Stacker

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OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Apr 25 – May 3)
by Stefano Maffulli 03 May '13

03 May '13

Introducing Murano: Bringing Windows Environments to OpenStack <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/introducing-murano-bringing-windows-environmen…> In response to growing demand for deploying and running Windows based applications on OpenStack cloud, the team at Mirantis started Murano <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Murano>: a native OpenStack component that enables fast provisioning and operation of Windows Environments on demand. Who Wrote OpenStack Grizzly Docs? <http://justwriteclick.com/2013/04/26/who-wrote-openstack-grizzly-docs/> Sneaking a peek at the numbers for documentation along with the code should show us pointers about docs keeping up with code. Anne Gentle <http://justwriteclick.com/> dives into the documentation with data and insights. “I” release cycle naming <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Release_Naming#.22I.22_release_cycle_naming> The next OpenStack summit will happen in Hong Kong. That creates a pretty challenging naming problem, since there is no word starting with “i’ in classic transliteration of Chinese words. So the Technical Committee is willing to bend the rules /a little/ to extend the range of candidates… Feel free to add suggestions to the list on the wiki. Stacker Voices: Monty Taylor, HP <http://engineering.cloudscaling.com/stacker-voices-monty-taylor-hp/> Cloudscaling Engineering <http://engineering.cloudscaling.com/> talked with Monty Taylor of HP (reaching rockstar status also with a wired.com <http://www.wired.com/> profile <http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2013/04/new-hackers-taylor/> this week) at the OpenStack Summit in Portland. Monty leads the CI (continuous innovation) project for OpenStack. In that role, he and his group have built testing systems that have made it possible for the OpenStack project to scale from a few dozen contributors for the Bexar release to more than 700 developers now pushing hundreds of patches daily to OpenStack. Watch the video on YouTube <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqw4zxqPelc>. A little tracing hack <http://markmail.org/message/kjv4kry67732nawb> Timothy Daly at Yahoo! added metrics and tracing for OpenStack and released tomograph <https://github.com/timjr/tomograph>: a tool to see what and how OpenStack is doing behind the curtains. Contribute to OpenStack Activity Board <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/05/contribute-to-openstack-activity-boar…> We’ve released the complete documentation <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/WIKIDS/Home> for OpenStack Insights <http://activity.openstack.org/data/>, with binaries and source code downloadable from Sourceforge <https://sourceforge.net/projects/wikidsopenstack> while the OpenStack Dash <http://activity.openstack.org/dash/> tools are the vanilla MetricsGrimoire <http://metricsgrimoire.github.io/> set hosted on github <https://github.com/MetricsGrimoire>. The code is free as in freedom so you’re welcome to play with it. How to run pylint with few false positives <http://cloudystuffhappens.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-to-run-pylint-with-few-f…> Testing your python code can get complex and with pylint, you /will /see false positives, meaning it will complain some lines as bugs that are actually correct. lintstack is designed to address this problem: *reduce false positives from pylint as much as possible without sacrificing accuracy*. Yun Mao <http://cloudystuffhappens.blogspot.com/search/label/openstack> describes how lintstack works. Report from Previous Events * By Alessio Ababilov <http://aababilov.wordpress.com/>: OpenStack Summit April 2013: a First Experience <http://aababilov.wordpress.com/2013/05/02/openstack-summit-april-2013-a-fir…> * By Amar Kapadia <http://www.buildcloudstorage.com/>: Coming of Age of Swift <http://blogs.evault.com/cloud-connected-recovery/cloud-connected-storage/op…>. Tips and Tricks * By Adam Young <http://adam.younglogic.com/>: Kerberizing PostgreSQL with FreeIPA for Keystone <http://adam.younglogic.com/2013/05/kerberizing-postgresql-with-freeipa-for-…> * By Giulio Fidente <http://giuliofidente.com/>: OpenStack Cinder – Add more volume nodes <http://giuliofidente.com/2013/04/openstack-cinder-add-more-volume-nodes.html> * By Flavio Percoco <http://blog.flaper87.org/>: Dynamic TTL Collection in Mongodb for Marconi <http://blog.flaper87.org/post/517c3ea50f06d3497faffe5a/> OpenStack In The Wild A new section of the weekly newsletter dedicated to users of OpenStack. If you want to showcase how OpenStack helps you (or you know somebody that uses OpenStack) please let us know: email <mailto:communitymngr@openstack.org>, twitter <http://twitter.com/openstack>, reddit <http://www.reddit.com/r/openstack/> or avian carrier <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_over_Avian_Carriers> will do). Meanwhile watch the keynotes from Portland Summit: * Bloomberg User Spotlight <http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/session-videos/presentation/k…> * Keynote: Comcast User Spotlight <http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/session-videos/presentation/k…> * Keynote: Best Buy User Spotlight <http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/session-videos/presentation/k…> * Keynote: Clouds in High Energy Physics <http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/session-videos/presentation/k…> * Keynote: OpenStack at the National Security Agency (NSA) <http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/session-videos/presentation/k…> Upcoming Events * OpenStack meeting in Cologne <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/108876542/> May 04, 2013 – Cologne, Germany Details <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/108876542/> * OpenStack Atlanta Meetup <http://www.meetup.com/openstack-atlanta/events/107062982/> May 16, 2013 – Atlanta, USA Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack-atlanta/events/107062982/> * OpenStack Dublin Meetup <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Ireland/events/116567022/> May 22, 2013 – Dublin, Ireland Details <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Ireland/events/116567022/> * OpenStack DACH Day <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10526716.htm> May 24, 2013 – Berlin Fairgrounds Details <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10526716.htm> * OpenStack India Meetup <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/117132352/> May 26, 2013 – Bangalore, India at Anuta Network Details <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/117132352/> * OpenStack Israel <http://www.meetup.com/IGTCloud/events/99146542/> May 27, 2013 – Tel-Aviv, Israel Details <http://www.openstack-israel.org/> * OpenStack CEE Day <http://www.openstack.org/> May 29, 2013 – Budapest Details <http://www.openstack.org/> * Building an OpenStack Cloud <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108731562/> May 30, 2013 – Chicago, IL Details <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108731562/> * OpenStack meeting in Munich <http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/109700562/> Jun 11, 2013 – Munich, Germany Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/109700562/> * GigaOM Structure <http://event.gigaom.com/structure/> Jun 19 – 20, 2013 – San Francisco, CA Details <http://event.gigaom.com/structure/> * OSCON 2013 <http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013> Jul 22 – 26, 2013 – Portland, OR Details <http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013> Other News * A brief introduction to Keystone and PKI Tokens <http://www.enovance.com/fr/blog/5641/keystone-pki-tokens> * Glance wants to go public <http://blog.flaper87.org/post/517da0e10f06d35562ce7376/>: the future of OpenStack Image Service * OpenStack Common Vulnerability Database <http://secstack.org/2013/04/openstack-common-vulnerability-database/> * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-04-30-21.…> and full logs <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-04-30-21.…> o /HELP/: please participate to the thread that Gabriel started on API version discovery <http://markmail.org/message/xn7cyjskq2wznqhj> Welcome New Developers * Shawn Hartsock, VMwware * David Martin, redbrick health Got answers? Ask OpenStack <https://ask.openstack.org/> is the go-to destination for OpenStack users. Interesting questions waiting for answers: * openstack tries to use cache=none when using glusterfs, when it should be writethrough <https://ask.openstack.org/question/758/openstack-tries-to-use-cachenone-whe…> * Ceilometer BinApiTestCase fails with 503 error connecting to localhost <https://ask.openstack.org/question/669/ceilometer-binapitestcase-fails-with…> * Why do I get “Could not find token” error using Swift with s3 API? <https://ask.openstack.org/question/661/why-do-i-get-could-not-find-token-er…> * What p2v (physical to Virtual) capabilities does OpenStack have? <https://ask.openstack.org/question/651/what-p2v-physical-to-virtual-capabil…> * Why isn’t OpenStack Swift sending metrics to Statsd server? <https://ask.openstack.org/question/755/why-isnt-openstack-swift-sending-met…> * “Package ‘openstack-keystone’ isn’t signed with proper key” installing OpenStack on CentOS 6.4 <https://ask.openstack.org/question/747/package-openstack-keystone-isnt-sign…> /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./

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OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Apr 12 – 25)
by Stefano Maffulli 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Special post-Summit issue * OpenStack Design Summit Havana, from a Ceilometer point of view <http://julien.danjou.info/blog/2013/openstack-summit-havana-ceilometer> by Julien Danjou <http://julien.danjou.info/blog/> * Havana Design Summit: Swift API Discussions <http://swiftstack.com/blog/2013/04/24/openstack-summit-api-discussion/> by SwiftStack Team <http://swiftstack.com/> * OpenStack Summit Portland Aftermath <http://www.siliconloons.com/?p=448> by Kyle Mestery <http://www.siliconloons.com/> * OpenStack Developer Summit: Heat Followup <http://technicae.cogitat.io/2013/04/openstack-developer-summit-heat-followu…> by Duncan McGreggor <http://technicae.cogitat.io/search/label/openstack> * Havana! <http://secstack.org/2013/04/havana/> by OpenStack Security Blog <http://secstack.org/> * Portland OpenStack Summit <https://tropicaldevel.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/portland-openstack-summit/> by John Bresnahan <https://tropicaldevel.wordpress.com/> * Dan’s Partial Summary of the Nova Track <http://www.danplanet.com/blog/2013/04/22/dans-partial-summary-of-the-nova-t…> by Dan Smith <http://www.danplanet.com/blog> * The Rocket Ship to Havana – OpenStack Summit Spring 2013 <http://fewbar.com/2013/04/the-rocket-ship-to-havana-openstack-summit-spring…> by Clint Byrum <http://fewbar.com/> * Women of OpenStack at the Portland Summit <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/04/women-of-openstack-at-the-portland-su…> by Anne Gentle <http://www.openstack.org/blog> * Michael’s surprisingly unreliable predictions for the Havana Nova release <http://www.stillhq.com/openstack/havana/000002.html> by Michael Still <http://www.stillhq.com/> * Havana Design Summit: Extending ACLs and Metadata <http://swiftstack.com/blog/2013/04/17/openstack-summit-extending-swift-acls…> by SwiftStack Team <http://swiftstack.com/> * Design Summit in Portland <http://www.enovance.com/fr/blog/5567/openstack-havana-design-summit-in-port…>: Day 1 <http://www.enovance.com/fr/blog/5534/openstack-havana-design-summit-in-port…>,Day 2 <http://www.enovance.com/fr/blog/5550/openstack-havana-design-summit-in-port…>, Day 3 <http://www.enovance.com/fr/blog/5567/openstack-havana-design-summit-in-port…>, Day 4 <http://www.enovance.com/fr/blog/5594/openstack-havana-design-summit-in-port…> by eNovance <http://www.enovance.com/> * Havana Design Summit: Swift Extensions Talk <http://swiftstack.com/blog/2013/04/15/openstack-summit-talks-swift-extensio…> by SwiftStack Team <http://swiftstack.com/> * Havana Design Summit: Extending ACLs and Metadata <http://swiftstack.com/blog/2013/04/15/openstack-summit-extending-swift-acls…> by SwiftStack Team <http://swiftstack.com/> * OpenStack Design Summit <http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=7943>days 1-2 <http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=7930>, days 3-4 <http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=7943> by Elizabeth Krumbach <http://princessleia.com/journal> * “Stack Shop” cover of Macklemore’s Thrift Shop <http://robhirschfeld.com/2013/04/22/stack-shop-macklemore-thrift-shop/> by Rob <http://rob/>Hirschfeld <http://robhirschfeld.com/2013/04/22/stack-shop-macklemore-thrift-shop/> and others * The Making of Cloud of USB Sticks <http://anystacker.com/2013/04/the-making-of-cloud-of-usb-sticks/> by eglute OpenStack docs and tooling in 20 minutes <http://www.rhonabwy.com/wp/2013/04/19/openstack-docs-and-tooling-in-20-minu…> Howto get started with all the tooling and setup needed to build, review, and contribute to OpenStack Documentation. By Joe Heck <http://www.rhonabwy.com/wp>. How It’s Made: the OpenStack API Reference Page <http://justwriteclick.com/2013/04/14/how-its-made-the-openstack-api-referen…> The site at http://api.openstack.org <http://api.openstack.org/> is a collection of HTML pages, and one page has an especially interesting story about how it is built. Anne Gentle <http://justwriteclick.com/> reveals the secret. Storage != Transfer <https://tropicaldevel.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/storage-transfer/> John Bresnahan argues that concepts of data transfer and data storage should not be conflated into a single solution. He believes that OpenStack can benefit from a new component that offloads the burden of optimally transferring images from existing components like nova-compute and swift. Report from Previous Events * 3rd Swiss OpenStack User Group Meetup <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/04/3rd-swiss-openstack-user-group-meet-u…> Tips and Tricks * By Sébastien Han <http://sebastien-han.fr/>: Ceph and Cinder multi-backend <http://sebastien-han.fr/blog/2013/04/25/ceph-and-cinder-multi-backend/> * By Chmouel Boudjnah <http://blog.chmouel.com/> :: Howto revoke a token with keystone and PKI (v2.0 API) <http://blog.chmouel.com/2013/04/22/howto-revoke-a-token-with-keystone-and-p…> * By Running PostgreSQL and Mysql Unit tests in Keystone <http://adam.younglogic.com/2013/04/database-tests-keystone/> * By SwiftStack Team <http://swiftstack.com/>: Havana Design Summit: Benchmarking Swift <http://swiftstack.com/blog/2013/04/18/openstack-summit-benchmarking-swift/> * By Giulio Fidente <http://www.giuliofidente.com/>: Deploy OpenStack Heat on RHEL (and derivates) <http://www.giuliofidente.com/2013/04/deploy-openstack-heat-on-rhel-and-deri…> Upcoming Events * OpenStack meeting in Cologne <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/108876542/> May 04, 2013 – Cologne, Germany Details <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/108876542/> * OpenStack DACH Day <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10526716.htm> May 24, 2013 – Berlin Fairgrounds Details <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10526716.htm> * OpenStack Israel <http://www.meetup.com/IGTCloud/events/99146542/> May 27, 2013 – Tel-Aviv, Israel Details <http://www.openstack-israel.org/> * OpenStack CEE Day <http://www.openstack.org/> May 29, 2013 – Budapest Details <http://www.openstack.org/> * Building an OpenStack Cloud <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108731562/> May 30, 2013 – Chicago, IL Details <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108731562/> * OpenStack meeting in Munich <http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/109700562/> Jun 11, 2013 – Munich, Germany Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/109700562/> * GigaOM Structure <http://event.gigaom.com/structure/> Jun 19 – 20, 2013 – San Francisco, CA Details <http://event.gigaom.com/structure/> * OSCON 2013 <http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013> Jul 22 – 26, 2013 – Portland, OR Details <http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013> Other News * OpenStack Project Technical Lead Interview Series #1: Mark McClain, OpenStack Networking Project <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/openstack-project-technical-lead-interview-ser…> * Crowbar and our Pivot (or, how we slipped and shipped Grizzly) <http://robhirschfeld.com/2013/04/24/crowbar-slipped-and-shipped-grizzly/> * Project Savanna Moves Ahead: Red Hat and Hortonworks are on board <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/project-savanna-moves-ahead-red-hat-and-horton…> * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-04-23-21.…> and full logs <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-04-23-21.…> Welcome New Developers * Tilottama Gaat, Rackspace * Zang MingJie, None * Jason Dunsmore, Rackspace * James Slagle, None Got answers? Ask OpenStack <https://ask.openstack.org/> is the go-to destination for OpenStack users. Interesting questions waiting for answers: * Why is the quantum linuxbridge plugin getting sudo errors? <https://ask.openstack.org/question/524/why-is-the-quantum-linuxbridge-plugi…> * How to do automated deployment of a new node? <https://ask.openstack.org/question/82/how-to-do-automated-deployment-of-a-n…> * Is it safe to use WMI python library to manage HyperV driver from a Linux host? <https://ask.openstack.org/question/220/is-it-safe-to-use-wmi-python-library…> * Why do I see “Unable to find authentication token in headers” using swift with staticweb? <https://ask.openstack.org/question/225/why-do-i-see-unable-to-find-authenti…> * What’s causing permission error with Vmware Vcenter/ESX 4.1.0 on Grizzly? <https://ask.openstack.org/question/183/whats-causing-permission-error-with-…> * Why is the quantum linuxbridge plugin getting sudo errors? <https://ask.openstack.org/question/524/why-is-the-quantum-linuxbridge-plugi…> /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./

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OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Apr 5 – 12)
by Stefano Maffulli 12 Apr '13

12 Apr '13

Highlights of the week Introducing the OpenStack Activity Board <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/04/introducing-the-openstack-activity-bo…> I am pleased to announce that a beta release of the OpenStack Activity Board (beta) <http://activity.openstack.org/data/> is now live. The development Activity Board announced few months ago <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2012/09/providing-a-unified-view-of-openstack…> 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 session at the Summit <http://openstacksummitapril2013.sched.org/event/ebbf37e343246e0b80bf99540a0…> to learn more and give feedback. The need for releases <http://fnords.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/the-need-for-releases/> 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. Twice per year <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Release_Cycle>, 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 meeting <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Meetings/ProjectMeeting> that tracks our progress toward this common goal. Read Thierry’s post if you want to know why. International Community Forum – Wednesday April 17 3.40pm in A105 <http://openstacksummitapril2013.sched.org/event/e45f299aad360fea432241f9b60…> 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. Understanding nova-conductor in OpenStack Nova <http://cloudystuffhappens.blogspot.com/2013/04/understanding-nova-conductor…> 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, Yun Mao <http://cloudystuffhappens.blogspot.com/search/label/openstack> discusses its pros and cons to help you understand it better. OpenStack Networking, use of “Quantum” <http://markmail.org/message/w37tv4bgzxld7x4a> 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. 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: http://openstacksummitapril2013.sched.org/event/95df68f88b519a3e4981ed9da7c… Tips and Tricks * By Andreas Jaeger <http://jaegerandi.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenStack>: Chef and Crowbar for setting up OpenStack clouds – with openSUSE and SUSE Cloud <http://jaegerandi.blogspot.com/2013/04/chef-and-crowbar-for-setting-up.html> * By Mirantis <http://www.mirantis.com/>: Guest Post: Offloading CPU data traffic in OpenStack cloud with iSCSI over RDMA <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/offloading-cpu-data-traffic-in-openstack-cloud…> * By Xlcloud <http://xlcloud.org/bin/view/Blog/OpenStack>: Devstack with OpenStack Networking in a multi-node configuration <http://xlcloud.org/bin/view/Blog/Devstack+with+Quantum+in+a+multi-node+conf…> * By Sébastien Han <http://sebastien-han.fr/>: Openstack: quickly fix mirrored queues errors <http://sebastien-han.fr/blog/2013/04/09/openstack-quickly-fix-mirrored-queu…> * By Spilgames Engineering <http://engineering.spilgames.com/>: OpenStack with Open vSwitch and Networking (Folsom) on Scientific Linux <http://engineering.spilgames.com/openstack-with-open-vswitch-on-scientific-…> * By Michael Still <http://www.stillhq.com/>: Faster pip installs <http://www.stillhq.com/openstack/tips/000001.html> * By Yun Mao <http://cloudystuffhappens.blogspot.com/search/label/openstack>: How to run pylint with few false positives <http://cloudystuffhappens.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-to-run-pylint-with-few-f…> * By Kashyap Chamarthy <http://kashyapc.wordpress.com/>: Finding serial console log of a nova instance <http://kashyapc.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/finding-serial-console-log-of-a-no…> Upcoming Events * OpenStack Summit April 2013 <http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/> Apr 15 – 18, 2013 – Portland, OR Details <http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/> * Beers / Summit Debrief / Internally Promoting OpenStack <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108730682/> Apr 24, 2013 – Chicago, IL Details <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108730682/> * OpenStack meeting in Cologne <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/108876542/> May 04, 2013 – Cologne, Germany Details <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/108876542/> * OpenStack DACH Day <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10526716.htm> May 24, 2013 – Berlin Fairgrounds Details <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10526716.htm> * OpenStack Israel <http://www.meetup.com/IGTCloud/events/99146542/> May 27, 2013 – Tel-Aviv, Israel Details <http://www.openstack-israel.org/> * OpenStack CEE Day <http://www.openstack.org/> May 29, 2013 – Budapest Details <http://www.openstack.org/> * Building an OpenStack Cloud <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108731562/> May 30, 2013 – Chicago, IL Details <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108731562/> * OpenStack meeting in Munich <http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/109700562/> Jun 11, 2013 – Munich, Germany Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/109700562/> * GigaOM Structure <http://event.gigaom.com/structure/> Jun 19 – 20, 2013 – San Francisco, CA Details <http://event.gigaom.com/structure/> * OSCON 2013 <http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013> Jul 22 – 26, 2013 – Portland, OR Details <http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013> Other News * OpenStack Board of Directors Talks: Episode 9 with Alan Clark, Chairman of the Board <http://rafstack.tumblr.com/post/47690655131> * OpenStack Board of Directors Talks: Episode 8 with Lew Tucker, VP/CTO Cloud Computing at Cisco Systems <http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/b/techcenter/archive/2013/04/10/ope…> * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-04-09-21.…> and full logs <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-04-09-21.…> Got answers? Ask OpenStack <https://ask.openstack.org/> is the go-to destination for OpenStack users. Interesting questions waiting for answers: * How to upgrade from Folsom to Grizzly? <https://ask.openstack.org/question/191/how-to-upgrade-from-folsom-to-grizzl…> * Are there any video tutorials for setting up a Horizon development environment? <https://ask.openstack.org/question/42/are-there-any-video-tutorials-for-set…> * How do I assign multiple networks to a tenant? <https://ask.openstack.org/question/151/how-do-i-assign-multiple-networks-to…> * Why do I get “Timed out” error when trying to create a glance image? <https://ask.openstack.org/question/43/why-do-i-get-timed-out-error-when-try…> * Any insight/resources/examples/suggestions of how to design applications to take advantage of the openstack platform? <https://ask.openstack.org/question/51/any-insightresourcesexamplessuggestio…> /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./

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[ANNOUNCE] OpenStack 2012.2.4 released
by Alan Pevec 11 Apr '13

11 Apr '13

Hi everybody, In the time since the Folsom release, we have been busy selectively back-porting bugfixes to the stable/folsom branch according to our "safe source of high-impact fixes" criteria documented here: http://wiki.openstack.org/StableBranch We're happy to announce the 2012.2.4 release, the latest in the series of stable releases. These releases are bugfix updates to Folsom and are intended to be relatively risk free with no intentional regressions or API changes. A total of 90 bugs have been fixed in this release. The list of bugs fixed can be seen here: https://launchpad.net/nova/folsom/2012.2.4 https://launchpad.net/glance/folsom/2012.2.4 https://launchpad.net/keystone/folsom/2012.2.4 https://launchpad.net/cinder/folsom/2012.2.4 https://launchpad.net/quantum/folsom/2012.2.4 https://launchpad.net/horizon/folsom/2012.2.4 Please read (and add to!) the release notes at: http://wiki.openstack.org/ReleaseNotes/2012.2.4 This release is the last planned stable release but stable/folsom branches will continue to be maintained by the openstack-folsom-maint team. If you are interested in helping please contact me. Enjoy! Alan

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OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Mar 29 – Apr 5)
by Stefano Maffulli 05 Apr '13

05 Apr '13

Highlights of the week OpenStack Grizzly <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/04/openstack-grizzly/> Done: OpenStack’s 7th release, called “Grizzly”, is out: thank you, the over 500 stackers who contributed and the many more who participated in the OpenStack Summit last October where this release was planned. This release, more than any before it, was driven by users who have been running OpenStack in production for the past year (or more) and have asked for broader support for the compute, storage, and networking technologies they trust and even greater scale and ease of operations. Mark Collier’s <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/04/openstack-grizzly/> post has a summary of the new features and a screencast of the updated OpenStack Dashboard. Building a Multi-Tier Application With OpenStack <http://blog.aaronorosen.com/building-a-multi-tier-application-with-openstac…> In his blog post Aaron Rosen <http://blog.aaronorosen.com/> shows how to build a simple multi-tier application on OpenStack, something that is made possible by the new features of OpenStack Grizzly: security groups and about Load-balancer-as-a-Service (LBaaS). Autoscale and Orchestration: the Heat of OpenStack <http://technicae.cogitat.io/2013/04/autoscale-and-orchestration-heat-of.html> Duncan McGreggor tells the story of how OpenStack orchestration service (codename Heat) is gaining new autoscaling features thanks to increased efforts by Rackspace. Following discussions at Pycon, Rackspace’s management decided to add two development teams to Heat and add some of the features that initially they were developing internally. Another good story of different companies collaborating inside the OpenStack Community. There will be no reliable cloud (part 1) <http://blog.hendrikvolkmer.de/2013/04/03/there-will-be-no-reliable-cloud-pa…> It’s the eternal debate about cloud and high availability, legacy enterprise applications and chaos monkeys. Hendrik Volkmer <http://blog.hendrikvolkmer.de/> shares his thoughts, summarised in “Stop wasting your time trying to find one”. His suggestion: With all that free time, start to build reliable systems on top of unreliable clouds. Grizzly, the day after <http://fnords.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/grizzly-the-day-after/> Thierry’s, our fine release manager, wrote his therapeutic post-release essay, balancing the excitement of the new release and the sadness of all the things that could have done better. Put on relaxing music, sit back on the chair and listen like any therapist would do. Tips and Tricks * By SwiftStack Team <http://swiftstack.com/>: Using CORS with Swift <http://swiftstack.com/blog/2013/04/02/using-cors-with-swift/> * By Michael Still <http://www.stillhq.com/>: Merged in Havana: configurable iptables drop actions in nova <http://www.stillhq.com/openstack/havana/000001.html> Upcoming Events * OpenStack Summit April 2013 <http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/> Apr 15 – 18, 2013 – Portland, OR Details <http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/> * Beers / Summit Debrief / Internally Promoting OpenStack <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108730682/> Apr 24, 2013 – Chicago, IL Details <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108730682/> * OpenStack meeting in Cologne <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/108876542/> May 04, 2013 – Cologne, Germany Details <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/108876542/> * OpenStack DACH Day <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10526716.htm> May 24, 2013 – Berlin Fairgrounds Details <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10526716.htm> * OpenStack Israel <http://www.meetup.com/IGTCloud/events/99146542/> May 27, 2013 – Tel-Aviv, Israel Details <http://www.meetup.com/IGTCloud/events/99146542/> * OpenStack CEE Day <http://www.openstack.org/> May 29, 2013 – Budapest Details <http://www.openstack.org/> * Building an OpenStack Cloud <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108731562/> May 30, 2013 – Chicago, IL Details <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108731562/> * OpenStack meeting in Munich <http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/109700562/> Jun 11, 2013 – Munich, Germany Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/109700562/> * GigaOM Structure <http://event.gigaom.com/structure/> Jun 19 – 20, 2013 – San Francisco, CA Details <http://event.gigaom.com/structure/> * OSCON 2013 <http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013> Jul 22 – 26, 2013 – Portland, OR Details <http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013> Reports from past events * Vietnam OpenStack Meetup 3 <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/04/vietnam-openstack-meetup-3/> * DreamHost’s collection of presentations from PyCon 2013 <http://dreamhost.com/dreamscape/2013/04/02/on-stage-at-pycon-2013/> * 3rd Swiss OpenStack User Group Meetup <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/04/3rd-swiss-openstack-user-group-meetup/> * Interview with Cloudscaling’s Eric Windisch on the Simplicity Scales engineering blog <http://rafstack.tumblr.com/post/47179669042> Other News * Hear what’s new in OpenStack technology at OpenStack Israel May 27 <http://cloudifysource.tumblr.com/post/47011535593> * Announcing the Python3 Compatibility Team <http://engineering.cloudscaling.com/2013/04/announcing-python3-compat-team/> * Announcing: OpenStack Security Mailing List <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-April/007135.html> * New Reviewday location <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-April/007116.html>: http://status.openstack.org/reviews/ * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-04-02-21.…> and full logs <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-04-02-21.…> Got questions? Ask OpenStack <https://ask.openstack.org/> is the go-to destination for OpenStack users. /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./

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OpenStack 2013.1 ("Grizzly") is released !
by Thierry Carrez 04 Apr '13

04 Apr '13

Hello everyone, The "Grizzly" development cycle, started 6 months ago, ends today with the immediate release of OpenStack 2013.1. It is the result of the work of 550 different people who contributed code, documentation, or infrastructure configurations. This amazing journey saw the implementation of 232 blueprints and the fixing of 1900 bugs within the 7 integrated projects alone. You can find source tarballs for each integrated project, together with lists of features and bugfixes, at: OpenStack Compute: https://launchpad.net/nova/grizzly/2013.1 OpenStack Object Storage: https://launchpad.net/swift/grizzly/1.8.0 OpenStack Image Service: https://launchpad.net/glance/grizzly/2013.1 OpenStack Networking: https://launchpad.net/quantum/grizzly/2013.1 OpenStack Block Storage: https://launchpad.net/cinder/grizzly/2013.1 OpenStack Identity: https://launchpad.net/keystone/grizzly/2013.1 OpenStack Dashboard: https://launchpad.net/horizon/grizzly/2013.1 The Grizzly Release Notes contain an overview of the key features, as well as upgrade notes and current lists of known issues. You can access them at: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/ReleaseNotes/Grizzly In 11 days our community will gather in Portland, OR for the OpenStack Summit: 4 days of conference to discuss the state of OpenStack and a Design Summit to plan the next 6-month development cycle, codenamed "Havana". See https://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/ for more details. Congratulations everyone on this awesome release ! -- Thierry Carrez (ttx) Release Manager, OpenStack

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