Highlights of the week
Best way to brag about contributing to Grizzly?
Contributors to OpenStack Folsom received a nice patch to stick on something you carry every day like a backpack or your favorite sweater. Would you like to get a patch for Grizzly, too? Would you rather get something else to brag about your ‘Contributor’ status? Let us know your preferences.
Packstack: Openstack Install tool http://blog.flaper87.org/post/511441160f06d34258e8a6ac/
There is a new tool that installs Openstack either on bare metal or Vms: it can be found on github under the fedora-openstack organization. Packstack is currently in its first ages and still under heavy development but, it’s already capable of installing, customize some parameters and distribute most of the Openstack modules on a single server or several as well. It currently supports Red Hat based distros but there’s space for more.
Testing http://anteaya.info/blog/2013/02/07/testing/ (OpenStack)
Anita Kuno http://anteaya.info/, one of our awesome intern of OPW program, tells the tales common to new developers learning about OpenStack developer’s community. In this new installation she tells us how she had to run some tests in /opt/stack/nova and every command failed. Why? She didn’t know. But now she does.
Cloud Prizefight: OpenStack vs. VMware http://www.mirantis.com/blog/cloud-prizefight-vmware-vs-openstack/
There have been many discussions in the cloud landscape comparing VMware and OpenStack. In fact, it’s one of the most popular topics among those thinking about using OpenStack. Mirantis’ Lee Xie judged the two in the following categories: design, features, use cases, and value. The categories are scored on a 10-point scale and then tallied to determine the winner.
In a nutshell: How Does OpenStack work? http://vmartinezdelacruz.com/in-a-nutshell-how-openstack-works/
Victoria Martínez de la Cruz http://vmartinezdelacruz.com/, another awesome intern of OPW program, uses pictures and words to explain in a blog post how OpenStack works.
Security Advisories
* Keystone denial of service through invalid token requests (CVE-2013-0247) http://markmail.org/message/tan3hpm3rlpqb3rf
Tips and Tricks
* By Adam Young http://adam.younglogic.com/: Using Puppet to setup PostgreSQL for Keystone on Fedora http://adam.younglogic.com/2013/02/puppet-postgresql-keystone/ * By Victoria Martínez de la Cruz http://vmartinezdelacruz.com/: TryStack: OpenStack for fun and profit http://vmartinezdelacruz.com/trystack-openstack-for-fun-and-profit/
Upcoming Events
* OpenStack Mini-Conf at gnuNify http://gnunify.in/2013/events/OpenStack_Mini_Conf Feb 15, 2013 – Pune, India Details http://gnunify.in/2013/event/OpenStack_Mini_Conf * Second Swiss OpenStack User Group Meeting http://www.meetup.com/zhgeeks/events/97648722/ Feb 19, 2013 – Zurich, Switzerland Details http://www.meetup.com/zhgeeks/events/97648722/ * SCALE 11x https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale11x/ Feb 22 – 24, 2013 – Los Angeles, CA Details https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale11x/ * Pulse Open Cloud Summit http://www.ibmpulseblog.com/new-pulse-open-cloud-summit-arrive-early-on-sunday-march-3rd-and-extend-your-pulse-experience/ Mar 03, 2013 – MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV Details http://www.ibmpulseblog.com/new-pulse-open-cloud-summit-arrive-early-on-sunday-march-3rd-and-extend-your-pulse-experience/ * Pulse 2013 https://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse/agenda/index.html Mar 04 – 06, 2013 – Las Vegas, NV Details https://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/pulse/agenda/index.html * OpenStack Day Tokyo 2013 http://openstackdays.com/en/ Mar 12, 2013 – Tokyo, Japan Details http://openstackdays.com/en/ * OpenStack Swift API Sprint at PyCon 2013 https://us.pycon.org/2013/community/sprints/swift/ Mar 18, 2013 – Santa Clara, CA Details https://us.pycon.org/2013/community/sprints/swift/ * OpenStack Developers Meetup http://www.meetup.com/openstack-atlanta/ Mar 21, 2013 – Atlanta, GA Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack-atlanta/ * 1st OpenStack User Group Nordics meetup http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Nordics/events/95258382/ Apr 03, 2013 – Kista, Sweden Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Nordics/events/95258382/ * 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/ * OpenStack Israel http://www.openstack.org/ May 27, 2013 – Tel-Aviv, Israel Coming Soon http://www.openstack.org/
Reports From Past Events
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TryStack.cn 2013 first meetup http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/02/trystack-cn-2013-first-meetup/
Other News
* Q&A with Lucas Welch Senior Communications Manager at Opscode: What’s cooking at Opscode? http://rafstack.tumblr.com/post/42590542410Consumerization of IT or Death: OpenStack and Agile IT Operations http://www.mirantis.com/blog/consumerization-of-it-or-zombie-meat-openstack-and-agile-it-operations/ * Altai v1.1.0 with LDAP/AD support http://openstackgd.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/altai-v1-1-0-with-ldapad-support/ * OpenStack Board of Directors Talks: Episode 7 with Joshua McKenty, co-Founder and CTO of Piston Cloud Computing http://rafstack.tumblr.com/post/42509862319 * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-02-05-21.03.html and full logs http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-02-05-21.03.log.html.
Welcome New Contributors
Celebrating the first patches submitted this week by:
* Kurt Martin, HP * Svetlana Shturm, Mirantis * Mitsuhiko Yamazaki, NEC * Andrea Frittoli, HP * James Morgan, Rackspace * Jesse Pretorius * Nathan Reller, JHU APL * Rami Vaknin, Redhat
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