Why you should be reviewing more OpenStack code https://dague.net/2014/02/28/why-you-should-be-reviewing-more-openstack-code/
Icehouse 3 is upon us, and as someone that is on a bunch of core review teams, it means a steady drum beat of everyone asking how do they get core reviewers to review their code. Sean Dague explains quite well why you should be doing code reviews.
Trusted Cloud computing with Intel TXT: The challenge http://www.mirantis.com/blog/challenge/
In today’s connected environments, attacks on compute infrastructure are ubiquitous. Major players have been compromised by hackers and malware, with damages inflicted both to their reputation and their business. Protecting the infrastructure from external and internal threats is an important part of operating production grade cloud environments. Christian Huebner http://www.mirantis.com/blog/challenge/ introduces how OpenStack integrates with TXT.
Our Cloud in Havana http://openstack-in-production.blogspot.com/2014/02/our-cloud-in-havana.html
Upgrading a nearly 50,000 core cloud from Grizzly to Havana can be done with a series of steps, each of which can have short periods of reduced functionality but with constant VM availability. Tim Bell http://openstack-in-production.blogspot.com/ tells us how CERN upgraded its OpenStack cloud.
Status of the OpenStack port to Python 3 http://techs.enovance.com/6722/status-of-the-openstack-port-to-python-3-2
Python 3 has been around for about 5 years, and we have excellent reasons http://techs.enovance.com/6521/openstack_python3 to make sure OpenStack runs well on it. Unfortunately, this is not the case. In his article, Cyril Roelandt http://techs.enovance.com/6722/status-of-the-openstack-port-to-python-3-2 explains what works, what doesn’t, and what *you* can do to help.
OpenStack selected as mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2014 http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/02/openstack-selected-as-mentoring-organization-for-google-summer-of-code-2014/
OpenStack has been selected to be a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code 2014. Thanks to the hard work of many contributors we could join GSoC http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/openstack for the first time.
The road to Juno Summit – Atlanta 2014
* *Redeem**your invite code **NOW*! Check your inbox and spam folder if you contributed code before January 25 for your invitation. * Next batch of invites will be sent regularly after each milestone until feature freeze. * It’s time to vote for presentations you wish to see in Atlanta https://www.openstack.org/vote-atlanta/. * Applying for Visa? Looking for accommodation in Atlanta? Visit http://openstack.org/summit * Applications for Travel Support Program. https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Travel_Support_Program *Apply by Mar 2*.
Tips ‘n Tricks
* By Evgeniya Shumakher http://www.mirantis.com/blog/building-test-environments-openstack/: Building test environments with OpenStack http://www.mirantis.com/blog/building-test-environments-openstack/ * By Christian Hoge http://developerblog.redhat.com/author/christianhoge/: Deployment to Upgrade: Puppet OpenStack Modules Are Your Friends http://developerblog.redhat.com/2014/01/28/deploy-to-upgrade-puppet-openstack-modules/ * By Victor Stinner http://techs.enovance.com/6562/asyncio-openstack-python3: Use the new asyncio module and Trollius in OpenStack http://techs.enovance.com/6562/asyncio-openstack-python3 * By Guillaume http://blog.xlcloud.me/post/2014/02/27/Running-an-OpenGL-application-on-a-GPU-accelerated-Nova-Instance-%28Part-2%29: Running an OpenGL application on a GPU-accelerated Nova Instance (Part 2) http://blog.xlcloud.me/post/2014/02/27/Running-an-OpenGL-application-on-a-GPU-accelerated-Nova-Instance-%28Part-2%29 * By Lars Kellogg-Stedman http://blog.oddbit.com/: Multinode OpenStack with Packstack http://blog.oddbit.com/2014/02/27/multinode * By Oleg Gelbukh: http://www.mirantis.com/blog/benchmarking-openstack-megascale-tested-mirantis-openstack-softlayer/Benchmarking OpenStack at megascale: How we tested Mirantis OpenStack at SoftLayer http://www.mirantis.com/blog/benchmarking-openstack-megascale-tested-mirantis-openstack-softlayer/ * By Adam Young http://adam.younglogic.com/: Using Certmonger to Generate a selfsign Cert for CMS http://adam.younglogic.com/2014/02/certmonger-selfsigned-cms-cert/ * By Kevin Jackson http://www.rackspace.com/blog/inside-my-home-rackspace-private-cloud-openstack-lab-part-3-installing-a-high-availability-rackspace-private-cloud-with-chef-cookbooks/: Inside My Home Rackspace Private Cloud, OpenStack Lab, Part 2 http://www.rackspace.com/blog/inside-my-home-rackspace-private-cloud-openstack-lab-part-2-the-networking/ and Part 3 http://www.rackspace.com/blog/inside-my-home-rackspace-private-cloud-openstack-lab-part-3-installing-a-high-availability-rackspace-private-cloud-with-chef-cookbooks/ * By Jamie Lennox http://www.jamielennox.net/: Client Session Objects http://www.jamielennox.net/blog/2014/02/24/client-session-objects/ * By Jay Pipes http://www.joinfu.com/: Setting Up an External OpenStack Testing System – Part 2 http://www.joinfu.com/2014/02/setting-up-an-openstack-external-testing-system-part-2/ * By Dimitar Vlassarev mailto:dimitar.m.vlassarev@seagate.com:When is RAID Not Enough? http://cloud.media.seagate.com/2014/02/18/when-is-my-data-too-big-for-a-raid-storage-solution/
Reports from Previous Events
* OpenStack at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group: Chicago-land Meetup http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/02/openstack-at-the-chicago-mercantile-exchange-group-chicago-land-meetup/ * What’s going on in India? http://sayalilunkad.github.io/posts/Updates
Upcoming Events
* OpenStack India Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/163302142/ Mar 01, 2014 – Bangalore, India Details http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/163302142/ * OpenStack India Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/166858252/ Mar 01, 2014 – Chennai, India Details http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/166858252/ * Athens OpenStack User Group meeting http://www.meetup.com/Athens-OpenStack-User-Group/events/166868392/ Mar 05, 2014 – Athens, Greece Details http://www.meetup.com/Athens-OpenStack-User-Group/events/166868392/ * Eventually OpenStack for M&E http://www.eventbrite.com/e/eventually-openstack-for-me-tickets-10322247119?aff=es2&rank=2&sid=c604157899b811e38619123138106897 Mar 17, 2014 – Santa Monica, CA Details http://www.eventbrite.com/e/eventually-openstack-for-me-tickets-10322247119?aff=es2&rank=2&sid=c604157899b811e38619123138106897 * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ Mar 20, 2014 – Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ * Open Source Festival http://ocs.opensourcefestival.org/index.php/osf/osf14 Mar 29, 2014 – University at Albany, NY Details http://ocs.opensourcefestival.org/index.php/osf/osf14 * Cloud Connect Summit at Interop http://www.interop.com/lasvegas/conference/cloud-connect.php Mar 31 – Apr 01, 2014 – Las Vegas, Nevada Details http://www.interop.com/lasvegas/conference/cloud-connect.php * World Hosting Days http://www.worldhostingdays.com/eng/ Apr 01 – 03, 2014 – Rust, Germany Details http://www.worldhostingdays.com/eng/ * SFBay Meetup – Beginner track http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227592/ Apr 03, 2014 – Sunnyvale, CA Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227592/ * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ Apr 03, 2014 – Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ * PyCon https://us.pycon.org/2014/ Apr 09 – 17, 2014 – Montreal, Canada Details https://us.pycon.org/2014/ * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ Apr 17, 2014 – Sunnyvale,CA Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ * SFBay Meetup – Beginner track http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227622/ May 01, 2014 – Sunnyvale,CA Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227622/
Security Advisories
* Missing SSL certificate check in Python Swift client (CVE-2013-6396) http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-February/000198.html
Popular OpenStack Videos of the Week
* Outreach Program for Women – May-Aug 2014 http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/2014-February/005535.html * Windows on OpenStack: Best Practices and Pitfalls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMDxpAmR_XQ
Other News
* Outreach Program for Women – May-Aug 2014 http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/2014-February/005535.html * GCE API – Available Now on OpenStack StackForge http://www.cloudscaling.com/blog/openstack/gce-api-available-now-on-openstack-stackforge/ * OpenStack Havana 2013.2.2 Hyper-V compute installer released! http://www.cloudbase.it/openstack-havana-2013-2-2-hyper-v-compute-installer-released/ * python-heatclient 0.2.7 released http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-February/000199.html * python-novaclient 2.16.0 released http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-February/000200.html * A beginners guide to understanding OpenStack http://opensource.com/business/14/2/openstack-beginners-guide * Open Mic Spotlight: Derek Higgins http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/02/open-mic-spotlight-derek-higgins/ * The dilemma of open innovation http://fnords.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/the-dilemma-of-open-innovation/ * How does Horizon Stack up versus other Cloud Computing UIs? http://uxd-stackabledesign.rhcloud.com/?p=78 * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-02-25-21.01.html and full logs http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-02-25-21.01.log.html
Got Answers?
Ask OpenStack https://ask.openstack.org/ is the go-to destination for OpenStack users. Interesting questions waiting for answers:
* How do nova-cells really works? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12585/how-do-nova-cells-really-works/ * what filters spoofed traffic? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12547/what-filters-spoofed-traffic/ * Can quantum be run on child cells to create separate L2fabric in each cell? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12538/can-quantum-be-run-on-child-cells-to-create-separate-l2fabric-in-each-cell/ * RDO: Packstack (fedora) neutron local flat typedrives https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12528/rdo-packstack-fedora-neutron-local-flat-typedrives/ * Controlling physical switch ports with Neutron? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12500/controlling-physical-switch-ports-with-neutron/ * VMware vnc ports using VCDriver https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12446/vmware-vnc-ports-using-vcdriver/ * How to interpret actual and rss memory in diagnostic results? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12674/how-to-interpret-actual-and-rss-memory-in-diagnostic-results/ * Trying to change user credentials using REST API but the response is 404 not found? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12661/trying-to-change-user-credentials-using-rest-api-but-the-response-is-404-not-found/ * Can’t fetch the device UUID when deploying the baremetal node https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12622/cant-fetch-the-device-uuid-when-deploying-the-baremetal-node/ * Autoscaling and load balancing with Heat https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12579/autoscaling-and-load-balancing-with-heat/ * DHCP problem: instances cannot obtain a specific IP https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12577/dhcp-problem-instances-cannot-obtain-a-specific-ip/ * Is it acceptable to adjust policy.json to allow non-root Savanna access to cinder? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12498/is-it-acceptable-to-adjust-policyjson-to-allow-non-root-savanna-access-to-cinder/
Latest Activity In Projects
Do you want to see at a glance the bugs filed and solved this week? Latest patches submitted for review? Check out the individual project pages on OpenStack Activity Board – Insights http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/.
* Telemetry (Ceilometer) http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/ceilometer * Block Storage (Cinder) http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/cinder * Image Service (Glance) http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/glance * Orchestration API http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/heat (Heat) http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/heat * Dashboard (Horizon) http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/horizon * Bare Metal Provisioning (Ironic) http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/ironic * Identity (Keystone) http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/keystone * Manuals http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/openstack-manuals * Networking (Neutron) http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/neutron * Compute (Nova) http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/nova * Hadoop Cluster as a Service (Savanna) http://stackalytics.com/?release=icehouse&metric=commits&project_type=openstack&module=savanna-group&company=&user_id= * Object Storage (Swift) http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/swift * Database As A Service (Trove) http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/trove
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