Highlights of the week
More coverage of OpenStack Summit
We've all been catching some air this week, it seems. Some more reports from the community:
* SDKs and an OpenStack Grizzly Summit Wrap Up http://blog.phymata.com/2012/10/22/sdks-and-an-openstack-grizzly-summit-wrap-up/ * Back from San Diego OpenStack Summit http://maffulli.net/2012/10/20/back-from-san-diego-openstack-summit/ * OpenStack Design Summit -- wrap-up and links http://www.rhonabwy.com/wp/2012/10/20/openstack-design-summit-wrap-up-and-links/ * Swift @ OpenStack Summit 2012 http://www.zmanda.com/blogs/?p=971 * Feedback from Design Summit in the first part of the Project meeting log http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2012/project.2012-10-23-21.02.log.html * OpenStack Summit Beach Clean Up http://www.openstack.org/blog/2012/10/openstack-summit-beach-clean-up/ with great pictures
Inside Synaps, a CloudWatch-like implementation for OpenStack http://julien.danjou.info/blog/2012/openstack-synaps-exploration
A few days ago, Samsung http://www.samsung.com/ released the source code of Synaps https://github.com/spcs/synaps, an implementation of the Amazon Web Service CloudWatch API http://aws.amazon.com/cloudwatch/ for OpenStack http://openstack.org/. Julien Danjou http://julien.danjou.info/blog/, a contributor to the Ceilometer http://launchpad.net/ceilometer project, gives a look at this project and how it could overlap with Ceilometer or other projects like Heat http://www.heat-api.org/.
Why OpenStack doesn't need a Linus Torvalds http://fnords.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/why-openstack-doesnt-need-a-linus-torvalds/
As comparing OpenStack with Linux becomes an increasingly popular exercise http://www.devx.com/blog/is-openstack-the-linux-of-cloud.html, it's only natural that people and press articles start to ask where the Linus of OpenStack is, or who the Linus of OpenStack http://www.networkworld.com/news/2012/102412-openstack-linus-263659.html?hpg1=bn should be. This assumes that technical leaders could somehow be appointed in OpenStack. This assumes that the single dictator model is somehow reproducible or even desirable. And this assumes that the current technical leadership in OpenStack is somehow lacking. Thierry Carrez thinks all those three assumptions are wrong.
Preauthorization in Keystone http://adam.younglogic.com/2012/10/preauthorization-in-keystone/
Sometimes you need to authorize a service to perform an action on your behalf. Often, that action takes place long after any authentication token you can provide would have expired. Currently, the only mechanism in Keystone that people can use is to share credentials. Adam Young http://adam.younglogic.com/ argues: We can do better.
New wiki page: Software Development Kits http://wiki.openstack.org/SDKs
SDKs are a vital part of any ecosystem and we need to start treating them as such in OpenStack. To do so we need to raise the profile and legitimacy of SDKs that support OpenStack.
Heat version 7 released http://markmail.org/message/teb4mvtru6ismk7a
Heat allows you to launch AWS CloudFormation templates on OpenStack. CloudFormation is a programmable interface and templating system for orchestrating multiple cloud applications. This version adds an OpenStack-native ReST API.
Tips and tricks
* By Grid Dynamics OpenStack Team http://openstackgd.wordpress.com/: OpenStack Migration from Diablo to Essex http://openstackgd.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/435/ * By Mirantis http://www.mirantis.com/: Making the most of your application performance on OpenStack Cloud http://www.mirantis.com/blog/making-most-of-openstack-compute-performance/
Upcoming Events
* OpenStack China Tour http://hui.csdn.net/MeetingInfo.aspx?mid=141 Oct 27, 2012 -- Chengdu Details http://hui.csdn.net/MeetingInfo.aspx?mid=141 * Swiss OpenStack user group meeting http://www.meetup.com/zhgeeks/events/82917082/ Nov 15, 2012 -- Zürich, CH Details http://www.meetup.com/zhgeeks/events/82917082/ * OpenStack in action! http://openstackinaction3theopenrevolution.eventbrite.com/ Nov 29, 2012 -- Paris, France Register http://openstackinaction3theopenrevolution.eventbrite.com/ * EMEA OpenStack Day http://www.openstack.org/ Dec 05, 2012 -- London Details http://www.openstack.org/
Other news
* OpenStack Security Group http://wiki.openstack.org/GrizzlyReleaseSchedule * Grizzly Release Schedule http://wiki.openstack.org/GrizzlyReleaseSchedule published * OpenStack Project Meeting: summary http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2012/project.2012-10-23-21.02.html and full logs http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2012/project.2012-10-23-21.02.log.html.
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