The OpenStack Summit is coming to Hong Kong http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013/
It's official: we're going to Hong Kong on Nov 5-8. The Summit will take place at Asia World Expo, a large convention center near the airport with a connecting Marriott hotel. The Airport Express train stops within Asia World Expo, making it convenient to access from most parts of the city. Please check the VISA information page http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013/visa-information/ and FAQ http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013/conference-faq/ for more information about your travel plans. We encourage you to book early!
Connecting the dots: Dell stays course on OpenStack private http://robhirschfeld.com/2013/05/23/dell-stays-course-on-openstack-private-2/
OpenStack Foundation board member Rob Hirschfeld http://robhirschfeld.com/ summarizes the /increasing level of investment/ in OpenStack-powered private cloud solutions (Dell http://jobs.dell/is hiring! http://jobs.dell.com/search/openstack/ASCategory/-1/ASPostedDate/-1/ASCountry/-1/ASState/-1/ASCity/-1/ASLocation/-1/ASCompanyName/-1/ASCustom1/-1/ASCustom2/-1/ASCustom3/-1/ASCustom4/-1/ASCustom5/-1/ASIsRadius/false/ASCityStateZipcode/-1/ASDistance/-1/ASLatitude/-1/ASLongitude/-1/ASDistanceType/-1). Among the things highlighted, the recent announcements are about increasing investment where Dell is already successful http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/direct2dell/b/direct2dell/archive/2013/05/22/make-no-mistake-dell-is-more-committed-to-openstack-than-ever.aspx plus accelerating with new features (such as leadership in HyperV enablement http://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/dell-sets-the-stage-for-hyper-vs-return-to-openstack.html).
An introductory tour of OpenStack Cloud Messaging as a Service http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/05/an-introductory-tour-of-openstack-cloud-messaging-as-a-service/
The need for an OpenStack Messaging Service was recognized by the San Diego Grizzly Summit, and in an unconference track design meeting on the last day, a crowd of interested people met, talked out some requirements, and from that the OpenStack Message Bus https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Marconi project was born. It was codenamed "Marconi", in honor of Guglielmo Marconi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_Marconi, the inventor of wireless messaging. The Marconi team collaborates on Launchpad https://launchpad.net/marconi.
Working with the OpenStack Code Review and CI system -- Chef Edition http://www.joinfu.com/2013/05/working-with-the-openstack-code-review-and-ci-system-chef-edition/
For too long, the state of the OpenStack Chef world had been one of duplicative effort, endless forks of Chef cookbooks, and little integration with how many of the OpenStack projects choose to control source code and integration testing. Recently, however, the Chef + OpenStack community has been getting its proverbial act together. Folks from lots of companies have come together and pushed to align efforts to produce a set of well-documented, flexible, but focused Chef cookbooks that install and configure OpenStack services. StackForge now hosting a set of Chef cookbooks for OpenStack.
Virtualizing legacy hardware in OpenStack http://dachary.org/?p=1991
Loïc Dachary http://dachary.org/ summarizes how the French non-profit organization April http://april.org/ migrated the workload of a five years old hardware to OpenStack. Instead of migrating each of the fourteen vservers http://linux-vserver.org/ on a Debian GNU/Linux lenny http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/ running a *2.6.26-2-vserver-686-bigmem* linux individually to an OpenStack instance, it was decided that the vserver host would be copied over to an OpenStack instance.
Discussion lists available in non-English languages https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Community#Mailing_lists_in_local_languages
In order to support our growing international communities the OpenStack Infrastructure and the Community team worked to allow groups to create mailing lists in languages other than English. People interested in discussions in Italian http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-it and Vietnamese http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-vi can join the lists already. A request for a list to discuss in Spanish is pending https://pending/review https://review.openstack.org/#/c/30495/ and other can be created if necessary following the instructions https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Community#Mailing_lists_in_local_languages.
Tips 'n Tricks
* By Sébastien Han http://sebastien-han.fr/: Nova: archive deleted rows http://sebastien-han.fr/blog/2013/05/23/nova-archive-deleted-rows/ * By eNovance http://www.enovance.com/: The absolute minimum to get you started with Vagrant http://www.enovance.com/fr/blog/5685/the-absolute-minimum-to-get-you-started-with-vagrant * By eNovance http://www.enovance.com/: How to create specific Nova flavors for tenants http://www.enovance.com/fr/blog/5670/how-to-create-specific-nova-flavors-for-tenants * By Russell Bryant http://russellbryantnet.wordpress.com/: Availability Zones and Host Aggregates in OpenStack Compute (Nova) http://russellbryantnet.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/availability-zones-and-host-aggregates-in-openstack-compute-nova/ * By Cloudscaling Engineering http://engineering.cloudscaling.com/: Stacker Voices: Mark McLoughlin, Red Hat http://engineering.cloudscaling.com/stacker-voices-mark-mcloughlin-red-hat/
Security Issues
* Keystone client local information disclosure (CVE-2013-2013) http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-May/000104.html
Upcoming Events
* 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.openstack-israel.org/ May 27, 2013 -- Tel-Aviv, Israel Details http://www.openstack-israel.org/ * Australian OpenStack User Group tri-city Meetup http://aosug.openstack.org.au/ May 27, 2013 -- Australia Details http://aosug.openstack.org.au/ * OpenStack at CeBit Australia http://www.cebit.com.au/ May 28 -- 30, 2013 -- Sidney, Australia Booth in Hall 4 http://www.cebit.com.au/ * OpenStack CEE Day http://openstackceeday.com/ May 29, 2013 -- Budapest, Hungary Details http://openstackceeday.com/ * 2013 Beijing Open Source Convention http://bj-opensource.com/ May 29, 2013 -- Beijing, China Program http://bj-opensource.com/ * 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 Rocks in Poland http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Poland/events/119500792/ Jun 06, 2013 -- Szczecin, Poland Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Poland/events/119500792/ * Cloud Expo East 2013 http://www.cloudcomputingexpo.com/ Jun 10 -- 13, 2013 -- New York City, NY Details http://www.cloudcomputingexpo.com/ * 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/ * DatacenterDynamics Converged http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/fr/conferences/2013/paris-2013 Jun 11, 2013 -- Paris, France Details http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/fr/conferences/2013/paris-2013 * GigaOM Structure http://event.gigaom.com/structure/ Jun 19 -- 20, 2013 -- San Francisco, CA Details http://event.gigaom.com/structure/ * Openstack a mezza scala! http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Italia/events/101619052/ Jun 20, 2013 -- Milano, Italy Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Italia/events/101619052/ * OpenStack DevCamp Essen https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/DevCamp/EssenGermany2013 Jun 21 -- 23, 2013 -- Essen, Germany Details https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/DevCamp/EssenGermany2013 * PyCon Australia -- OpenStack Miniconf http://2013.pycon-au.org/programme/schedule/friday Jul 05, 2013 -- Hobart, Australia Details http://2013.pycon-au.org/programme/schedule/friday
Other News
* Interview with John Griffith at SolidFire http://rafstack.tumblr.com/post/51219217031 * Interview with Anne Gentle, OpenStack Technical Writer http://rafstack.tumblr.com/post/50989644005 * OpenStack Board of Directors Talks: Episode 10 with Joseph George, Director of Product Strategy of Dell's Revolutionary Solutions Team http://rafstack.tumblr.com/post/51073919838 * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-05-21-21.02.html and full logs http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-05-21-21.02.log.html.
Welcome New Developers
* Kanzhe Jiang, Big Switch * Marharyta Kislinska * Li Yingjun * Satyanarayana Patibandla, TCS * Ryan Moore, HP * Emanuele Rocca, VU University Amsterdam * Aditi Raveesh, Rackspace
Got answers?
Ask OpenStack https://ask.openstack.org/ is the go-to destination for OpenStack users. Interesting questions waiting for answers:
* How to add data to tables in horizon Dashboard https://ask.openstack.org/question/1572/how-to-add-data-to-tables-in-horizon-dashboard/ * Where should I install Dashboard on a 3 nodes architecture? https://ask.openstack.org/question/1576/where-should-i-install-dashboard-on-a-3-nodes-architecture/ * Migrating from nova-network to quantum https://ask.openstack.org/question/1565/migrating-from-nova-network-to-quantum/ * How to setup security groups for IPv6 with nova-network? https://ask.openstack.org/question/1520/how-to-setup-security-groups-for-ipv6-with-nova-network/ * Recommended version of libvirt https://ask.openstack.org/question/1388/recommended-version-of-libvirt/ * Snapshotting images and cloud-init https://ask.openstack.org/question/1492/snapshotting-images-and-cloud-init/ * Are there any tuning methods in Openstack https://ask.openstack.org/question/1306/are-there-any-tuning-methods-in-openstack/
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