Five things every contributor should know about the OpenStack docs project http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/five-things-every-contributor-should-know-about-the-openstack-docs-project
New docs contributors may be afraid of moving too fast and breaking things - but don’t worry, you can’t. A simpler markup language and a robust community of experienced, multilingual contributors make it even easier to find what you love and dive right in. Here are five key things you need to know about documentation but were probably afraid to ask.
How the cloud can cut red tape http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/how-the-cloud-can-cut-red-tape
The paperwork for opening a business or getting unemployment benefits often feels like a game of red-light/green-light. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF-0xq4yrYoFor every bit of progress, you get pushed back to collect more documents or show those same documents to a different agency. That’s where OpenStack comes in, says Victor Lagunes, https://twitter.com/VictorLagunes CIO, office of the president of Mexico. https://twitter.com/PresidenciaMX About 18 months ago, the Mexican government started on a path to consolidate a staggering 4,000 federal websites for 6,500 services into a single portal to rule them all.
More Post-Vancouver Summaries
* Vancouver Summit - Big Changes for TripleO http://blog.nemebean.com/content/vancouver-summit-big-changes-tripleo * Vancouver Summit - The Moose is Loose http://blog.nemebean.com/content/vancouver-summit-moose-loose
Relevant Conversations
* RDO and Upstream Packaging https://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2015/06/12/rdo-and-upstream-packaging/ * Goodbye XML! https://developer.rackspace.com/blog/goodbye-xml * Devops or Mars-vs-Venus? Docker, OpenStack and Configuration as Code https://www.mirantis.com/blog/devops-mars-vs-venus-docker-openstack-configuration-code/ * Technical Committee Highlights June 5, 2015 http://www.openstack.org/blog/2015/06/technical-committee-highlights-june-5-2015/ * OpenStack Diversity Working Group http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-June/066374.html * [nova] FreeBSD host support, round 2 http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-June/066342.html
Deadlines and Contributors Notifications
* [neutron] Microversioning work questions and kick-start http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-June/066676.html
Security Advisories and Notices
* [OSSA 2015-010] XSS in Horizon Heat stack creation (CVE-2015-3219) http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2015-June/000361.html
Tips ‘n Tricks
* By Loïc Dachary http://dachary.org/: create / delete an OpenStack instance with python-openstackclient http://dachary.org/?p=3694 * By Sébastien Han https://sebastien-han.fr/: OpenStack cinder: readonly device https://sebastien-han.fr/blog/2015/06/08/openstack-cinder-readonly-device/ * By Ben Nemec http://blog.nemebean.com/tags/openstack: Multi-Host Devstack http://blog.nemebean.com/content/multi-host-devstack * By Liz Blanchard http://uxd-stackabledesign.rhcloud.com/: Streamlining the Install of OpenStack with the RDO Manager UI http://uxd-stackabledesign.rhcloud.com/streamlining-install-openstack-rdo-manager-ui/ * By James Thorne: OpenStack Swift Use Cases in Rackspace Private Cloud https://developer.rackspace.com//blog/openstack-swift-use-cases-in-rackspace-private-cloud * By benn http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/vm-reliability-tester/: VM Reliability Tester for Openstack http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/vm-reliability-tester/ * By Ronald Bradford http://ronaldbradford.com/blog: Deploying Ubuntu OpenStack Kilo http://ronaldbradford.com/blog/deploying-ubuntu-openstack-kilo-2015-06-06/
Open Call for Proposals
* LinuxCon http://eLinuxCon/Europe, deadline June 17, 2015 http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/linuxcon-europe/program/cfp
* CloudOpen Europpe, deadline June 17, 2015 http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudopen-europe/program/cfp
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https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22Jens+Rosenboom%22+status:merged,n,z openstack/nova-specs https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/nova-specs,n,z Hyper-V: Add Fibre Channel support https://review.openstack.org/190107 Petrut Lucian https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22Petrut+Lucian%22+status:merged,n,z openstack/nova-specs https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/nova-specs,n,z Add generic RAID configuration spec for liberty https://review.openstack.org/173214 Ramakrishnan G https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22Ramakrishnan+G%22+status:merged,n,z openstack/ironic-specs https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/ironic-specs,n,z Remove v3 from nova code tree https://review.openstack.org/189218 Alex Xu https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22Alex+Xu%22+status:merged,n,z openstack/nova-specs https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/nova-specs,n,z Be more explicit with our review policies. https://review.openstack.org/190886 Michael Still https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22Michael+Still%22+status:merged,n,z openstack/nova-specs https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/nova-specs,n,z Neutron API evolution strategy https://review.openstack.org/136760 Salvatore Orlando https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22Salvatore+Orlando%22+status:merged,n,z openstack/neutron-specs https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/neutron-specs,n,z Creating initial Liberty install guide doc specs https://review.openstack.org/183138 Karin Levenstein https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22Karin+Levenstein%22+status:merged,n,z openstack/docs-specs https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/docs-specs,n,z Fix a bunch of typos in approved liberty specs https://review.openstack.org/189667 Joe Gordon https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22Joe+Gordon%22+status:merged,n,z openstack/nova-specs https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/nova-specs,n,z remove pagination effort https://review.openstack.org/190471 gordon chung https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22gordon+chung%22+status:merged,n,z openstack/ceilometer-specs https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/ceilometer-specs,n,z Introduce address scopes https://review.openstack.org/180267 Carl Baldwin https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22Carl+Baldwin%22+status:merged,n,z openstack/neutron-specs https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/neutron-specs,n,z Implement floating IPs using stateless NAT https://review.openstack.org/138201 Carl Baldwin https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22Carl+Baldwin%22+status:merged,n,z openstack/neutron-specs https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/neutron-specs,n,z Cells instance migration https://review.openstack.org/136490 Andrew Laski 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https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/swift-specs,n,z Add nodes tagging support https://review.openstack.org/183971 Zhenguo Niu https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22Zhenguo+Niu%22+status:merged,n,z openstack/ironic-specs https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/ironic-specs,n,z Wake-On-Lan (WOL) power driver https://review.openstack.org/187678 Lucas Alvares Gomes https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22Lucas+Alvares+Gomes%22+status:merged,n,z openstack/ironic-specs https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/ironic-specs,n,z CORS Support for OpenStack https://review.openstack.org/179866 Michael Krotscheck https://review.openstack.org/#/q/owner:%22Michael+Krotscheck%22+status:merged,n,z openstack/openstack-specs https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:merged+project:openstack/openstack-specs,n,z Create table publishing middleware https://review.openstack.org/134651 Tim Hinrichs 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