DefCore Core Capabilities Selection Criteria SIMPLIFIED -> how we are picking Core http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/05/01/defcore-capabilities-selection/
Rob Hirschfeld http://robhirschfeld.com/ summarizes the status of discussions within OpenStack community of what is ‘Openstack’. The effort is now summarized in a diagram showing the 12 criterias grouped in 4 main categories. Better go read Rob’s post, it’ll all make sense.
Announcing the O’Reilly OpenStack Operations Guide http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/04/announcing-the-oreilly-openstack-operations-guide/
O’Reilly has completed the production of the /OpenStack Operations Guide: Set Up and Manage Your OpenStack Cloud/. You can get your bits-n-bytes copy at http://docs.openstack.org/ops/ or order a dead-tree version on the O’Reilly site http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032625.do.
What It Means To Be In The OpenStack Community (One Member’s Take) http://cloudarchitectmusings.com/2014/04/28/what-it-means-to-be-in-the-openstack-community-one-members-take/
What is Kenneth Hui http://cloudarchitectmusings.com/, Rackspace Technology Evangelist, deeply committed member of OpenStack, doing at a CloudStack conference? Read his blog post to find out what it means to be a good citizen of a community.
Results of the TC Election http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-April/000229.html
Please join me in congratulating the 7 newly elected members of the TC: Thierry Carrez, Jay Pipes, Vishvananda Ishaya, Michael Still, Jim Blair, Mark McClain, Devananda van der Veen. Full results: Full results http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_d34934c9fd1f6282.
The road to Juno Summit – Atlanta 2014
* Applying for Visa? Looking for accommodation in Atlanta? Visit http://openstack.org/summit * Check the official agenda http://openstacksummitmay2014atlanta.sched.org/
Tips ‘n Tricks
* By Assaf Muller http://assafmuller.wordpress.com/: Introduction to Neutron http://assafmuller.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/introduction-to-neutron/ * By Ramon Acedo http://trickycloud.wordpress.com/: Multiple Private Networks with Open vSwitch GRE Tunnels and Libvirt http://trickycloud.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/multiple-private-networks-with-open-vswitch-gre-tunnels-and-libvirt/ * By dudo http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/manage-instance-startup-order-in-openstack-heat-templates/: Manage instance startup order in OpenStack Heat Templates http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/manage-instance-startup-order-in-openstack-heat-templates/ * By Loïc Dachary http://dachary.org/: Two minor pitfalls when upgrading Havana stable http://dachary.org/?p=2948 and Resetting an instance {power,vm,task}_state in Havana http://dachary.org/?p=2939 * By Sean Dague https://dague.net/: Helpful Gerrit Queries (Gerrit 2.8 edition) https://dague.net/2014/04/30/helpful-gerrit-queries-gerrit-2-8-edition/ * By Rob Hirschfeld http://robhirschfeld.com/: Success Factors of Operating Open Source Infrastructure [Series Intro] http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/04/29/openops-success-factors/ and Reference Deployments are Critical [2/4 series on Operating Open Source Infrastructure] http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/04/29/reference-deployments/ * By Piyush Harsh http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/managing-hosts-in-a-running-openstack-environment/: Managing hosts in a running OpenStack environment http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/managing-hosts-in-a-running-openstack-environment/ * By Nathan Kinder https://blog-nkinder.rhcloud.com/: Secure messaging with Kite https://blog-nkinder.rhcloud.com/?p=62 * By Andy Edmonds http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/getting-started-with-openshift-and-openstack/: Getting Started with OpenShift and OpenStack http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/getting-started-with-openshift-and-openstack/
Reports from Previous Events
* What’s new in the OpenStack Heat Icehouse release https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ckhqrki6iepg12vkqk5vnt7ijd0 * Asia Pacific: How to launch, run & grow OpenStack User Groups https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XPa_d2XnWY
Upcoming Events
* OpenStack Brasil User Group Meeting @ FISL15 http://softwarelivre.org/fisl15 May 07 – 10, 2014 – Porto Alegre, Brasil Details http://softwarelivre.org/fisl15 * OpenStack DACH Day at LinuxTag 2014 http://www.linuxtag.org/2014/en/#openstack May 09, 2014 – Berlin, Germany Details http://www.linuxtag.org/2014/en/#openstack * OpenStack Summit May 2014 http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-atlanta-2014/ May 12 – 16, 2014 – Atlanta, GA Details http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-atlanta-2014/ * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ May 15, 2014 – Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ * Gartner IT Infrastructure Operations & Data Center Summit http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/apac/data-center/ May 21 – 22, 2014 – Sydney, Australia Details http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/apac/data-center/ * OpenStack Study Group http://www.nycresistor.com/2014/04/17/openstack-study-group-may-21/ May 21, 2014 – Brooklyn, NY Details http://www.nycresistor.com/2014/04/17/openstack-study-group-may-21/ * OpenStack in Action http://www.openstackinaction.fr/en/ May 28, 2014 – Paris, France Details http://www.openstackinaction.fr/en/ * OpenStack CEE Day http://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-cee-day-2014-tickets-11161407069?aff=openstack May 28, 2014 – Budapest, Hungary Details http://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-cee-day-2014-tickets-11161407069?aff=openstack * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ May 29, 2014 – Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ * #1 OpenStack Day http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Italia/events/176817882/ May 30, 2014 – Milan, Italy Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Italia/events/176817882/ * OpenStack Israel Event http://www.meetup.com/IGTCloud/events/157265772/ Jun 02, 2014 – Herzliya, Israel Details http://www.meetup.com/IGTCloud/events/157265772/ * OpenStack UK Day in London http://www.eventbooking.uk.com/openstack/index.php Jun 04, 2014 – London, UK Details http://www.eventbooking.uk.com/openstack/index.php * SFBay Meetup – Beginner track http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227662/ Jun 05, 2014 – Sunnyvale, CA Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227662/ * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ Jun 12, 2014 – Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ * Cloud World Forum http://cloudwf.com/ Jun 17 – 18, 2014 – London, UK Details http://cloudwf.com/ * Cloud World Forum http://cloudwf.com/ Jun 17 – 18, 2014 – London, UK Details http://cloudwf.com/ * SFBay Meetup – Beginner track http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/150932472/ Jul 03, 2014 – Sunnyvale, CA Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/150932472/ * OSCON http://www.oscon.com/oscon2014 Jul 20 – 24, 2014 – Portland, Oregon Details http://www.oscon.com/oscon2014 * SFBay Meetup – Beginner track http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/150932532/ Aug 07, 2014 – Sunnyvale, CA Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/150932532/ * OpenStack Summit November 2014 http://openstack.org/summit Nov 03 – 08, 2014 – Paris, France Details http://openstack.org/summit
Other News
* OpenStack, Icehouse and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 – Available Now http://redhatstackblog.redhat.com/2014/05/02/openstack-icehouse-and-red-hat-enterprise-linux-7-available-now/ * Oracle adds OpenStack to updated Solaris http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247998/Oracle_adds_OpenStack_to_updated_Solaris?source=rss_latest_content * Updated: SUSE Cloud 3 Admin Appliance 1.2.0 available http://blog.seader.us/2014/04/updated-suse-cloud-3-admin-appliance_25.html * Project Solum Goes Full Steam Ahead To Milestone 1 http://www.rackspace.com/blog/project-solum-goes-full-steam-ahead-to-milestone-1/ * #OpenStack Israel Podcast – Episode 9 is out! http://cloudifysource.tumblr.com/post/84132078901 * Nagios / Ceilometer integration: new plugin available http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/nagios-ceilometer-integration-new-plugin-available/ * Improving libvirt firewall performance https://www.berrange.com/posts/2014/05/02/improving-libvirt-firewall-performance/ * Why We Craft OpenStack (Featuring Rackspace Software Development Manager Glen Campbell) http://www.rackspace.com/blog/why-we-craft-openstack-featuring-rackspace-software-development-manager-glen-campbell/ * Why We Craft OpenStack (Featuring Rackspace Principal Engineer Chuck Thier) http://www.rackspace.com/blog/why-we-craft-openstack-featuring-rackspace-principal-engineer-chuck-thier/ * Open Mic Spotlight: Lucas Gomes http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/05/5926/ * Networking in Cloud Environments, SDN, NFV, and why it matters [part 1 of 2] http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/05/01/networking-in-cloud-1/ * KVM and Docker LXC Benchmarking with OpenStack http://bodenr.blogspot.com/2014/05/kvm-and-docker-lxc-benchmarking-with.html * OpenCrowbar.Anvil released – hammering out a gold standard in open bare metal provisioning http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/04/30/opencrowbar-anvil/ * HP is running a survey for release at the Summit https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SM1OpenStack * OpenStack Project Meeting: didn’t happen this week
Got Answers?
Ask OpenStack https://ask.openstack.org/ is the go-to destination for OpenStack users. Interesting questions waiting for answers:
* What causes ‘Namespace’ object has no attribute ‘volume’ restoring a Cinder backup? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/28362/what-causes-namespace-object-has-no-attribute-volume-restoring-a-cinder-backup/ * How to use filtering queries in Ceilometer via CLI? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/28512/how-to-use-filtering-queries-in-ceilometer-via-cli/ * Unable to load quantum from configuration file /etc/neutron/api-paste.ini – Icehouse https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/28431/unable-to-load-quantum-from-configuration-file-etcneutronapi-pasteini-icehouse/ * Configure multiple External network https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/28428/configure-multiple-external-network/ * Instance not taking IP form The DHCP and Gateway router external port down? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/28391/instance-not-taking-ip-form-the-dhcp-and-gateway-router-external-port-down/
Welcome New Reviewers and Developers
Christina Darretta http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person2cae3145-3912-4dec-adc0-84643c135de9 Abhinav Agrawal http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person0bf59cea-c8f7-4b5a-a23e-f860a790900c
Sam Hague http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person25612b7d-6b45-4dcd-93d7-b83d70f3d17b Gabriel Assis Bezerra http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3a95d767-68f5-4b35-b432-0e13d6cb1439
Obulapathi http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personbd2a0f4d-b20b-4376-aae6-c3a41a81eaec Michael Tupitsyn http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personed5d754b-95b9-4d8c-a4f6-e57d9d0cbcbc
yummy.bian http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person11b0f81d-975e-493a-b867-ac1b7195d4a3 Laurel Michaels http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persona9b3f554-1e7f-4119-bc9f-6f247c969ed2
Tushar Gohad http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person87b97f1e-c0cf-4d16-899a-400852371a11 Karin Levenstein http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3e5593ba-11ab-451a-b8ef-7822571c84a2
Karin Levenstein http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3e5593ba-11ab-451a-b8ef-7822571c84a2 Baohua Yang http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personc0b11aea-a440-49ec-a4d7-e75989e88b1e
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 * Data Processing (Sahara) http://stackalytics.com/?release=icehouse&metric=commits&project_type=openstack&module=sahara-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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