Election Results for Individual and Gold Directors http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/01/election-results-for-individual-and-gold-directors/
Each January two of the Foundation member classes hold elections to determine their Board representatives for 2014. The Gold Members held their election on January 6th-7th while Individual Members elected their Directors between Jan 12th-17th. http://www.openstack.org/election/2014-individual-director-election/
Today the 2014 election of Individual Directors has closed and the official results are in https://www.bigpulse.com/pollresults?code=36403DCmZevPaCKyfNXeAE6Q. The elected and appointed directors will be seated at the next board meeting, at 12:00pm PST on January 30th https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/30Jan2014BoardMeeting. Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Individual Director election and congratulations to our new and returning directors. The composition of the board is on OpenStack http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/01/election-results-for-individual-and-gold-OpenStackblog http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/01/election-results-for-individual-and-gold-directors/.
Atlanta Summit – Call for Speakers Open + Sponsor & Registration Info http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/01/atlanta-summit-call-for-speakers-open-sponsor-registration-info/
Marching rapidly to our next big gathering: the OpenStack Summit will be held in Atlanta, Georgia May 12-16, 2014. The official page for Atlanta http://openstack.org/summit contains the latest announcements. The Summit is a five-day conference for OpenStack contributors, enterprise users, service providers, application developers and ecosystem members. Attendees can expect visionary keynote speakers, 200+ breakout sessions, hands-on workshops, collaborative design sessions and lots of networking. Keynote sessions will take place Monday and Tuesday, the main conference will run Monday – Thursday. The Design Summit, a special track for active technical contributors to plan the next software release, will run Tuesday – Friday.
Where to ask question and find help OPW Experience with OpenStack Part 1 http://mirandazhangq.wordpress.com/2014/01/11/where-to-ask-question-and-find-help-opw-experience-with-openstack-part-1/
One of our awesome intern from the Outreach Program for Women (OPW) shares her experience towards solving a problem while getting stared with OpenStack.
Organizing a Gate Blocking Bug Fix Day – Mon Jan 27th http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-January/023859.html
Developers may have noticed issues with our gate and in order to improve the situation Sean Dague proposed a Gate Blocking Bug Fix Day on Jan 27^th . All developers are encouraged to focus on fixing bugs on the OpenStack CI infrastructure.
Tips ‘n Tricks
* By Cristian Falcas: script to build epubs from openstack documentation http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/2013-December/004304.html * By Andreas Jaeger http://jaegerandi.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenStack: Validating OpenStack API projects http://jaegerandi.blogspot.com/2014/01/validating-openstack-api-projects.html * By Lars Kellogg-Stedman http://blog.oddbit.com/: Stupid OpenStack Tricks http://blog.oddbit.com/2014/01/16/stupid-openstack-tricks and Direct access to Nova metadata http://blog.oddbit.com/2014/01/14/direct-access-to-nova-metadata * By Konstantin Danilov http://www.mirantis.com/blog/improve-performance-python-programs-restricting-single-cpu/: Edge of the Stack: Improve Performance of Python Programs by Restricting Them to a Single CPU http://www.mirantis.com/blog/improve-performance-python-programs-restricting-single-cpu/ * By Fabien Boucher: http://techs.enovance.com/6642/openstack-swift-as-backend-for-git-part-1 OpenStack Swift as backend for Git – Part 1 http://techs.enovance.com/6642/openstack-swift-as-backend-for-git-part-1 * By Aditya Patawari http://blog.adityapatawari.com/search/label/OpenStack: OpenStack 101: How to Setup OpenStack Swift (OpenStack Object Storage Service) http://blog.adityapatawari.com/2014/01/openstack-101-how-to-setup-openstack_12.html and OpenStack 101: How to Setup OpenStack Keystone (OpenStack Identity Service) http://blog.adityapatawari.com/2014/01/openstack-101-how-to-setup-openstack.html * By James Slagle http://blog-slagle.rhcloud.com/: Intro to some Python dependencies of OpenStack http://blog-slagle.rhcloud.com/?p=124
Upcoming Events
* 3rd OpenStack User Group Nordics meetup http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Nordics/events/141728912/ Jan 15, 2014 – Stockholm, Sweden Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Nordics/events/141728912/ * Austin OpenStack User Group Meetup http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Austin/events/154504332/ Jan 22, 2014 – Austin, Texas Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Austin/events/154504332/ * Boston OpenStack User Group Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-Boston/events/154504602/ Jan 22, 2014 – Boston, MA Details http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-Boston/events/154504602/ * OpenStack: Breaking into the Enterprise Forum http://www.openstackenterpriseforum.com/ Jan 29, 2014 – Mountain View, CA Details http://www.openstackenterpriseforum.com/ * Implementing OpenStack https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cf7dhlhfg5qa6s6ts3deabrnte0, Jan 29, 2014 12pm PST – [Webinar] Details https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cf7dhlhfg5qa6s6ts3deabrnte0 * FOSDEM https://fosdem.org/2014/ Feb 01 – 02, 2014 – Bruxelles, Belgium Details https://fosdem.org/2014/ * OpenStack Days – Tokyo 2014 http://www.openstackdays.com/en/ Feb 13 – 14, 2014 – Tokyo, Japan Details http://www.openstackdays.com/en/ * Korea OpenStack Day http://onoffmix.com/event/22995 Feb 18, 2014 – Seoul, South Korea Details http://onoffmix.com/event/22995 * OpenStack India Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/160120142/ Feb 22, 2014 – Hyderabad, India Details http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/160120142/ * Open Cloud Summit at IBM Pulse http://www.ibmpulseblog.com/second-open-cloud-summit-at-pulse-sunday-february-23rd-from-4-6-p-m/ Feb 23 – 26, 2014 – Las Vegas, Nevada Details http://www.ibmpulseblog.com/second-open-cloud-summit-at-pulse-sunday-february-23rd-from-4-6-p-m/ * Mobile World Congress http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/ Feb 24 – 27, 2014 – Barcelona, Spain Details http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/ * 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/ * PyCon https://us.pycon.org/2014/ Apr 09 – 17, 2014 – Montreal, Canada Details https://us.pycon.org/2014/ * 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/ * Cloud World Forum http://cloudwf.com/ Jun 17 – 18, 2014 – London, UK Details http://cloudwf.com/
Security Advisories
* [OSSA 2014-002] Swift TempURL timing attack (CVE-2014-0006) http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-January/000185.html * [OSSA 2014-001] Nova live snapshots use an insecure local directory (CVE-2013-7048) http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-January/000184.html
Reports from Previous Events
* Podcast with Mark Collier, COO of OpenStack Foundation http://www.hpcloud.com/blog/podcast-mark-collier-coo-openstack-foundation * Final day at LCA 2014 with more OpenStack http://princessleia.com/journal/?p=8982
Other News
* StoryBoard sprint in Brussels https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StoryBoard/Brussels_Sprint * Open Mic Spotlight: Jay Lau http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/01/open-mic-spotlight-jay-lau/ * Improving Trove Architecture Design with Conductor Service http://www.mirantis.com/blog/improving-trove-architecture-design-conductor-service/ * The remarkable growth of Swift – and what it means in 2014 (and beyond) http://swiftstack.com/blog/2014/01/14/The-remarkable-growth-of-Swift-and-what-it-means-in-2014-and-beyond/ * Exploring why people contribute to OpenStack http://maffulli.net/2014/01/13/exploring-why-people-contribute-to-openstack/ * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-01-14-21.02.html and full logs http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-01-14-21.02.log.html.
Got Answers?
Ask OpenStack https://ask.openstack.org/ is the go-to destination for OpenStack users. Interesting questions waiting for answers:
* How to create multiple regions using Packstack on Havana https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/10300/how-to-create-multiple-regions-using-packstack-on-havana/ * how to plot rally results ? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/10439/how-to-plot-rally-results/ * How to interpret “sample user_id” in Ceilometer documentation https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/10350/how-to-interpret-sample-user_id-in-ceilometer-documentation/ * Neutron fails to connect to AMQP Server on Fedora 20 https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/10363/neutron-fails-to-connect-to-amqp-server-on-fedora-20/ * Launch instances using boto https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/10383/launch-instances-using-boto/ * SSH Access Permission denied https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/10457/ssh-access-permission-denied/ * What’s the status about Instance Resource Quota now? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/10489/whats-the-status-about-instance-resource-quota-now/
Welcome New Reviewers and Developers
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Don Domingo http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persone60b4c96-ce59-403a-9767-6c19a64c17d2 Travis Tripp http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personae1cec04-3f5d-4a6f-a27a-d1f10eced3b7
Xiaolin Zhang http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person9106da87-4705-4820-9491-3ed5dd55ac0d RonenKat http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person1e100a45-347e-4c1a-8aca-255cc360629b
Jorge L. Williams http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person36f6e634-496a-4a6f-96d9-c3a2b9853a2c Guido Günther http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personcc6d7c43-7fa4-4df3-a11c-f08082b90eaa
Vahid Hashemian http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person199f4e7e-fee1-421c-b44e-96837de494b7 Eugeniya Kudryashova http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persone1a29ddb-0cf3-47f2-92a0-dc48d99004aa
Michael Krotscheck http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person4acc77d4-6af1-42aa-93c6-146451e9f87d Ya Hong Du http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person7b07832c-437c-4ff0-8714-48751e55b02f
Jerry Cai http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persondef95bbf-1c39-4fc6-aa59-242c522df34d Thai Tran http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person40ac59da-91cc-4aab-b711-558d41ba3346
Alexander Ignatov http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person5fd74754-32b7-4e2c-bbe4-c5f0dc5818c2 Khyati Sheth http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personb6943b10-64fe-4104-b9d6-1332e890c76a
Roman Rader http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person66344e25-e0f3-4e19-b163-06ffb9bddd5e Justin Pomeroy http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person90b3dd6e-cace-4b48-ac13-1878cb6ab51b
Jeffrey J. Walls http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personc196d832-f99f-4375-86ab-febb438c3698 Doug Fish http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personb5301e27-87f3-4903-a785-d9e1d7eaeef6
Aditya Patawari http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persond94f5403-793c-42d2-8633-5e28a8218d42 lintan http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3233406a-cbc7-476b-8eaf-b6ace113adae
Joris Roovers http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person837e44e4-6760-408c-bf49-e80ee4708e7d Sergey Reshetnyak http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person52b9b805-f911-45d8-8cc3-d2e19fccd64a
Guido Günther http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personcc6d7c43-7fa4-4df3-a11c-f08082b90eaa Cindy Lu http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person035b515a-ff8a-408d-9684-ee6372077505
João Vale http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person8a5a4f71-0127-4917-a035-ce1c451b8c19 songqianxia http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person6d130643-12c7-489c-a1c7-5755313b6e93
Khanh-Toan TRAN http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person75d74feb-02f2-4b7f-9df7-e068fd36b12b
Dmitry Borodaenko http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person2cd33105-82d3-424e-afda-fa9dfc9c1353
Thiago da Silva http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personbf141e1f-a3a7-4338-bb10-bb822afb22d7
David Charles Kennedy http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person275ce052-f68a-4065-866d-510a02101820
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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