The Hong Kong Summit: Why I’m Excited <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/10/the-hong-kong-summit-why-im-excited/> We asked our community why they’re looking forward to the OpenStack Summit <http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013/> in Hong Kong next week. We received a number of colorful responses and we’re sharing some of the best here. Have something to add? Let us know why you’re excited for the Summit in the comments! Reviewing how Blueprints are handled <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/10/reviewing-how-blueprints-are-handled/> OpenStack Compute Tech Lead Russell Bryant has triggered an important discussion on the OpenStack Development mailing list about the process to review blueprints. The Blueprints wiki page <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Blueprints> currently assigns to Project Tech Leads the task of assigning priority to the blueprints and Russell is suggesting that a wider group of people in the community shares such responsibility. Join the discussion on the development mailing list <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-October/017290.html> and in Hong Kong <http://openstack.org/summit/>. OpenStack “Core” and Interoperability <http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2013/10/30/openstack-core-and-interoperability/> Have you been following the “what is core?” conversation <http://robhirschfeld.com/2013/07/22/kicking-off-core/> since the “Incubation Update” committee <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/IncubationUpdate2013> completed its work some time ago? This discussion is going to be the big ticket item during next week’s board meeting <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/4Nov2013BoardMeeting>. Mark McLoughlin <http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc> shares his thoughts and a discussion derived from it on the OpenStack Foundation <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/foundation/2013-October/001576.html> mailing list. Tips ‘n Tricks * By Sébastien Han <http://sebastien-han.fr/>: Build a PaaS zone within your OpenStack cloud <http://sebastien-han.fr/blog/2013/10/31/build-a-paas-zone-within-your-openstack-cloud/> * By Loïc Dachary <http://dachary.org/>: HOWTO OpenStack Grizzly and Ceph with Puppet on Ubuntu 12.04 <http://dachary.org/?p=2393> * By Mirantis <http://www.mirantis.com/>: Nova Scheduler-Database Interactions: How to Nail Those Scalability Thwarters <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/nova-scheduler-database-interactions-how-to-nail-those-scalability-thwarters/> Upcoming Events * USENIX LISA <https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13> Nov 03 – 08, 2013 – Washington DC, USA Details <https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13> * OpenStack User Group Meet-up: Cloud Technology Sharing by Technology Pioneer <http://osug.cyberport.hk/>Nov 04, 2013 – Hong Kong Cyberport Details <http://osug.cyberport.hk/> * China & Hong Kong User Group Meeting <http://osug.cyberport.hk/?section=Home> Nov 04, 2013 – Hong Kong, China Details <http://osug.cyberport.hk/?section=Home> * OpenStack Summit <http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013/> Nov 05 – 08, 2013 – Hong Kong, China Details <http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013/> * OpenStack Mini-Conference at OSI Days 2013 <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/146361392/> Nov 11, 2013 – Bangalore, India Details <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/146361392/> * OW2 Annual Conference <http://www.ow2.org/view/OW2con-2013/> Nov 13 – 14, 2013 – Paris, France Details <http://www.ow2.org/view/OW2con-2013/> * Openstack Hands on Lab <http://www.meetup.com/Philly-OpenStack-Meetup-Group/events/144907072/> Nov 19, 2013 – Philadelphia, PA Details <http://www.meetup.com/Philly-OpenStack-Meetup-Group/events/144907072/> * INTEROP <http://www.interop.in/> Nov 20 – 22, 2013 – Mumbai, India Details <http://www.interop.in/> * Openstack Hands on Lab <http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-Connecticut/events/143713952/> Nov 20, 2013 – Rocky Hill, CT Details <http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-Connecticut/events/143713952/> * Openstack Hands on Lab <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-New-York-Meetup/events/144883832/>Nov 21, 2013 – New York, NY Details <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-New-York-Meetup/events/144883832/> * OpenStack Pune Meetup <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/135676552/> Nov 23, 2013 – Pune, India Details <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/135676552/> * OpenStack in action 4 <https://openstackinaction4.eventbrite.com/> Dec 05, 2013 – Paris, France Details <https://openstackinaction4.eventbrite.com/> * Swiss and Rhone-Alpes OpenStack user group meeting <https://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=273593> Dec 06, 2013 – CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland Details <https://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=273593> * Gartner Data Center Conference <http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/> Dec 09 – 12, 2013 – Las Vegas, NV, USA Details <http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/> * OpenStack Israel <http://www.openstack-israel.org/> Dec 09, 2013 – Tel-Aviv, Israel Details <http://www.openstack-israel.org/> Reports from Previous Events * A pre OpenStack Israel (Dec 9th) podcast: Alcatel-Lucent’s Cloud Platform and OpenStack <http://orenscloudplatformthoughts.tumblr.com/post/65451168720> Other News * “What’s New in OpenStack Havana: A Technical Overview” <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/whats-new-in-openstack-havana-a-technical-overview/> * OpenStack Project Technical Lead Interview Series #9: Devananda van der Veen, OpenStack Ironic Project <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/openstack-project-technical-lead-interview-series-9-devananda-van-der-veen-openstack-ironic-project/> * Introducing Rubick, a Diagnostic Tool for OpenStack Clouds <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/introducing-openstackrubick/> * Looking to Leverage OpenStack Havana? Crowbar delivers 3xL! <http://robhirschfeld.com/2013/10/29/looking-to-leverage-openstack-havana-crowbar-delivers-3xl/> * Openstack Cloud Computing Cookbook second edition <http://tobinkeith.wordpress.com/2013/10/26/openstack-cloud-computing-cookbook/> * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-10-29-21.01.html> and full logs <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-10-29-21.01.log.html> Welcome New Reviewers and Developers Is your affiliation correct? Check your profile in the OpenStack Foundation Members Database! <http://www.openstack.org/profile/> Chandankumar <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person41e9e916-8461-4b29-91b6-2c055d0b1a16>, None Lana <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person39f04f95-8197-4e82-88e5-41bd0a924c43>, Rackspace Vinod Mangalpally <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person2ab5a45e-454c-4736-8c0a-53b22e99671c>, Rackspace Vladimir Vechkanov <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persone2e6cc3b-a9cd-4921-8369-2af668008fd3>, Mirantis Tim Freund <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personea8b2f72-7b3f-46ad-859e-d661c2047748>, Missing email in profile <http://www.openstack.org/community/members/profile/13701> Neo <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person83447dd0-7185-4b05-8ff9-2331e2a29dbe>, None Telles Mota Vidal Nóbrega <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person37c33270-bca9-43d6-a776-63f673ca35b5>, Distributed System Laboratory – LSD/UFCG <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?instance=CRM,account88aa7d13-d17e-4b3e-8ae5-459a73536528> Maxime Vidori <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person54e41062-6d31-45d3-8865-27a025eafee8>, Enovace Christian Strack <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3e704e17-eb29-40ea-a6ee-62f9bb0b024b>, None Kai Zhang <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person678c2206-d8ee-4233-abc3-504bf2f65440>, Cisco Hoisaleshwara Madan V S <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person987c8528-ba2b-4944-8686-2b1eeafe3274>, Missing email in profile <http://www.openstack.org/community/members/profile/9463> Ekaterina Fedorova <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person5c0c9ddf-623c-4a30-9dfe-2bd60397afb0>, Mirantis Daniel Korn <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person831952a0-8bbe-492d-80cd-35a2a3bfbe5f>, Missing email in profile <http://www.openstack.org/community/members/profile/12767> Sushil Kumar <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personaa8b89eb-8922-4b11-be0e-cfb931cef9f0>, Globallogic ChenZheng <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person167fe737-6b1f-4bd4-9654-2aeff0f54681>, IBM Olga Kopylova <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person1ab77e75-9d39-4020-b92f-140621805a14>, None Vipin Balachandran <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personb1d64333-372b-4ff2-87b5-ab78baa6b2ba>, VMware Krishna Raman <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person95819294-6f98-4e04-896f-f0ca91821159>, Multiple profile <http://www.openstack.org/community/members/profile/12190> profile <http://www.openstack.org/community/members/profile/9421> Renat Akhmerov <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personce1bc199-5bb2-42d4-9834-b8aee4eaac25>, Mirantis Diane Mueller <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persone7b41009-01f4-4613-8e82-26c6bb38f2bf>, ActiveState Software Adrian Otto <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personab68cf6b-6c48-4ad3-a36d-412d21bad68c>, Rackspace Clayton Coleman <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person362649fe-7bff-4a5d-badb-4f98ba19d9f5>, Red Hat Sridhar S <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person977572a9-0d02-4e4f-8a16-872cd4bafb14>, None Blair Zajac <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persond637d29d-b55d-4f74-a18d-a7ce0c8cf9b0>, ? 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Security Advisories * Potential Nova denial of service through compressed disk images (CVE-2013-4463, CVE-2013-4469) <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-October/000159.html> * Unintentional role granting with Keystone LDAP backend (CVE-2013-4477) <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-October/000158.html> * Glance image_download policy not enforced for cached images (CVE-2013-4428) <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-October/000155.html> 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/>. * Metering (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> * Networking (Neutron) <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/neutron> * Compute (Nova) <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/nova> * Database As A Service (Trove) <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/trove> /The weekly newsletter is a way for the community to learn about all the various activities occurring on a weekly basis. If you would like to add content to a weekly update or have an idea about this newsletter, please leave a comment./