OpenStack User Survey Insights: November 2014 http://superuser.openstack.org/articles/openstack-user-survey-insights-november-2014

This is the fourth consecutive survey conducted by the User Committee prior to each Summit starting in April 2013 and the previous survey in Atlanta, May 2014 http://www.slideshare.net/ryan-lane/openstack-atlanta-user-survey. The goals of the survey are to generate insights based on a representative sample of OpenStack users, in order to better understand their organizational profiles, use cases and technology choices across different deployment stages and sizes. These insights are intended to provide feedback to the broader community, and to arm technical leaders and contributors with better data to make decisions.

Wrapping up the Travel Support Program – Kilo http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/11/wrapping-up-the-travel-support-program-kilo/

The OpenStack Foundation brought 20 people to Paris for the Summit earlier this month, thanks to the grants offered by the Travel Support Program. We had 22 people accepted in the program from 11 different countries, spanning five continents. Four people traveled from Brazil, four from India, three from Europe and the rest were from South America, North America and South-east Asia. Of the selected recipients, two were unable to attend due to VISA timing issues, but we were excited to welcome the 20 attendees that were able to make the trip. Stay tuned for when we announce the applications for the Travel Support Applications for the May Summit in Vancouver.

A mascot for Ironic http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-November/050657.html

The idea about what the mascot would be was easy because the RAX guys put "bear metal" in their presentation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oi2T2pSGDU#t=90 and that totally rocks! So Lucas Alvares Gomes drew a bear.

Relevant Conversations

* Converging in the project structure reform http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-tc/2014-November/000887.html * Self-Exposure: Hidden Influencers become OpenStack Product Managers http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/11/21/product-managers/ * Proposal to split Neutron into separate repositories http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-November/050961.html * Distributed group management and locking in Python with tooz http://julien.danjou.info/blog/2014/python-distributed-membership-lock-with-tooz * Do I need OpenStack if I use Docker? http://opensource.com/business/14/11/do-i-need-openstack-if-i-use-docker * Product Management lies dreaming ... https://aptira.com/blog/114-product-management-lies-dreaming * The OpenStack Big Tent and Magnum http://blog.leafe.com/openstack-big-tent-and-magnum/ * [Neutron] Stale patches http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-November/050498.html * Organizational changes to support stable branches http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-November/050390.html

Deadlines

* Neutron Spec Proposal Deadline (SPD) https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/NeutronKiloProjectPlan: Monday 12-8-2014 * Neutron Spec Approval Deadline (SAD) https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/NeutronKiloProjectPlan: Monday 12-15-2014

Tips ‘n Tricks

* By Craige McWhirter http://mcwhirter.com.au//tags/OpenStack/: Deleting Root Volumes Attached to Non-Existent Instances http://mcwhirter.com.au//craige/blog/2014/Deleting_Root_Volumes_Attached_to_Non-Existent_Instances/ * By Adam Young http://adam.younglogic.com/: Dynamic Policy in Keystone http://adam.younglogic.com/2014/11/dynamic-policy-in-keystone/ and Minimal Token Size http://adam.younglogic.com/2014/11/minimal-token-size/ * By Lars Kellogg-Stedman http://blog.oddbit.com/: Creating a Windows image for OpenStack http://blog.oddbit.com/2014/11/15/creating-a-windows-image-for-openstack/ * By Daniel P. Berrangé https://www.berrange.com/: Faster rebuilds for python virtualenv trees https://www.berrange.com/posts/2014/11/14/faster-rebuilds-for-python-virtualenv-trees/ * By Sylvain Bauza http://sbauza.wordpress.com/: How to compare 2 patchsets in Gerrit ? http://sbauza.wordpress.com/2014/11/14/how-to-compare-2-patchsets-in-gerrit/

Security Advisories and Notices

* Neutron DoS through invalid DNS configuration (CVE-2014-7821) http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-November/000303.html

Reports from Previous Events

* OpenStack Budapest User group - Summit overview http://mkissam.tumblr.com/post/103043645597

Upcoming Events

* Dec 01, 2014 http://openstack.jp/events/20141201.html Japan OpenStack User Group Meetup http://openstack.jp/events/20141201.html Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP http://openstack.jp/events/20141201.html * Dec 02 - 05, 2014 http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/ Gartner Data Center Conference http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/ Las Vegas, NV http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/ * Dec 02, 2014 http://www.gsebelux.com/Hybrid-Solutions With or without OpenStack? http://www.gsebelux.com/Hybrid-Solutions Herstal, BE http://www.gsebelux.com/Hybrid-Solutions * Dec 09, 2014 Stockholm OpenStack Meetup Stockholm, Sweden http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Nordics/events/218754241/ * Dec 09 - 11, 2014 http://bitex.bh/ Bitex 2014 http://bitex.bh/ Bahrain, BH http://bitex.bh/ * Dec 11 - 12, 2014 http://www.e-side.co.jp/okinawaopendays/2014/en.html Okinawa Open Days 2014 http://www.e-side.co.jp/okinawaopendays/2014/en.html Naha, Okinawa, JP http://www.e-side.co.jp/okinawaopendays/2014/en.html * Apr 13 - 14, 2015 http://www.percona.com/live/openstack-live-2015/ OpenStack Live http://www.percona.com/live/openstack-live-2015/ Santa Clara, CA, US http://www.percona.com/live/openstack-live-2015/ * May 18 - 22, 2015 https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/ OpenStack Summit May 2015 https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/ Vancouver, BC https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/ * Sep 17, 2015 http://www.openstackbeneluxconference.nl/ OpenStack Benelux Conference 2015 http://www.openstackbeneluxconference.nl/ Bussum, NL http://www.openstackbeneluxconference.nl/

Other News

* What's coming in Kilo for Glance, Zaqar and Oslo? http://blog.flaper87.com/post/546f5b4fd987d2717e0b3d1b/ * Swift Browser 0.2.0 released http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-November/051170.html * Build Rich Network Services With OpenStack’s Neutron API http://www.rackspace.com/blog/build-rich-network-services-with-openstacks-neutron-api/ * Empowering OpenStack Cloud Storage: OpenStack Juno Release Storage Overview http://redhatstackblog.redhat.com/2014/11/19/empowering-openstack-cloud-storage-openstack-juno-release-storage-overview/ * NetApp in Paris - OpenStack Summit Recap http://netapp.github.io/openstack/2014/11/18/paris-summit-recap/ * OpenStack Summit Paris: Federated Clouds Becoming A Reality [Video] http://www.rackspace.com/blog/openstack-summit-paris-federated-clouds-becoming-a-reality-video/ * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-11-18-21.02.html and full logs http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-11-18-21.02.log.html.

Got Answers?

Ask OpenStack https://ask.openstack.org/ is the go-to destination for OpenStack users. Interesting questions waiting for answers:

* What's the best way of creating NGINX server block on floating ip allocation? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/53945/whats-the-best-way-of-creating-nginx-server-block-on-floating-ip-allocation/ * How to increase the number of my CPU, RAM and STORAGE in my OpenStack allinone node? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/53848/how-to-increase-the-number-of-my-cpu-ram-and-storage-in-my-openstack-allinone-node/ * How can Juno be installed on Ubuntu 12.04 (precise)? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/53771/how-can-juno-be-installed-on-ubuntu-1204-precise/ * Adding an extra custom property to the OpenStack API implementation https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/53666/adding-an-extra-custom-property-to-the-openstack-api-implementation/ * Integrating OpenStack L3 agent to forward L3 calls (router and FIP) to OpenDaylight https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/53657/integrating-openstack-l3-agent-to-forward-l3-calls-router-and-fip-to-opendaylight/ * Floating IP being assigned to wrong interface https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/53626/floating-ip-being-assigned-to-wrong-interface/ * Forwarding between two instances via shorewall over VXLAN https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/53603/forwarding-between-two-instances-via-shorewall-over-vxlan/

Welcome New Reviewers, Developers and Core Reviewers

Welcome Michael McCune and Sergey Reshetniak to sahara-core, Steve Heyman, Juan Antonio Osorio Robles and Steve Heyman for barbican-core.

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