Highlights of the week OpenStack at CloudOpen <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2012/08/openstack-at-cloudopen/> OpenStack is a protagonist of CloudOpen, the only conference providing a collaboration and education space dedicated to advancing the open cloud. Next week, from Aug 29 to 31 in San Diego there will be plenty of chances to hear talks about OpenStack and how it's shaping the cloud industry. On Tuesday Aug 28th join the OpenStack community at The Hopping Pig <http://www.thehoppingpig.com/> for a party! Food & drinks sponsored by HP, Intel, Opscode, Rackspace, SUSE, and Ubuntu. The event will immediately follow the official CloudOpen happy hour, and is within walking distance of the Andaz. Reserve your ticket <http://openstack-cloudopen2012.eventbrite.com/>. OpenStack at PuppetConf: Tim Bell of CERN to Keynote <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2012/08/openstack-at-puppetconf-tim-bell-of-cern-to-keynote/> PuppetConf is coming up September 27-28 in San Francisco, and we're excited to announce some great OpenStack content, including a keynote presentation from Tim Bell of CERN! OpenStack Won Unprecedented Popularity in Asia/Pacific <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2012/08/openstack-won-unprecedented-popularity-in-asiapacific/> On August 10 -11, the first two-day OpenStack Asia-Pacific Conference (OSAC) was held in Beijing and Shanghai concurrently. This conference is jointly organized by CSDN (Chinese Software Develop the Net), the world's largest Chinese IT technology community and the OpenStack user group (COSUG). The presentations are on slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/HuiCheng2/tag/2012osac Submitting new features to Nova <http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2012/08/20/submitting-new-features-to-nova/> Mark McLoughlin wrote down a few pieces advice for someone submitting a large feature patch to Nova. OpenStack Folsom & Glance <http://bcwaldon.cc/2012/08/20/openstack-folsom-glance-overview.html> Brian Waldon recaps what landed in Glance in the past months. These are most of the features that will make it in Folsom release. Tips and Tricks * By Derek Higgins: Listing openstack keystone credentials <http://goodsquishy.com/2012/08/listing-openstack-keystone-credentials/> * By Zmanda Team: Storing Pebbles or Boulders: Optimizing Swift Cloud for different workloads <http://www.zmanda.com/blogs/?p=894> * By Mate Lakat: Hello Xen API host plugin <http://blogs.citrix.com/2012/08/17/hello-xen-api-host-plugin/> * By Derek Higgins: rackspace cloud files from the command line <http://goodsquishy.com/2012/08/rackspace-cloud-files-from-the-command-line/> * By Alessandro Tagliapietra: Hetzner Failover IP routing tool for openstack <http://www.alexnetwork.it/2012/08/20/openstack/hetzner-failover-ip-routing-tool-for-openstack.html> * By Brian Waldon: Using Warlock & JSON Schemas <http://bcwaldon.cc/2012/08/19/using-warlock-and-json-schemas.html> * By Everett Toews: Logging in jclouds <http://blog.phymata.com/2012/08/18/logging-in-jclouds/> and How I get a Token from the Rackspace Open Cloud from the Command Line <http://blog.phymata.com/2012/08/17/get-a-token-from-rackspace/> * By Chmouel Boudjnah <http://blog.chmouel.com/>: Using python-novaclient against Rackspace Cloud next generation (powered by OpenStack) <http://blog.chmouel.com/2012/08/17/using-python-novaclient-against-rackspace-cloud-next-generation-powered-by-openstack/> Upcoming Events * OPENSTACK REVOLUTION <http://openstack-cloudopen2012.eventbrite.com/>Aug 28, 2012 -- San Diego, CA RSVP <http://openstack-cloudopen2012.eventbrite.com/> * Australian OpenStack User Group -- Adelaide Meetup with SAGE-AU <http://aosug.openstack.org.au/events/66911242/> Aug 28, 2012 -- Details <http://aosug.openstack.org.au/events/66911242/> * Block Storage Service is Cemented by Cinder <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-LA/events/74425192/> Aug 30, 2012 -- Los Angeles, CA Details <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-LA/events/74425192/> * OpenStack Swift meetup <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/77706042/> Aug 30, 2012 -- San Francisco, CA Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/77706042/> * OpenStack Summit <http://openstack.org/> Oct 15 -- 18, 2012 -- San Diego, CA Other news * Feature freeze period started: we're on our way to Folsom release * OpenStack Project Meeting 2012-08-21: Summary <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/openstack-meeting/2012/openstack-meeting.2012-08-21-21.02.html> and Meeting log <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/openstack-meeting/2012/openstack-meeting.2012-08-21-21.02.log.html> Welcome new contributors Celebrating the first patches submitted this week by: * Alex Yang /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./