Highlights of the week

OpenStack Folsom Is Here With The Schedule Of The Summit http://www.openstack.org/blog/2012/09/openstack-folsom-is-here-with-the-schedule-of-the-summit/

Another release for OpenStack today, the sixth in a little over two years. Folsom, or 2012.2 has two new services Networking (Quantum) and Block Storage (Cinder) services, architected in line with the OpenStack philosophy of pluggability and extensibility. While work was underway to establish the new OpenStack Foundation, our thriving community once again delivered the release on-time and with all planned essential features. The full announcement with links to the release notes on OpenStack 2012.2 ("Folsom") released! http://markmail.org/message/vanmu7ahkvmnxfln Direct download links on http://bit.ly/openstackfolsom

Published the Agenda for the OpenStack Summit http://www.openstack.org/blog/2012/09/openstack-folsom-is-here-with-the-schedule-of-the-summit/

The schedule for the OpenStack Summit has been published http://www.openstack.org/blog/feed/openstacksummitfall2012.sched.org: take advantage of the discount until the end of September (save $200 http://openstacksummitfall2012.eventbrite.com/) on the registration fee and come meet this amazing OpenStack community live in San Diego.

Technical Committee elections results, Fall 2012 http://markmail.org/message/653zs7ihk3hwj5ec

The OpenStack TC election period is now over. The winners http://www.cs.cornell.edu/w8/%7Eandru/cgi-perl/civs/results.pl?id=E_019fda1f0dd037a2 for the 3 remaining seats on the Technical Committee http://wiki.openstack.org/Governance/TechnicalCommittee are: Monty Taylor, Anne Gentle, Russell Bryant.

They are elected for a one-year term, and join the already-elected members: Vish Ishaya, John Dickinson, Brian Waldon, Joe Heck, Gabriel Hurley, Dan Wendlandt, John Griffith, Mark McLoughlin, Jay Pipes and Thierry Carrez.

OpenStack Folsom Architecture http://ken.pepple.info/openstack/2012/09/25/openstack-folsom-architecture/

Ken Pepple /updated his "Intro to OpenStack Architecture 101? for the official documentation. Read the /*expanded*/version of it on his blog./

Providing a Unified View of OpenStack Projects http://www.openstack.org/blog/2012/09/providing-a-unified-view-of-openstack-projects/

Wan to find answers to questions like: who's contributing to that particular feature of OpenStack? What is that developer working on? How many work hours/lines of code went into adding that feature/blueprint? What are users saying about OpenStack? Register here http://openstack.enterthemeeting.com/m/1GQI39PC for the webinar and don't miss the talk on Wednesday, October 17 in San Diego http://openstacksummitfall2012.sched.org/event/a5194145c6d2667d3e9d83a5d012bf83?iframe=no&w=700&sidebar=no&bg=no.

The Top 3 New Swift Features in OpenStack Folsom http://swiftstack.com/blog/2012/09/27/top-three-swift-features-in-openstack-folsom/

There has been a ton of activity in and around Swift throughout the Folsom release cycle. Swift has moved from version 1.4.8 in the Essex release to version 1.7.4 in the Folsom release. Some of the new features added in the Folsom release include the integration of Keystone middleware, the separation of the Swift CLI and client library so Glance can more easily integrate with Swift to store Nova images.

Swift has also added many new features to its core storage engine. Find out about it from SwiftStack Team.

From nova-network to quantum http://sebastien-han.fr/blog/2012/09/25/from-nova-network-to-quantum/

If you wonder what changed in OpenStack Networking with the release of Folsom, this is the article to read. By Sébastien Han http://sebastien-han.fr/ and Emilien Macchi http://my1.fr/.

Quantum plugin comparison http://sebastien-han.fr/blog/2012/09/28/quantum-plugin-comparison/

Folsom has been released, it's probably time for some of you to deploy OpenStack. This is a follow up to the article titled From nova-network to Quantum http://www.sebastien-han.fr/blog/2012/09/25/from-nova-network-to-quantum/. One of the main question with Folsom is: which Quantum plugin should I use? The answer could be in this article! Another article co-written with Emilien Macchi http://my1.fr/. Deep dive into the available plugins in Quantum for OpenStack Folsom.

Tips and tricks

* By Grid Dynamics: OpenStack Team http://openstackgd.wordpress.com/: Overcoming YUM Repository Limit http://openstackgd.wordpress.com/2012/09/27/373/ * By Sandy Walsh http://www.sandywalsh.com/2012/09/openstack-nova-internals-pt2-services.html: a fairly detailed treaty on OpenStack Nova Internals -- pt2 -- Services http://www.sandywalsh.com/2012/09/openstack-nova-internals-pt2-services.html

Upcoming Events

* Help needed to organize the OpenStack devroom for *FOSDEM* 2013 http://markmail.org/message/7ridfk4vgilz7slj * OpenStack China Tour #2 http://hui.csdn.net/MeetingInfo.aspx?MID=135 Sep 22, 2012 -- Shenzen, China Details http://hui.csdn.net/MeetingInfo.aspx?MID=135 * Puppet Master Pulls Deployment Strings with Ease http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-LA/events/79142862/ Sep 27, 2012 -- Los Angeles, CA Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-LA/events/79142862/ * PyCon India 2012 http://in.pycon.org/2012/funnel/pyconindia2012/48-openstack-open-source-software-for-building-private-and-public-clouds-written-in-python, Sept 28-30 -- Bangalore, India, Details http://in.pycon.org/2012/funnel/pyconindia2012/48-openstack-open-source-software-for-building-private-and-public-clouds-written-in-python * OpenStack Summit http://openstack.org/ Oct 15 -- 18, 2012 -- San Diego, CA

Other news

* What's up doc? September 26 2012 http://markmail.org/message/mp7sczuoee2hvwce * OpenStack Project Meeting 2012-09-25: Summary http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2012/project.2012-09-25-21.02.html and full logs http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2012/project.2012-09-25-21.02.log.html.

Chart of the week

Lots more charts are available on Bitergia's report on Folsom http://bitergia.com/public/reports/openstack/2012_09_folsom/index.html and Mark McLoughlin http://openstack.markmail.org/search/list:net%2Elaunchpad%2Elists%2Eopenstack+from:%22Mark+McLoughlin%22 (spelled right this time) github tree https://github.com/markmc/openstack-gitdm/tree/results/folsom.

http://www.openstack.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/distrib_companies_top5-folsom1.jpg

Folsom contributors ecosystem

/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./