OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Mar 21 – 28)
OpenStack Summit May 2014 Schedule & Registration Deadlines http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/03/openstack-summit-may-2014-schedule-registration-deadlines/
****The official Summit agenda is now live* http://openstacksummitmay2014atlanta.sched.org/. *Adjustments, edits, additions to the schedule may be made between now and the Summit. Continue to visit the site for updates. *March 28* is the last day to save 50% off the full price and register for the Summit at the discounted Early Bird rate. Don’t miss out – *prices will increase on March 29*. *Register now. https://openstacksummitmay2014.eventbrite.co.uk/*
Running a Baseline Usability Test on Horizon http://uxd-stackabledesign.rhcloud.com/?p=102
Over the last few months, a group of folks from multiple companies has been doing research around building a set of Personas https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Personas#The_OpenStack_Personas_Working_Group to present at the Atlanta Summit. Liz Blanchard http://uxd-stackabledesign.rhcloud.com/ wrote up the results of the first usability testing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability_testing on the most recent (Icehouse) version of the OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon).
The road to Juno Summit – Atlanta 2014
* *Redeem* *your invite code NOW **or pay extra to join the Summit*! Check your inbox and spam folder if you contributed code before March 3^rd for your invitation. * No more batch invites will be sent. * Applying for Visa? Looking for accommodation in Atlanta? Visit http://openstack.org/summit * Check the official agenda http://openstacksummitmay2014atlanta.sched.org/
How to Build OpenStack Docs and Contributors through Community http://justwriteclick.com/2014/03/21/how-to-build-openstack-docs-and-contributors-through-community/
Anne Gentle http://justwriteclick.com/ lays the ground for the discussions to be held in Atlanta: collaborate on a request for proposals for a new front-end design for our documentation that can help us make changes to how docs are authored. Also, how to enable non-CLA contributors to the docs. Read more about our Docs team, how it manages to work upstream and coordinate work across continents.
Security Advisories and Notices
* [OSSA 2014-007] Potential context confusion in Keystone middleware (CVE-2014-0105) http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-March/000211.html * [OSSA 2014-008] Routers can be cross plugged by other tenants (CVE-2014-0056) http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-March/000212.html * [OSSA 2014-009] Nova host data leak to vm instance in rescue mode (CVE-2014-0134) http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-March/000213.html * [OSSN] DoS style attack on noVNC server can lead to service interruption or disruption http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-March/029465.html
Tips ‘n Tricks
* By Matt Fischer http://www.mattfischer.com/blog: Keystone: User Enabled Emulation Can Lead to Bad Performance http://www.mattfischer.com/blog/?p=561 * By Ben Nemec http://blog.nemebean.com/tags/openstack: Using pypi-mirror with devtest http://blog.nemebean.com/content/using-pypi-mirror-devtest
Upcoming Events
* Open Source Festival http://ocs.opensourcefestival.org/index.php/osf/osf14 Mar 29, 2014 – University at Albany, NY Details http://ocs.opensourcefestival.org/index.php/osf/osf14 * 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 * OpenStack Today at the Percona Live MySQL Conference http://www.percona.com/live/mysql-conference-2014/program/open-source-appreciation-day/openstack-today Mar 31, 2014 – Santa Clara, CA Details http://www.percona.com/live/mysql-conference-2014/program/open-source-appreciation-day/openstack-today * OpenStack for fools http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-London/events/170441862/ Apr 01, 2014 – London, United Kingdom Details http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-London/events/170441862/ * World Hosting Days http://www.worldhostingdays.com/eng/Apr 01 – 03, 2014 – Rust, Germany Details http://www.worldhostingdays.com/eng/ * SFBay Meetup – Beginner track http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227592/ Apr 03, 2014 – Sunnyvale, CA Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227592/ * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ Apr 03, 2014 – Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ * OpenStack Nordics Meetup http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Nordics/events/164823202/ Apr 03, 2014 – Stockholm, Sweden Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Nordics/events/164823202/ * PyCon https://us.pycon.org/2014/ Apr 09 – 17, 2014 – Montreal, Canada Details https://us.pycon.org/2014/ * OpenStack Boston Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-Boston/events/170459582/ Apr 09, 2014 – Boston, MA Details http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-Boston/events/170459582/ * OpenStack India Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/173478572/ Apr 12, 2014 – Mumbai, India Details http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/173478572/ * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ Apr 17, 2014 – Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ * OpenStack Day Mexico https://openstackdaylatam.com/?lang=en Apr 29, 2014 – Mexico City, Mexico Details https://openstackdaylatam.com/?lang=en * SFBay Meetup – Beginner track http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227622/ May 01, 2014 – Sunnyvale, CA Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227622/ * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ May 01, 2014 – Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/ * OpenStack DACH Day at LinuxTag 2014 http://www.linuxtag.org/2014/en/#openstack May 09, 2014 – Berlin, Germany Details http://www.linuxtag.org/2014/en/#openstack
Other News
* Nominations for OpenStack PTLs (Program Technical Leads) are now open http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-March/031239.html * Updates to Juno blueprint review process http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-March/030576.html * Open Mic Spotlight: Sascha Peilicke http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/03/open-mic-spotlight-sascha-peilicke/ * Horizon is translated to German for OpenStack Icehouse! http://jaegerandi.blogspot.com/2014/03/horizon-is-translated-to-german-for.html * Explosive OpenStack growth at the Percona Live MySQL Conference & Expo http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2014/03/26/explosive-openstack-growth-percona-live-mysql-conference-expo/ * A sneak peek of OpenStack Icehouse http://opensource.com/14/3/sneak-peek-openstack-icehouse * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-03-25-21.01.html and full logs http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-03-25-21.01.log.html
Got Answers?
Ask OpenStack https://ask.openstack.org/ is the go-to destination for OpenStack users. Interesting questions waiting for answers:
* What are the best practices to bulk load data via REST API? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/26019/what-are-the-best-practices-to-bulk-load-data-via-rest-api/ * Multiple L3 agents affect each other’s namespace https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/25924/multiple-l3-agents-affect-each-others-namespace/ * does Heat templates follow Pure Tosca specification? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/25881/does-heat-templates-follow-pure-tosca-specification/ * Openstack Neutron stability problems with OpenVSwitch https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/25947/openstack-neutron-stability-problems-with-openvswitch/ * How to setup neutron with provider network? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/25916/how-to-setup-neutron-with-provider-network/ * HA: neutron-server not able to connect with virtualIP https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/25869/ha-neutron-server-not-able-to-connect-with-virtualip/ * apparmor blocking live snapshot creation. https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/25692/apparmor-blocking-live-snapshot-creation/
Welcome New Reviewers and Developers
Joseph Robinson http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personc83f7963-042d-4c49-8c1e-b8da72752a17 renminmin http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personb1e8e880-b6a9-4ca4-aeb4-e5aec4a967ad
Micha? Jastrze;bski http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person06d9594f-a4b6-480b-889e-89821a1984f4 Longgeek http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personf4b5439a-b4a8-4513-a46f-907b8c6fc9cd
Erlon R. Cruz http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person74402742-bae1-43c6-ad04-8764cd3bb8df Thom Leggett http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person407b515c-22c7-49d7-bd89-e1b495ff780e
Uros Jovanovic http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person560b3e7b-3e59-46b9-9a48-fbab6d138302 Micha? Jastrze;bski http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person06d9594f-a4b6-480b-889e-89821a1984f4
Thom Leggett http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person407b515c-22c7-49d7-bd89-e1b495ff780e Hareesh Puthalath http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3298f060-7361-4032-a0ca-02192844f225
Kazutaka Morita http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person8af39043-e0af-46f9-a42a-715559090637 Emmet Hikory http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personfa1db42b-f0e2-464c-9475-2d9be9a1a649
Chris Friesen http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personf4fc94ce-d785-448c-b41d-ce68c11dffc9 Ryan Hallisey http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person295e38e7-0f21-434d-b643-e5627881a654
Luigi Toscano http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persona81166e4-2360-418c-bb87-1ace8415d67f Zhang Gong http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person434daf71-18d7-4b4d-8d37-13dc80b76b4c
Longgeek http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personf4b5439a-b4a8-4513-a46f-907b8c6fc9cd Vlad Naboichenko http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person58cfb0ce-f523-4e9e-bccc-027fec025fe0
Joseph Matthew Ching http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person61f7ade2-80b6-4453-ae79-44c8c21baccf Steven DuChene http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person7a7acf38-3094-4628-92ee-26582a174a40
Jeff Applewhite http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persond9791a43-3a61-4136-858e-1420363788b5 Sergey Gotliv http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person2a7c7e6b-2fd1-4c95-9ea8-aa43f328fabf
Zhang Gong http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person434daf71-18d7-4b4d-8d37-13dc80b76b4c Marco Morais http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person1c69b131-ed49-4ccd-8944-f28352df5be4
Therese McHale http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personb1fccc45-9aba-4a3d-8f02-486bd4dca709 Luis Fernandez http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person4e21f32a-4290-4d22-afd3-33da65697e02
Allison Randal http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person601c1996-7a9a-4541-9965-30c7420148d8 Jason Kincl http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personfa79dd2b-efa8-4ae2-a27c-2403097b53cd
Aleksey Chuprin http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personc5500677-5973-4128-9cc6-f817d6dbb034 Steven Gonzales http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person84275bb5-a6ed-4f05-9535-d81bee3a6d00
Ricardo Carrillo Cruz http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person0588a86f-a1eb-4b69-a329-4dad3fd1c0a2 Sergey Murashov http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persone78bdce0-89ee-4aa2-bed7-5554c4416571
Jay Faulkner http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person9fc3aa0e-6200-4c09-a788-decdd823fedd Michael Elder http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personc71ec76d-070b-4e77-9f57-0a6cc5934bbd
Svechnikov Artur http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person15125296-6586-4993-8d3a-1a69f8689e44 Christian Huebner http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person833479b3-8b24-40dc-8943-856a79095463
Alon Marx http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3645c41d-5e63-4e42-b107-7b92d465e5e8 Chad Lung http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person8f75e686-358f-460a-a1c8-52b883b3911c
lirenke http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personb8476c1c-22c4-4813-8af8-349ef10ddd77 Alexei Vinogradov http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personb461ec80-9542-40d2-9d0c-fe6f3959dbe1
Brandon Logan http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person90908f5f-7758-4072-bf77-6d97edab9a41 Feng Xi Yan http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persona3d63ca7-a337-442c-b702-0508871099d5
Jeremiah Patterson http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persona7058ba0-e084-4500-9f23-a765e0f06993
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 * Data Processing (Sahara) http://stackalytics.com/?release=icehouse&metric=commits&project_type=openstack&module=sahara-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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Stefano Maffulli