OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (July 11 – 18)
DefCore Update: Input Request for Havana Capabilities http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/07/defcore-update-input-request-for-havana-capabilities/
As part of our community’s commitment to interoperability, the OpenStack Board of Directors has been working to make sure that “downstream” OpenStack-branded commercial products offer the same baseline functionality and include the same upstream, community-developed code. The work to define these required core capabilities and code has been led by the DefCore Committee co-chaired by Rob Hirschfeld (his DefCore blog http://robhirschfeld.com/?s=defcore&submit=Search) and Joshua McKenty (his post http://www.pistoncloud.com/2014/05/openstack-defcore-review-time/). You can read more about the committee history and rationale in Mark Collier’s blog post http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/01/openstack-commitment-to-interoperability/. The next deadlines are: OSCON on July 21, 11:30 am PDT http://www.oscon.com/oscon2014/public/schedule/detail/37014 and the Board Meeting on July 22nd.
And the K cycle will be named… Kilo ! http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/2014-July/008447.html
The results of the poll are just in, and the winner proposal is “Kilo”. “k” is the unit symbol for “kilo”, a SI unit prefix (derived from the Greek word ?????? which means “thousand”). “Kilo” is often used as a shorthand for “kilogram”, and the kilogram is the last SI base unit to be tied to a reference artifact (stored near Paris in the Pavillon de Breteuil in Sèvres).
Five Days + Twelve Writers + One Book Sprint = One Excellent Book on OpenStack Architecture http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/07/five-days-twelve-writers-one-book-sprint-one-excellent-book-on-openstack-architecture/
Adozen OpenStack experts and writers from companies across the OpenStack ecosystem gathered at VMware’s Palo Alto campus for the OpenStack Architecture Design Guide book sprint. The intent was to deliver a completed book aimed architects and evaluators, on designing OpenStack clouds — in just five days.
Only developers should file specifications and blueprints http://maffulli.net/2014/07/14/only-developers-should-file-specifications-and-blueprints/
If you try to solve a problem with the wrong tool you’re likely going to have a frustrating experience. OpenStack developersuse blueprints define the roadmap for the various projects, the specifications attached to a blueprint are used to discuss the implementation details before code is submitted for review. Operators and users in general don’t need to dive in the details of how OpenStack developers organize their work and definitely should never be asked to use tools designed for and by developers.
Third Party CI group formation and minutes
At this week’s meeting the Third-Party group continues to discuss documentation patches, including a new terminology proposal, as well as CI system naming, logging and test timing. There was also a summary review of the current state of Neutron driver CI rollout. Anyone deploying a third-party test system or interested in easing third-party involvement is welcome to attend the meetings. Minutes of ThirdParty meetings https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Meetings/ThirdPartyare carefully logged.
The Road To Paris 2014 – Deadlines and Resources
* Call for Speakers now OPEN – November Summit in Paris http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/07/call-for-speakers-now-open-november-summit-in-paris/ * Applications for Travel Support Program are open until August 18th https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Travel_Support_Program * Request an invitation letter for VISA https://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-paris-summit-2014/visa-information/
* Reserve hotel rooms https://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-paris-summit-2014/hotels/
Security Advisories and Notices
* [OSSA 2014-024] Use of non-constant time comparison operation (CVE-2014-3517) http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-July/000253.html
Tips ‘n Tricks
* By Cody Bunch http://openstack.prov12n.com/: USB Key Duplication on OSX on the Cheap http://openstack.prov12n.com/usb-key-duplication-on-osx-on-the-cheap/ (only marginally about OpenStack but neat) * By Manishanker Talusani http://manishankert.blogspot.com/search/label/openstack: How to contribute to Openstack http://manishankert.blogspot.com/2014/05/how-to-contribute-to-openstack.html * By Kevin Jackson http://www.rackspace.com/blog/inside-my-home-rackspace-private-cloud-openstack-lab-part-7-lbaas/: Inside My Home Rackspace Private Cloud, OpenStack Lab, Part 7: LBaaS http://www.rackspace.com/blog/inside-my-home-rackspace-private-cloud-openstack-lab-part-7-lbaas/
Upcoming Events
* 4th Birthday OpenStack Beijing http://www.meetup.com/China-OpenStack-User-Group/events/191144122/ Jul 19, 2014 – Beijing, Beijing, CN Details http://www.meetup.com/China-OpenStack-User-Group/events/191144122/ * OpenStack 4th Birthday Party http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Russia/events/190197102/ Jul 19, 2014 – Moscow, Russia Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Russia/events/190197102/ * OpenStack 4th Birthday Party https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4to-aniversario-de-openstack-y-3er-encuentro-de-la-comunidad-en-venezuela-tickets-12116630167 Jul 19, 2014 – Caracas, Venezuela Details https://www.eventbrite.com/e/4to-aniversario-de-openstack-y-3er-encuentro-de-la-comunidad-en-venezuela-tickets-12116630167 * OSCON http://www.oscon.com/oscon2014 Jul 20 – 24, 2014 – Portland, Oregon Details http://www.oscon.com/oscon2014 * OpenStack 4th Birthday Party http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/188059912/ Jul 20, 2014 – Mumbai, India Details http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/188059912/ * Minnesota OpenStack Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Minnesota-OpenStack-Meetup/ Jul 21, 2014 – MinneapolisSt. Paul, Minnesota, US Details http://www.meetup.com/Minnesota-OpenStack-Meetup/ * OpenStack Tutorial and 4th Birthday Party http://sciencecloud-community.cs.tu.ac.th/?p=102 Jul 21 – 23, 2014 – Thailand Details http://sciencecloud-community.cs.tu.ac.th/?p=102 * The Fifth Elephant 2014 https://fifthelephant.in/2014 Jul 23 – 26, 2014 – Bangalore, Karnataka, IN Details https://fifthelephant.in/2014 * OpenStack 4th Anniversary – Munich http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/187306792/ Jul 23, 2014 – Munich, DE Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/187306792/ * OpenStack 4th Birthday Party http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Seattle/events/173809092/ Jul 24, 2014 – Seattle, WA Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Seattle/events/173809092/ * OpenStack 4th Birthday Party http://www.meetup.com/Triangle-OpenStack-Meetup/events/188128342/ Jul 24, 2014 – Triangle, North Carolina Details http://www.meetup.com/Triangle-OpenStack-Meetup/events/188128342/ * Openstack Brazil Day / 4th Birthday http://openstackbr.com.br/eventos/openstack-brasil-day/ Jul 26, 2014 – Porto Alegre, RS, BR Details http://openstackbr.com.br/eventos/openstack-brasil-day/ * OpenStack 4th Anniversary-Frankfurt http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/187307832/ Jul 28, 2014 – Frankfurt, DE Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/187307832/ * OpenStack 4th Anniversary – Berlin http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/187308322/ Jul 29, 2014 – Berlin, DE Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/187308322/ * OpenStack 4th BIrthday Party http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Nairobi/events/184903312/ Jul 29, 2014 – Nairobi, Kenya Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Nairobi/events/184903312/ * OpenStack miniconf at PyCon AU http://openstack.pycon-au.org/ Aug 01 – 05, 2014 – Brisbane, Queensland, AU Details http://openstack.pycon-au.org/ * SFBay Meetup – Beginner track http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/150932532/ Aug 07, 2014 – Sunnyvale, CA Details http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/150932532/ * OpenStack workshop at Fedora Flock http://flock2014.sched.org/event/1d4b19e447ef9c55207791db8e8b1307#.U4_kH66VOwM Aug 09, 2014 – Prague, Czech Republic, CZ Details http://flock2014.sched.org/event/1d4b19e447ef9c55207791db8e8b1307#.U4_kH66VOwM * Serviceability, Swift and OpenStack http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-Boston/events/189349082/ Aug 14, 2014 – Boston, MA, US Details http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-Boston/events/189349082/ * OpenStack Trove Day http://www.tesora.com/event/openstack-trove-day Aug 19, 2014 – Cambridge, MA, US Details http://www.tesora.com/event/openstack-trove-day * CloudOpen North America http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudopen-north-america Aug 20 – 22, 2014 – Chicago, IL Details http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudopen-north-america * OpenStack Silicon Valley http://openstacksv.com/ Sep 16, 2014 – Mountain View, CA, US Details http://openstacksv.com/ * OpenStack Conference Benelux 2014 http://www.openstack.nl/OpenStack_Benelux_2014 Sep 19, 2014 – Bussum, The Netherlands Details http://www.openstack.nl/OpenStack_Benelux_2014 * OpenStack Summit November 2014 http://openstack.org/summit Nov 03 – 07, 2014 – Paris, France Details http://openstack.org/summit
Other News
* OpenStack DefCore Review [interview by Jason Baker] http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/07/16/openstack-defcore-review-interview-by-jason-baker/ * How DreamHost is reinventing itself with OpenStack http://www.dreamhost.com/dreamscape/2014/07/16/how-dreamhost-is-reinventing-itself-with-openstack/ * Widening the Engagement of the Hidden OpenStack Influencers http://sarob.com/2014/07/widening-the-engagement-of-the-hidden-openstack-influencers/ * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-07-01-21.04.html and full logs http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-07-01-21.04.log.html.
Got Answers?
Ask OpenStack https://ask.openstack.org/ is the go-to destination for OpenStack users. Interesting questions waiting for answers:
* User role association to tenant fails from dashboard with LDAP backend? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/43020/user-role-association-to-tenant-fails-from-dashboard-with-ldap-backend/ * Deleting Network with Python httplib2 doesn’t work? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/42881/deleting-network-with-python-httplib2-doesnt-work/ * Neutron floating IPs bounded to specific hosts https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/42882/neutron-floating-ips-bounded-to-specific-hosts/ * Icehouse: How to create a bootable snapshot from a running instance https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/42804/icehouse-how-to-create-a-bootable-snapshot-from-a-running-instance/
Welcome New Reviewers and Developers
Will Foster http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person039398b9-6e8e-4abf-9ebe-9b572f67709d zhangtralon http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personae9ec4e8-9bbb-4a42-9d7a-3ab97087033b
Walter Heck http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personf6ee577c-4281-4d27-8c7c-fc1bf02aa714 Gael Chamoulaud http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person0000b9ce-ac1e-4f86-92cd-5565427d5542
Mithil Arun http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person6f700eb1-7c22-48cf-805f-d640686d639b Fabrizio Fresco http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personea1ddb60-9bdd-458c-9d9d-6d003205d739
Kieran Forde http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person9352dd7e-3669-43f3-9672-b10f8b383407 badveli_vishnuus http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personc311f4b0-a793-4411-8617-bfa8cf0f0846
JJ Asghar http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personcefd7b7a-db53-4cb8-af13-327a5c2bdec3 Ryan Lucio http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person08995c7e-37f9-4698-9b20-72f93ae239ed
Gilles Dubreuil http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person106ce4d2-28fa-4ebf-bfe2-3058daccd081 Martin Falatic http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personfb1cd90e-e0c3-451b-bf52-aaf34e9a9bbb
Emily Hugenbruch http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persona9e0d3af-7b1c-46a6-8db6-c210e69227f5 Bryan Jones http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persone43e5d88-a095-4cf7-9338-1cebaecd475a
Christian Hofstädtler http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person49a1bef7-b510-488c-a919-1673fae30e78 Tri Hoang Vo http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person2050c184-a44c-4894-a943-a4218446b2b3
Steven Hillman http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person34805a53-1afe-4631-b6d0-06a77fc85d64 Ryan Rossiter http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person4efe4284-63dd-447c-bee6-7ee94709f380
Rajesh Tailor http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person5bec4ea6-d715-4523-b8c7-e1c07db7dd7d Mohit http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person7f3b71d3-3993-4df0-ba1a-4717209f9a8b
akash http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3ac2d589-f2bc-49cb-a39d-acf5e90d2e05 Tushar Katarki http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person37c98a3e-38ab-4eec-8a12-6907731e65c4
Rajini Ram http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person1afb508d-1c76-4b5f-b914-068525700a65 Pawel Skowron http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person0cd5e180-a2d6-4ad5-ae95-470e1933176b
Pawel Skowron http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person0cd5e180-a2d6-4ad5-ae95-470e1933176b Karthik Natarajan http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persone0b6dc98-cf6f-4cc0-92a6-c3ec87718432
Abhishek L http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person145faa01-046e-48ba-afbb-c8e98f0c0852 Ryan Brown http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person7a9bb240-d06f-4a65-bdff-f64b7380630f
takehirokaneko http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person5b34a533-b48b-44a5-9796-d39375899508 Keith Basil http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person2f58cb47-5758-47da-9f26-ee0ec08fcc82
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://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/swift * 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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