Network Function Virtualization -- The Opportunity for OpenStack and Open Source http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2014/10/02/network-function-virtualization-the-opportunity-for-openstack-and-open-source/

This week's launch of OPNFV https://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/09/telcos-mobilizing-to-drive-nfv-adoption/ is a good opportunity to think about a simmering debate in the OpenStack developer community for a while now -- what exactly does NFV have to do with OpenStack, and is it a good thing? Follow Boad Member Mark McLoughlin http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc's journey around NFV.

#1 OpenStack contributor: all of us http://ttx.re/largest-openstack-contributor.html

Thierry Carrez http://ttx.re/ celebrates every little contribution gone into OpenStack. "It doesn't matter who is #1, it matters that we all can contribute, and that we all do contribute. It matters that we keep on making sure everyone can easily contribute. That's what's really important, and I wish we all were celebrating that."

OpenStack Havana End of Upstream Support Lifetime http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-September/000286.html

The OpenStack Havana 2013.2.4 integrated point release[1] last Tuesday, September 23, marks the end of stable support for OpenStack Havana.

The Road To Paris 2014 -- Deadlines and Resources

During the Paris Summit there will be a working session for the Women of OpenStack to frame up more defined goals and line out a blueprint for the group moving forward. We encourage all women in the community to complete this very short survey https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/V39BL7H to provide input for the group.

* 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/ * Upstream Training in Paris: details and signup form http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/08/openstack-upstream-training-in-paris/ (use the waiting list, we go through it) * The official Schedule for the Paris Summit is available https://openstacksummitnovember2014paris.sched.org/

Relevant Conversations

* A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Summit http://hackstack.org/x/blog/2014/10/03/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-summit * The problem space in the big tent http://ttx.re/problem-space-in-the-big-tent.html * On layers http://www.stillhq.com/openstack/kilo/000002.html * Answering the existential question in OpenStack http://www.joinfu.com/2014/09/answering-the-existential-question-in-openstack/

Tips 'n Tricks

* By Adalberto Medeiros http://thoughtsoncloud.com/2014/10/creating-ci-environment-openstack-part-3/: Creating http://oughtsoncloud.com/2014/09/Creatingyour own CI Environment for OpenStack -- Part 1 http://thoughtsoncloud.com/2014/09/creating-continuous-integration-environment-openstack/, Part 2 http://thoughtsoncloud.com/2014/09/creating-continuous-integration-environment-openstack-part-two/ and Part 3 http://thoughtsoncloud.com/2014/10/creating-ci-environment-openstack-part-3/ * By Daniel P. Berrangé https://www.berrange.com/: History of APIs for spawning processes in libvirt without involving the shell https://www.berrange.com/posts/2014/10/02/history-of-apis-for-spawning-processes-in-libvirt-without-involving-the-shell/ and Usage of the libvirt virCommand APIs for process spawning https://www.berrange.com/posts/2014/10/02/usage-of-the-libvirt-vircommand-apis-for-process-spawning/ * By Adam Young http://adam.younglogic.com/: Multiple Signers http://adam.younglogic.com/2014/09/multiple-signers/ and Wherein our hero attempts to build his own OpenStack Keystone RPMs http://adam.younglogic.com/2014/09/wherein-our-hero-attempts-to-build-his-own-openstack-keystone-rpms/ * By Yves Gwenael http://dev.cloudwatt.com/en/blog/site-to-site-openvpn-in-an-opencontrail-subnet.html: Site to Site OpenVPN in an OpenContrail subnet http://dev.cloudwatt.com/en/blog/site-to-site-openvpn-in-an-opencontrail-subnet.html * By dmsimard https://dmsimard.com/2014/09/29/s3ql-a-filesystem-over-http-with-openstack-swift/: S3QL, a filesystem over HTTP with Openstack Swift https://dmsimard.com/2014/09/29/s3ql-a-filesystem-over-http-with-openstack-swift/ and Finding the right Openstack provider https://dmsimard.com/2014/09/28/finding-the-right-openstack-provider/ (or how to use the OpenStack Marketplace) * By Priti_Desai http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/how-configure-and-run-tempest-testing-openstack-keystone-identity-v3-api: How to configure and run Tempest for testing OpenStack Keystone Identity V3 API? http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/how-configure-and-run-tempest-testing-openstack-keystone-identity-v3-api * By Ben Nemec http://blog.nemebean.com/tags/openstack: Debugging Syntax and Import Errors in OpenStack Unit Tests http://blog.nemebean.com/content/debugging-syntax-and-import-errors-openstack-unit-tests * By Stephane Combaudon http://www.percona.com/blog/2014/09/29/mysql-openstack-how-to-overcome-issues-as-your-dataset-grows/: MySQL & OpenStack: How to overcome issues as your dataset grows http://www.percona.com/blog/2014/09/29/mysql-openstack-how-to-overcome-issues-as-your-dataset-grows/ * By 10 http://tesora.com/blog/post-3-replication-and-clustering-%E2%80%93-look-ahead: Post #3: Replication and Clustering -- A Look ahead http://tesora.com/blog/post-3-replication-and-clustering-%E2%80%93-look-ahead * By Lars Kellogg-Stedman http://blog.oddbit.com/: Integrating custom code with Nova using hooks http://blog.oddbit.com/2014/09/27/integrating-custom-code-with-n/

Security Advisories and Notices

* Nova VMware driver still leaks rescued images (CVE-2014-3608) http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-October/000287.html * Cinder-volume host data leak to vm instance (CVE-2014-3641) http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-October/000288.html * Admin-only network attributes may be reset to defaults by non-privileged users (CVE-2014-6414) http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-September/000285.html * [OSSN 0030] Bash 'shellshock' bug can lead to code injection vulnerability http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-September/047289.html * [OSSN 0029] Neutron FWaaS rules lack port restrictions when using protocol 'any' http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-September/047397.html * [OSSN 0028] Nova leaks compute host SMBIOS serial number to guests http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-October/047780.html

Upcoming Events

* Gartner Symposium/ITexpo http://www.gartner.com/technology/symposium/orlando/ Oct 05 - 09, 2014 - Orlando, FL Details http://www.gartner.com/technology/symposium/orlando/ * Telco Cloud World Forum http://northamerica.cloudworldseries.com/ Oct 07 - 09, 2014 - Dallas, TX Details http://northamerica.cloudworldseries.com/ * Network Functions Virtualization http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-France/events/209482752/ Oct 07, 2014 - Paris, FR Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-France/events/209482752/ * CloudOpen / LinuxCon Europe http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudopen-europe Oct 13 - 15, 2014 - Düsseldorf, Germany Details http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudopen-europe * Futurecom http://en.futurecom.com.br/index.php Oct 13 - 16, 2014 - Sao Paolo, Brazil Details http://en.futurecom.com.br/index.php * Colorado Meetup -- CEPH http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Colorado/events/210326972/ Oct 14, 2014 - Fort Collins, CO, US Details http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Colorado/events/210326972/ * ITPro Expo http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/itpexpo/2014/english/ Oct 15 - 17, 2014 - Tokyo, Japan Details http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/itpexpo/2014/english/ * Rakuten Technology Conference http://tech.rakuten.co.jp/ Oct 25, 2014 - Tokyo, Japan Details http://tech.rakuten.co.jp/ * Japan OpenStack User Group Meetup http://openstack.jp/events/20141027.html Oct 27, 2014 - Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP Details http://openstack.jp/events/20141027.html * Open World Forum http://www.openworldforum.org/en/ Oct 30 - Nov 01, 2014 - Paris, France Details http://www.openworldforum.org/en/ * OpenStack Summit November 2014 http://openstack.org/summit Nov 03 - 07, 2014 - Paris, France Details http://openstack.org/summit * USENIX LISA https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14 Nov 09 - 14, 2014 - Seattle, WA Details https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14 * Japan OpenStack User Group Meetup http://openstack.jp/events/20141201.html Dec 01, 2014 - Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP Details http://openstack.jp/events/20141201.html * Gartner Data Center Conference http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/ Dec 02 - 05, 2014 - Las Vegas, NV Details http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/

Other News

* Free passes to CloudOpen EU Dusseldorf available for Booth Volunteers http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/community/2014-October/000903.html * Improving the content of OpenStack wiki http://maffulli.net/2014/10/01/improving-the-content-of-openstack-wiki/ * OpenStack Upstream Training challenges http://dachary.org/?p=3240 * Telcos Mobilizing to Drive NFV Adoption http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/09/telcos-mobilizing-to-drive-nfv-adoption/ * OpenStack Juno Mid-Cycle Policy Summit http://sarob.com/2014/10/openstack-juno-mid-cycle-policy-summit/ * python-congressclient 1.0.0 release! http://blog.aaronorosen.com/python-congressclient-1-0-0-release/ * OpenStack Juno: Continuing Enterprise Maturity http://openstack-superuser.herokuapp.com/articles/openstack-juno-continuing-enterprise-maturity * Blueprints implemented in Nova during Juno http://www.stillhq.com/openstack/juno/000018.html * OpenStack 2014.1.3 released http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-October/000289.html * Release of python-cinderclient 1.1.1 http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-September/000284.html * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-09-30-21.02.html and full logs http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-09-30-21.02.log.html.

Got Answers?

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

* Installing Devstack on Xenserver triggers a urllib3.connectionpool warning, followed by a 409 Conflict: Cannot upload to an unqueued image. https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/50312/installing-devstack-on-xenserver-triggers-a-urllib3connectionpool-warning-followed-by-a-409-conflict-cannot-upload-to-an-unqueued-image/ * Failed to notify nova on events - Specified RPC version cap, 3.0, is too low. Needs to be higher than 3.23. https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/50283/failed-to-notify-nova-on-events-specified-rpc-version-cap-30-is-too-low-needs-to-be-higher-than-323/ * How to add members to image in multi-domain cloud https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/50166/how-to-add-members-to-image-in-multi-domain-cloud/ * Why is openvswitch forwarding arp packets between external and internal bridge? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/50111/why-is-openvswitch-forwarding-arp-packets-between-external-and-internal-bridge/ * Is there a utility to clean up orphaned resources? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/48258/is-there-a-utility-to-clean-up-orphaned-resources/ * Any options to migrate from xenserver/cloudstack to kvm/openstack? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/48103/any-options-to-migrate-from-xenservercloudstack-to-kvmopenstack/ * firewall semantics and connection tracking in Neutron https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/48331/firewall-semantics-and-connection-tracking-in-neutron/ * Is there a utility to clean up orphaned resources? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/48258/is-there-a-utility-to-clean-up-orphaned-resources/ * How to assign the same names to VMs in VCenter and Nova? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/48177/how-to-assign-the-same-names-to-vms-in-vcenter-and-nova/ * How to enable two users to read and write a Swift container with tempauth ACL? https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/47972/how-to-enable-two-users-to-read-and-write-a-swift-container-with-tempauth-acl/

Welcome New Reviewers, Developers and Core Reviewers

Welcome new core reviewers: Andreas Jaeger, Anita Kuno and Sean Dague to project-config-core, http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-September/047480.html James Carey to oslo-i18n-core http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-September/046899.html

Jiri Suchomel http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3b7c1912-78d1-48f2-8174-17dec33bb904 Rico lin http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persone7e0332a-d1ca-454e-8d9e-e112828f916a Jun Hong Li http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personb0369b14-6d94-4e97-8afd-4fe88fb9313a Razumovsky Peter http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person77aef7ba-477f-4553-88a3-26981e350e85 Patrick East http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personbc0e54ba-ae96-408a-8544-78ff799cd755 Nikolay Fedotov http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person8ca1b6f4-9b76-4b22-92af-b46c7d6a688f Johnson koil raj http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person8d337240-aa54-4114-b3bb-d13447a37050 Jake Kitchener http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person45628aec-e17f-462f-9fda-2e1290837e87 Tomas Bezdek http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person5d38b7b7-9df9-46ca-9c3e-c04607b18e59 Aaron Smith http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person444abf4b-ba39-4da4-99e3-12253bc2c547 Alberto Planas http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person088116c0-d458-49c9-b234-1ef348bab713 Paul Karikh http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3a7ad3b8-95dd-465e-ab1a-7f2b28358782 TAHMINA AHMED http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person258bd569-aac0-4dfb-93e3-233f35f5b78c dominik dobruchowski http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person66d0c592-b37a-456a-98ea-08c86e9e6aa9 Mahati http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persone3d8a76d-f9d1-40cf-a182-942c3fd86a43 Kedar http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person6ae0ead4-cf18-45d8-8cb9-acee9006d39e

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