Hi Everyone, I'm reaching out with a quick recap to the recent OpenStack Ops Radio[1] Hour gathering, which we had on February 27th. We covered the following topics: - OpenStack HA architectures with guest attendee Tyler Stachecki + What people mean when they say HA + Tips, tricks and things to look out for when deploying OpenStack in related configurations + Experiences people had with various HA options * Different OpenStack versions across a deployment can cause a problem * Nova metadata service challenges - How to do OpenStack Backups? + People noted that Freezer seems to be dormant + Note about the difference between data protection and full backups - How do people automate their clouds? + Documentation needs to be improved + Ansible came up as something people use (Puppet/OpenVox, and Foreman too) + Infrastructure as Code mindset and approach - Update on Ops Radio Hour Survey results + https://lists.openstack.org/archives/list/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.... If you would like to read and catch up on notes or add agenda items to discuss, you can do so in this etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openstack_ops_radiohour You can find the meeting recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldp7LeCWngA Topics for the next meeting include: - OVN came up as a topic that people were most interested in discussing + Migrating to OVN + OVN practices __The next Ops Radio Hour is scheduled to happen on March 27th, 2026 at 1300UTC.__ What further topics should we add to the agenda? See you on the call on March 27th, 2026! Bets Regards, Ildikó [1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Operations/Meetups

On Feb 25, 2026, at 06:24, Ildiko Vancsa <ildiko.vancsa@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi OpenStack community,

I'm reaching out to you with a friendly reminder that the next OpenStack Ops Radio Hour[1] is scheduled to happen on __February 27th, 2026 at 1300UTC,__ which is this Friday!

The call series is a casual setting for operators, engineers, and contributors to come together, share knowledge, and collaborate on the complexities of managing and deploying OpenStack environments.

We have a packed agenda for this call: - OpenStack HA architectures with guest attendee Tyler Stachecki - How to do OpenStack Backups? - How do people automate their clouds? - Update on Ops Radio Hour Survey results

If you have further topics you would like to dive into during the call, please add them to this etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openstack_ops_radiohour

A few reminders: - The group on the call agreed to try out Matrix as a chat platform for more synchronous communication outside calls + You can access the Matrix room here: https://matrix.to/#/#openstack-ops:opendev.org<https://matrix.to/#/%23openstack-ops:opendev.org> <https://matrix.to/#/%23openstack-ops:opendev.org%3Chttps://matrix.to/%23/%2523openstack-ops:opendev.org%3E> + Further details are here: https://lists.openstack.org/archives/list/openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.... - If you would like to read and catch up on notes from previous calls, you can find them in this etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openstack_ops_radiohour

See you on the call on February 27th!

Bets Regards, Ildikó

[1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Operations/Meetups