Hi Everyone, I'm reaching out with a quick recap to the recent OpenStack Ops Radio[1] Hour gathering, which we had on January 23rd. We covered the following topics: - 2026 plans + Keep on doing Ops Radio Hour! + Companies' plans with OpenStack for the year - Ops Radio Hour Survey draft review + The group is preparing to launch a survey to understand * what channels work best for people to discover the call series * Find the best time slots for the gatherings, and maybe do alternating time slots + Look out for the new survey to be available shortly!! - Cinder Ops complexities + We had this on the agenda, but the person who proposed it didn't attend the meeting + If this was your topic, please add it to the agenda again for the next call! - How to deploy an OpenStack cluster with HA? + The group covered things like load balancing and storage solutions + The group noted it's more challenging to run OpenStack services, like Neutron and Cinder, in HA - Documentation + The group brainstormed on topic areas that are missing or could be improved in the OpenStack Docs, including guidance on HA configurations + One of the attendees brought up that the OpenStack Docs are hard to navigate for an operator who's new to the platform * The group also covered how to contribute to OpenStack, including improving the docuemntation 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=A6c99srBp0Q Topics for the next meeting include: - 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 __The next Ops Radio Hour is scheduled to happen on February 27th, 2026 at 1300UTC.__ What further topics should we add to the agenda? See you on the call on February 27th, 2026! Bets Regards, Ildikó [1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Operations/Meetups

On Jan 23, 2026, at 05:04, Ildiko Vancsa <ildiko.vancsa@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi All,

Ops Radio Hour is now running: https://meetpad.opendev.org/openstack_ops_radiohour

See you there!

Best Regards, Ildikò

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On Jan 13, 2026, at 18:48, Ildiko Vancsa <ildiko.vancsa@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi OpenStack community,

I'm reaching out to you with a friendly reminder that the first OpenStack Ops Radio Hour[1] in 2026 is scheduled to happen on __January 23rd, 2026 at 1300UTC,__ which is next 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.

Topics for this call: - Plans for 2026 - Ops Radio Hour Survey draft: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/openstack_ops_radiohour_survey

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 January 23rd!

Bets Regards, Ildikó

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