Open Stack

    Highlights of the week


      Introducing the OpenStack Activity Board
      <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/04/introducing-the-openstack-activity-board/>

I am pleased to announce that a beta release of the OpenStack Activity 
Board (beta) <http://activity.openstack.org/data/> is now live. The 
development Activity Board announced few months ago 
<http://www.openstack.org/blog/2012/09/providing-a-unified-view-of-openstack-projects/> 
provides a visual overview of all the OpenStack public activity of 
community members across multiple dimensions: contributors and 
organizations, projects and tools. From a single interface, you can 
easily surf OpenStack project content, whether it is coming from the 
LaunchPad bug tracker, Git or Gerrit, all mapped against the OpenStack 
Foundation members database. Join the session at the Summit 
<http://openstacksummitapril2013.sched.org/event/ebbf37e343246e0b80bf99540a0c8d86> 
to learn more and give feedback.


      The need for releases
      <http://fnords.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/the-need-for-releases/>

The beginning of a new release cycle is as good as any moment to 
question why we actually go through the hassle of producing OpenStack 
releases. Twice per year 
<https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Release_Cycle>, on a precise date we 
announce 6 months in advance, we bless and publish source code tarballs 
of the various integrated projects in OpenStack. Every week we have a 
meeting <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Meetings/ProjectMeeting> that 
tracks our progress toward this common goal. Read Thierry’s post if you 
want to know why.


      International Community Forum – Wednesday April 17 3.40pm in A105
      <http://openstacksummitapril2013.sched.org/event/e45f299aad360fea432241f9b6067eca#.UWaWlrXLo2w>

If you are travelling to the OpenStack Summit from afar, we are holding 
an International Forum where we would like you to come along with your 
answer to the following question, “What’s an important, unique and 
interesting thing about OpenStack in my country”. The aim of the session 
is to share the answers so that we all might learn and gather new ideas 
for the improvement of the OpenStack community around the world!” It 
will be great to see just how many countries we can see represented in 
the one room, and a great opportunity for international networking.


      Understanding nova-conductor in OpenStack Nova
      <http://cloudystuffhappens.blogspot.com/2013/04/understanding-nova-conductor-in.html>

Nova conductor is a new service in Nova introduced in the Grizzly 
release. It as one of the top three changes in Nova in the Grizzly 
cycle, along with bare metal provisioning and cell. In this article, Yun 
Mao <http://cloudystuffhappens.blogspot.com/search/label/openstack> 
discusses its pros and cons to help you understand it better.


      OpenStack Networking, use of “Quantum”
      <http://markmail.org/message/w37tv4bgzxld7x4a>

We have to phase out the trademark or attention getting use of the code 
name “Quantum” when referring to the the OpenStack Networking project, 
as part of a legal agreement with Quantum Corporation, the owner of the 
“Quantum” trademark. The Board of Directors and Technical Committee 
members involved in Networking related development and documentation 
were notified so we could start working to remove “Quantum” from public 
references.

At the summit we have a session scheduled to talk about project names 
generally and the path forward for OpenStack Networking specifically. 
For instance, in places where there is a need for something shorter, 
such as the CLI, we could come up with a new code name or use something 
more descriptive like “os-network.” This is a question it probably makes 
sense to look at across projects at the same time. If you have input on 
this, please come participate in the session Thursday April 18 at 
4:10pm: 
http://openstacksummitapril2013.sched.org/event/95df68f88b519a3e4981ed9da7cd1de5#.UWWOZBnR16A


    Tips and Tricks

  * By Andreas Jaeger
    <http://jaegerandi.blogspot.com/search/label/OpenStack>: Chef and
    Crowbar for setting up OpenStack clouds – with openSUSE and SUSE
    Cloud
    <http://jaegerandi.blogspot.com/2013/04/chef-and-crowbar-for-setting-up.html>
  * By Mirantis <http://www.mirantis.com/>: Guest Post: Offloading CPU
    data traffic in OpenStack cloud with iSCSI over RDMA
    <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/offloading-cpu-data-traffic-in-openstack-cloud-iscsi-over-rdma/>
  * By Xlcloud <http://xlcloud.org/bin/view/Blog/OpenStack>: Devstack
    with OpenStack Networking in a multi-node configuration
    <http://xlcloud.org/bin/view/Blog/Devstack+with+Quantum+in+a+multi-node+configuration?language=en>
  * By Sébastien Han <http://sebastien-han.fr/>: Openstack: quickly fix
    mirrored queues errors
    <http://sebastien-han.fr/blog/2013/04/09/openstack-quickly-fix-mirrored-queues-errors/>
  * By Spilgames Engineering <http://engineering.spilgames.com/>:
    OpenStack with Open vSwitch and Networking (Folsom) on Scientific
    Linux
    <http://engineering.spilgames.com/openstack-with-open-vswitch-on-scientific-linux/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=openstack-with-open-vswitch-on-scientific-linux>
  * By Michael Still <http://www.stillhq.com/>: Faster pip installs
    <http://www.stillhq.com/openstack/tips/000001.html>
  * By Yun Mao
    <http://cloudystuffhappens.blogspot.com/search/label/openstack>: How
    to run pylint with few false positives
    <http://cloudystuffhappens.blogspot.com/2013/04/how-to-run-pylint-with-few-false.html>
  * By Kashyap Chamarthy <http://kashyapc.wordpress.com/>: Finding
    serial console log of a nova instance
    <http://kashyapc.wordpress.com/2013/04/06/finding-serial-console-log-of-a-nova-instance/>


    Upcoming Events

  * OpenStack Summit April 2013
    <http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/> Apr 15 – 18, 2013 –
    Portland, OR Details <http://www.openstack.org/summit/portland-2013/>
  * Beers / Summit Debrief / Internally Promoting OpenStack
    <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108730682/> Apr
    24, 2013 – Chicago, IL Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108730682/>
  * OpenStack meeting in Cologne
    <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/108876542/> May 04,
    2013 – Cologne, Germany Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-DACH/events/108876542/>
  * OpenStack DACH Day
    <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10526716.htm> May 24,
    2013 – Berlin Fairgrounds Details
    <http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10526716.htm>
  * OpenStack Israel <http://www.meetup.com/IGTCloud/events/99146542/>
    May 27, 2013 – Tel-Aviv, Israel Details
    <http://www.openstack-israel.org/>
  * OpenStack CEE Day <http://www.openstack.org/> May 29, 2013 –
    Budapest Details <http://www.openstack.org/>
  * Building an OpenStack Cloud
    <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108731562/> May
    30, 2013 – Chicago, IL Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/events/108731562/>
  * OpenStack meeting in Munich
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/109700562/> Jun 11, 2013
    – Munich, Germany Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack-de/events/109700562/>
  * GigaOM Structure <http://event.gigaom.com/structure/> Jun 19 – 20,
    2013 – San Francisco, CA Details <http://event.gigaom.com/structure/>
  * OSCON 2013 <http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013> Jul 22 – 26, 2013 –
    Portland, OR Details <http://www.oscon.com/oscon2013>


    Other News

  * OpenStack Board of Directors Talks: Episode 9 with Alan Clark,
    Chairman of the Board <http://rafstack.tumblr.com/post/47690655131>
  * OpenStack Board of Directors Talks: Episode 8 with Lew Tucker,
    VP/CTO Cloud Computing at Cisco Systems
    <http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/b/techcenter/archive/2013/04/10/openstack-bo>

  * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary
    <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-04-09-21.02.html>
    and full logs
    <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-04-09-21.02.log.html>


    Got answers?

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

  * How to upgrade from Folsom to Grizzly?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/question/191/how-to-upgrade-from-folsom-to-grizzly/>
  * Are there any video tutorials for setting up a Horizon development
    environment?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/question/42/are-there-any-video-tutorials-for-setting-up-a-horizon-development-environment/>
  * How do I assign multiple networks to a tenant?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/question/151/how-do-i-assign-multiple-networks-to-a-tenant/>
  * Why do I get “Timed out” error when trying to create a glance image?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/question/43/why-do-i-get-timed-out-error-when-trying-to-create-a-glance-image/>
  * Any insight/resources/examples/suggestions of how to design
    applications to take advantage of the openstack platform?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/question/51/any-insightresourcesexamplessuggestions-of-how-to-design-applications-to-take-advantage-of-the-openstack-platform/>

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