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Hi,

We had our first sprint day to improve the Upstream training material and we have still three to go.

We started to work on both the 'Common items' and 'Code contribution' parts and besides this we started to improve the infrastructure as well like switching to another IRC channel with the training and having a sandbox Launchpad project.

The list of open reviews is the following:

* Remove rejoin-stack.sh from the Devstack slides: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/366316/
* Improvements to the contribution process section: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/366255/
* New introduction block: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/366893/

* Add #openstack-101 to meetbot channels: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/367005/


The upcoming sprint days are:

* Sept 12-13/Monday-Tuesday
* Sept 16/Friday

The sprint details can be found on the following wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/VirtualSprints#Upstream_training_Sprint

The main blocks in focus for the sprint days:

* Common items: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/upstream-uni-common-items (coordinated by Ildiko Vancsa, ildikov)
* Code contribution: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/upstream-uni-code-contribution (coordinated by Kendall Nelson, diablo_rojo)

I would like to also kindly ask the training-guides project core reviewers to check the open reviews until the Summit more frequently to ensure we have the desired progress with updating the material.

Thanks and Best Regards,
Ildikó


> On 05 Sep 2016, at 12:57, Ildiko Vancsa <ildiko.vancsa at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On the today’s meeting we decided to go with two large modules for the virtual sprint days:
> 
> * Common items: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/upstream-uni-common-items (coordinated by Ildiko Vancsa, ildikov)
> * Code contribution: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/upstream-uni-code-contribution (coordinated by Kendall Nelson, diablo_rojo)
> 
> We can add more items later if we finished before the end of the sprint.
> 
> We did not specify any specific time slots yet for the days so on Tuesday (Sept 6) everyone will work in their own time zone and we will collaborate on #openstack-sprint or the Google Hangouts meeting added to the wiki in the overlapping hours. We can pick specific slots for the upcoming days if needed.
> 
> Those who signed up for the sprint will work on either of the above main items. The common items module covers several areas that already has slides prepared. The preference is to update the already existing material rather than creating new ones. First we would like to have the updated material up and then decide about the final structure of the training. And as usual, more hands are needed, please join us if you would like to help out! :)
> 
> If you have any questions or comments please reply to this thread or jump on IRC tomorrow or any of the sprint dates and participate in the sprint. :)
> 
> Thanks and Best Regards,
> Ildikó
> 
> 
>> On 04 Sep 2016, at 22:32, Ildiko Vancsa <ildiko.vancsa at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I added the most popular slots from our poll to the Virtual sprints wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/VirtualSprints#Upstream_training_Sprint
>> 
>> I added there the #openstack-sprint IRC channel and also a Google Hangouts link to ensure we have all the possibilities to chat.
>> 
>> There are a few etherpads for the different modules already in the main one that we can use during the sprint slots. We can also add there open reviews for the different blocks, that might makes it easier to coordinate our efforts.
>> 
>> Please let me know if you ave any questions or comments.
>> 
>> See you on the meeting tomorrow at 1700UTC on #openstack-meeting!
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> Ildikó
>> 
>>> On 03 Sep 2016, at 00:40, Ian Y. Choi <ianyrchoi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello,
>>> 
>>> Please see my inline reply:
>>> 
>>> Ildiko Vancsa wrote on 9/2/2016 9:25 PM:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 02 Sep 2016, at 11:30, Pančur, Matjaž <Matjaz.Pancur at fri.uni-lj.si <mailto:Matjaz.Pancur at fri.uni-lj.si>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 01 Sep 2016, at 23:58, Ildiko Vancsa <ildiko.vancsa at gmail.com <mailto:ildiko.vancsa at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We have four potential days to run mini virtual sprints according to the current state of the poll, which are:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> * Sept. 6 / Tuesday
>>>>>> * Sept. 12-13 / Monday-Tuesday
>>>>>> * Sept. 16. / Friday
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The poll is still open if anyone would like to join us: http://doodle.com/poll/geaq6fdsg749nsnc
>>>>> 
>>>>> I won’t be available for the whole day, but I will join as much as I can. I’ll look at the review queue regularly, though.
>>>> 
>>>> As we are not in the same time zone, I don’t think it’s an issue. The point here is to have time periods when we are focusing on this activity by adding and reviewing content. Regarding communication, does the training guides team has an IRC channel? Or should we use #upstream-university for these sprints?
>>> We use #openstack-doc channel for general communication including several specialty teams, and if we are focusing on something, IMO
>>> opening a virtual sprint and discussing on #openstack-sprint channel would be nice.
>>> 
>>> For #upstream-university, although AFAIK it is designed for the communication with upstream university students (e.g., mentoring),
>>> we can use, but one (minor) problem I think is that the channel bot (upunbot) seems to be dead.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I will also generate a Google Hangout link we can use if we have more people available at the same time and there’s a topic that needs brainstorming as I think a call sometimes more effective than the text based chat. We can use IRC for clarifying smaller things and giving heads up to the team for new reviews for instance or leaving notes to others in other time zones. :) Does it sound ok?
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I think if we choose a content block and goals wisely we can have great progress in these intervals, I will add proposals to the etherpad (https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/upstream-university-improvements).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> @Ian, Matjaz: I’ve lost track a little bit on the Training Guides meetings. It would be great if we could use the slot on Monday for planning regardless we have an actual meeting scheduled or not. Do you think it would be possible?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes, absolutely. You can even add specific topics to the official meeting agenda at https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/training-guides-meeting-agenda
>>>> 
>>>> Great, I added this item to the etherpad.
>>> +1
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I was also thinking to run the meetings weekly in September and first half of October or maybe even until the Summit to check progress and ensure we are coordinated. What do you think?
>>>>> 
>>>>> We switched to biweekly schedule because the attendance at the meetings was low and we wanted to see if biweekly schedule is enough. Fortunately, we still have a reservation for weekly meetings so I see no problems with this.
>>>> 
>>>> I saw in the meeting schedule that it is still listed as weekly meeting, so I hoped that it will not be an issue from administration perspective. :) I think before the Summit we will need a weekly sync to ensure we finish with our plans and prepped for the next training properly.
>>>> 
>>> +1 Have a nice weekend too!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> With many thanks,
>>> 
>>> /Ian
>>>> Have a nice weekend, talk to you on Monday!
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Ildikó
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> What do others think? We switch bask to weekly meetings until the Summit?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Matjaz
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks and Best Regards,
>>>>>> Ildikó
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 31 Aug 2016, at 19:55, Ildiko Vancsa <ildiko.vancsa at gmail.com <mailto:ildiko.vancsa at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi Ian,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks for sharing your availability.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I created a Doodle poll with dates: http://doodle.com/poll/geaq6fdsg749nsnc Anyone who’s interested, please add your availability if you’re interested to participate.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I think we can aim for multiple shorter periods rather than one long one as we have multiple areas to improve. I would like to have well defined areas  like:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> * Updating the common content
>>>>>>> * Work on the exercises for the code contribution block
>>>>>>> * Work on content and exercises for the Documentation contribution block
>>>>>>> * Finalise and test the Dev env.
>>>>>>> * Etc.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> If possible it would be great to have drivers for each of these blocks. We can then decide based on people’s availability to what to work on in a more focused way and when and we also need to define goals to see what progress we made.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> What do you think?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Ildikó
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 31 Aug 2016, at 05:56, Ian Y. Choi <ianyrchoi at gmail.com <mailto:ianyrchoi at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Hello Ildiko,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Great!
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> But unfortunately, due to my personal schedule, approximately, Sep 7 12:00 UTC - 9 12:00 UTC will not be available for me.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Would it be okay to have a sprint on around Sep 10-15?
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> With many thanks,
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> /Ian
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Ildiko Vancsa wrote on 8/31/2016 2:38 AM:
>>>>>>>>> Hi Ian,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Thanks for the link for the sprint.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I think we can make it 100% official and post on the wiki page as well. The idea is to have dedicated time, when we focus on content, exercises, environment, etc. We need to decide the scope and define goals for the sprint and work on to achieve those.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> After talking to a few people mid- or second half of next week seems like a good target, e.g. Sept 6-8 or 7-9. I think that gives us enough time to figure out the sprint goals and it’s still in time from the Summit/training perspective, so we can either have another round of this if needed or work more offline on remaining items.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> What do you think?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>>> Ildikó
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On 30 Aug 2016, at 17:05, Ian Y. Choi <ianyrchoi at gmail.com <mailto:ianyrchoi at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> @Mark,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> For a newcomer, a desktop screen with basic explanation on the environment
>>>>>>>>>> (e.g., default user ID, default password, "/opt/stack" directory + upstream training logo if it is okay)
>>>>>>>>>> likehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/31838982@N08/7798881316/(I searched on Google) would be nice I think.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> For network connectivity on OpenStack instances, I usually used the following command. I am sure it will work well
>>>>>>>>>> : $ sudo iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> @Ildiko,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> IMO testing virtual machine environment is also a good topic for our sprint, so I updated on Etherpad.
>>>>>>>>>> And will our sprint be a kind virtual sprint, likehttps://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/VirtualSprints?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> With many thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> /Ian
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Mark Korondi1 wrote on 8/26/2016 4:13 AM:
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks Ian for the constructive critique!
>>>>>>>>>>> Before addressing the issues, I want to ask the others too, if you try out the image, please think of what *you* as a newcomer would be happy to start with (firefox bookmarks, editor settings, missing tools which are not installed, etc.) Especially if there's windows/osx people here, I'd be happy to hear what would you miss from the VM what you use on the host machine. Thanks guys!
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> - I would recommend to enable "Reinitialize the MAC address of all
>>>>>>>>>>> network cards" option when importing the virtual appliance using VirtualBox.
>>>>>>>>>>> OK, TBD
>>>>>>>>>>> - There is a warning: "The shared folder 'vagrant' could not be set up:
>>>>>>>>>>> Shared folder path
>>>>>>>>>>> '/home/oro/projects/_github.com/kmARC/openstack-training-virtual-environment' <http://github.com/kmARC/openstack-training-virtual-environment%27>
>>>>>>>>>>> is not absolute."
>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, I realized this, will remove
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> - It seems that DevStack source is already stored in the OVA file. We
>>>>>>>>>>> might need to guide users to execute 'git pull' to retrieve the latest
>>>>>>>>>>> DevStack source.
>>>>>>>>>>> I'll build the image one or two days before the actual course, so it won't be a problem.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> - No port forwarding and additional host-only network interface prevent
>>>>>>>>>>> users from accessing Horizon on users' host OS environment.
>>>>>>>>>>> (e.g., the connection from Internet Explorer (out of VirtualBox) to
>>>>>>>>>>> Horizon (executing in the virtual machine) is not supported.)
>>>>>>>>>>> On the network side I'll do some more improvements. Now it's not even possible to start a VM and get networking in it, IIRC
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> - If we might use old OVA images during upstream training (as fresh as
>>>>>>>>>>> possible would be nice but freshest DevStack environment would be so
>>>>>>>>>>> ideal), then making DevStack offline (using 'OFFLINE=True' option in
>>>>>>>>>>> local.conf) would be also nice to less use network bandwidth.
>>>>>>>>>>> Oh, I didn't know about this. We will definitely use it then, thanks!
>>>>>>>>>>> I try to fix these over the weekend, stay tuned for the next "release" :-)
>>>>>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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