[Openstack-operators] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Oct 17 – 24)

Stefano Maffulli stefano at openstack.org
Fri Oct 24 21:32:25 UTC 2014


      OpenStack Startup/Venture Capital Ecosystem – it’s real and coming
      to Paris!
      <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/10/openstack-startupventure-capital-ecosystem-its-real-and-coming-to-paris/>


Recently OpenStack has been generating financial headlines with the
acquisitions of OpenStack ecosystem startups eNovance, Metacloud,
Cloudscaling and OpenStack veteran Mirantis raising $100M in venture
capital this week. At the OpenStack Summit in Paris next week, we are
launching a new track called “CloudFunding
<https://openstacksummitnovember2014paris.sched.org/overview/type/cloudfunding#.VEldLYvF8is>”
where we will hear from startups that have been successful in attracting
essential capital and ventures capitalists who are actively investing in
OpenStack startups.


      OpenStack Foundation Staffing News!
      <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/10/openstack-foundation-staffing-news/>

The Board of Directors approved the promotion of Lauren Sell
<https://twitter.com/laurensell> to Vice President of Marketing and
Community Services. Lauren has been instrumental in the growth of
Openstack from the beginning. Thierry Carrez
<https://twitter.com/tcarrez>, who has managed the OpenStack
releases from the beginning has taken on the role of Director of
Engineering, and is building out a team of technical leaders. Be sure to
check out our open positions
<http://www.openstack.org/community/jobs/?foundation=1> if you’d like to
join our team!


      Peer Reviews for Neutron Core Reviewers
      <http://www.siliconloons.com/peer-reviews-for-neutron-core-reviewers/>

Food for thoughts from members of the Neutron community: they have
started an exploration to improve the process by which we understand a
core’s responsibilities, and also a process under which we can judge how
cores are performing up to that standard. Join the conversation and give
comments to Neutron’s PTL Kyle Mestery <http://www.siliconloons.com/>
blog post.


      Numerical Dosimetry in the cloud
      <http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/numerical-dosimetry-in-the-cloud/>

What’s the connection between a dentist’s chair and OpenStack?
Fascinating post by Patrik Eschle
<http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/numerical-dosimetry-in-the-cloud/> about the
practical uses of the clouds we’re building.


    The Road To Paris 2014 – Deadlines and Resources

Full access sold out! Only a few spots left for Keynotes and Expo Hall
passes.

  * The official Schedule for the Paris Summit
    <https://openstacksummitnovember2014paris.sched.org/>
  * The schedule for the Kilo Design Summit
    <http://kilodesignsummit.sched.org/>
  * Travel <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Summit/Kilo/Travel>Tips
    <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Summit/Kilo/Travel_Tips> offered
    from OpenStack France User Group


    Report from Events

  * 8th Swiss Openstack meetup
    <http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/8th-swiss-openstack-meetup/>


    Relevant Conversations

  * Nova’s specs for Kilo
    <http://www.stillhq.com/openstack/kilo/000005.html>
  * Multi-clouds integration by OpenStack cascading
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-September/047470.html>


    Tips ‘n Tricks

  * By James E. Blair <http://amo-probos.org/>: Simple Terminal
    Broadcasting <http://amo-probos.org/post/17>
  * By Jose Castro Leon and Marek Denis: Kerberos and Single Sign On
    with OpenStack
    <http://openstack-in-production.blogspot.com/2014/10/kerberos-and-single-sign-on-with.html>
  * By Joshua Hesketh <http://josh.people.rcbops.com/>: OpenStack
    infrastructure swift logs and performance
    <http://josh.people.rcbops.com/2014/10/openstack-infrastructure-swift-logs-and-performance/>
  * By Rob Hirschfeld <http://robhirschfeld.com/>: Unicorn captured!
    Unpacking multi-node OpenStack Juno from ready state.
    <http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/10/23/unicorn-captured-unpacking-multi-node-openstack-juno-from-ready-state/>
  * By ernm
    <http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/setup-a-kubernetes-cluster-on-openstack-with-heat/>:
    Setup a Kubernetes Cluster on OpenStack with Heat
    <http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/setup-a-kubernetes-cluster-on-openstack-with-heat/>
  * By Kyle Mestery <http://www.siliconloons.com/>: OpenDaylight and
    OpenStack: Now With Helium!
    <http://www.siliconloons.com/opendaylight-and-openstack-now-with-helium/>
  * By Florent Flament <http://www.florentflament.com/blog/>: Splitting
    Swift cluster
    <http://www.florentflament.com/blog/splitting-swift-cluster.html>


    Security Advisories and Notices

  * Nova VMware instance in resize state may leak (CVE-2014-8333)
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-October/000298.html>
  * [OSSN 0039] Configuring OpenStack deployments to prevent POODLE
    attacks
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-October/048899.html>
  * [OSSN 0025] Possible Glance image exposure via Swift
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-October/048890.html>


    Upcoming Events

  * Oct 25, 2014 <http://tech.rakuten.co.jp/> Rakuten Technology
    Conference <http://tech.rakuten.co.jp/> Tokyo, Japan
    <http://tech.rakuten.co.jp/>
  * Oct 27, 2014 <http://openstack.jp/events/20141027.html> Japan
    OpenStack User Group Meetup
    <http://openstack.jp/events/20141027.html> Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP
    <http://openstack.jp/events/20141027.html>
  * Oct 30 – Nov 01, 2014 <http://www.openworldforum.org/en/> Open World
    Forum <http://www.openworldforum.org/en/> Paris, France
    <http://www.openworldforum.org/en/>
  * Nov 03 – 07, 2014 <http://openstack.org/summit> OpenStack Summit
    November 2014 <http://openstack.org/summit> Paris, France
    <http://openstack.org/summit>
  * Nov 05, 2014
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/208961792/> OpenStack
    India meetup, Chennai
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/208961792/> chennai,
    tamil nadu, IN
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/208961792/>
  * Nov 07, 2014
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/210434002/> OpenStack
    mini-conf @osidays
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/210434002/> bangalore,
    karnataka, IN
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/210434002/>
  * Nov 09 – 14, 2014 <https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14> USENIX
    LISA <https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14> Seattle, WA
    <https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa14>
  * Nov 19, 2014
    <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-New-York-Meetup/events/212297562/>
    Overview Of TripleO
    <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-New-York-Meetup/events/212297562/>
    New York, NY, US
    <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-New-York-Meetup/events/212297562/>
  * Nov 20, 2014 <http://go.cumulusnetworks.com/open-networking> The
    Software-Defined Data Center
    <http://go.cumulusnetworks.com/open-networking> Mountain View, CA,
    US <http://go.cumulusnetworks.com/open-networking>
  * Nov 20, 2014
    <http://www.meetup.com/Philly-OpenStack-Meetup-Group/events/212298152/>
    Overview Of Trove
    <http://www.meetup.com/Philly-OpenStack-Meetup-Group/events/212298152/>
    Philadelphia, PA, US
    <http://www.meetup.com/Philly-OpenStack-Meetup-Group/events/212298152/>
  * Dec 01, 2014 <http://openstack.jp/events/20141201.html> Japan
    OpenStack User Group Meetup
    <http://openstack.jp/events/20141201.html> Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JP
    <http://openstack.jp/events/20141201.html>
  * Dec 02 – 05, 2014
    <http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/> Gartner
    Data Center Conference
    <http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/> Las
    Vegas, NV <http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/>
  * Apr 13 – 14, 2015 <http://www.percona.com/live/openstack-live-2015/>
    OpenStack Live <http://www.percona.com/live/openstack-live-2015/>
    Santa Clara, CA, US <http://www.percona.com/live/openstack-live-2015/>


    Other News

  * OpenStack Trainings and Certifications Available in Paris
    <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/10/openstack-trainings-and-certifications-available-in-paris/>
  * Whats New In Juno Q&A <https://www.mirantis.com/blog/whats-new-juno-qa/>
  * Free software hacker on open source telemetry project for OpenStack
    <http://opensource.com/business/14/10/interview-julien-danjou-enovance>
  * How OpenStack powers the research at CERN
    <http://opensource.com/business/14/10/interview-tim-bell-cern-it-operating-systems>
  * Release of python-keystoneclient 0.11.2
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-October/000299.html>
  * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary
    <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-10-21-21.02.html>
    and full logs
    <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-10-21-21.02.log.html>.


    Got Answers?

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

  * Which instance has a certain IP address?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/51738/which-instance-has-a-certain-ip-address/>
  * Authentication failed when setting up two region openstack
    deployment using devstack
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/51440/authentication-failed-when-setting-up-two-region-openstack-deployment-using-devstack/>
  * Not following Juno configuration as documented in OpenSuse leads to
    working system
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/51713/not-following-juno-configuration-as-documented-in-opensuse-leads-to-working-system/>
  * WADLs to resolve URI to a “function” name in openstack api
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/51698/wadls-to-resolve-uri-to-a-function-name-in-openstack-api/>
  * Does OpenStack dynamically scale or migrate instances when compute
    node becomes overloaded?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/51706/does-openstack-dynamically-scale-or-migrate-instances-when-compute-node-becomes-overloaded/>
  * config drive in iso9660 format shows up bus type as ide
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/51685/config-drive-in-iso9660-format-shows-up-bus-type-as-ide/>
  * Launching Apache Tomcat inside VM takes up to 47 minutes
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/51617/launching-apache-tomcat-inside-vm-takes-up-to-47-minutes/>


    Welcome New Reviewers, Developers and Core Reviewers

Dmitry Nikishov
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	Peng Xiao
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persona1bdb897-9001-46d0-8aa0-ac9818242313>

Weidong Shao
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person7f0e295c-5f1e-4d16-8baa-d38ee954b4ec>
	Jiri Suchomel
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3b7c1912-78d1-48f2-8174-17dec33bb904>

Roman Dashevsky
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persondcdb3dad-4e22-4422-8035-d0716fd894f1>
	Amaury Medeiros
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person1fa3b984-0b53-4f1b-990f-f5c99cdd1a24>

Peng Xiao
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persona1bdb897-9001-46d0-8aa0-ac9818242313>
	Chris Grivas
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persondf048d7b-6fbf-4b29-9954-2b31daee713f>

M. David Bennett
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3c3e0507-03a1-45ab-a310-81af284ebf85>
	Sridhar Ramaswamy
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persone94a6f84-9042-4201-b2c1-aaca07a9ac8c>

Edmond Kotowski
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person48941d96-0283-4688-b6c7-abbba4cd04df>
	Jun Hong Li
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personb0369b14-6d94-4e97-8afd-4fe88fb9313a>

Amandeep
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person408ededf-e9c2-4bda-bd7e-bf0b5fa541ef>
	Jorge Niedbalski
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person27582e87-4899-4600-9798-bacd3e4595ee>

Wayne Warren
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personfc358ecd-8c80-4387-96ab-6c73890374a9>
	Alan Erwin
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person51113e45-dd33-4fda-bc16-b6a781aba40f>

Amaury Medeiros
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	Y L Sun
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person6a4fe818-33c6-4b5d-88ff-7e801c2b9f06>

Vijayaguru Guruchave
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personc94b5f03-e22e-41fe-aec3-eb3ce91b53b5>
	
Sagar Damani
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Daniel Wakefield
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