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Hi Devin,

thanks for this update. Below you mentioned support for managing Nova volumes, floating IPs. Can you tell us a bit more about this? 

I cannot see a volume section in the dashboard UI, are there specific extensions to pull into the code?

Thanks,
Armando

> -----Original Message-----
> From: openstack-bounces+armando.migliaccio=eu.citrix.com at lists.launchpad.net
> [mailto:openstack-
> bounces+armando.migliaccio=eu.citrix.com at lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of
> Devin Carlen
> Sent: 01 September 2011 22:18
> To: openstack at lists.launchpad.net
> Subject: [Openstack] Dashboard Diablo update
> 
> Hey everyone,
> 
> I wanted to update everyone on where we've made it so far in the Diablo
> release.
> 
> First off, along with the Keystone project, the Dashboard project has been
> promoted to OpenStack core, meaning it is now an officially recognized part of
> the OpenStack ecosystem.
> 
> There are a few outstanding things we need to do to fully integrate with
> existing processes, though we are pretty far along:
> 
> * Move code reviews from Github to Gerrit
> * Synch up on packaging efforts
> * Redouble efforts on documentation
> * Pick an official codename for the project
> 
> I'll be sending out a list of codename candidates soon for us to decide on as
> a community. :)
> 
> We put a lot of work into Dashboard in the Diablo timeframe.  Some of the
> highlights:
> 
> * uses OpenStack API instead of EC2 API for underlying calls
> * full support for Keystone for authentication
> * support for managing Swift containers and objects
> * support for managing Quantum networks and ports
> * support for managing Nova volumes, floating IPs, etc (mostly got feature
> parity with EC2 API)
> * a new look and feel
> * new features for sysadmins
> * ... and more!
> 
> There are three phases to a project's life:
> 
> 1) make it work (austin/bexar)
> 2) more is better (cactus/diablo)
> 3) better is more
> 
> I feel that as a project we've fulfilled our "more is better" phase, as in
> having more features is more important than perfecting each piece.
> 
> During the Essex release, we're going into our "better is more" phase.  We'll
> be focusing on user experience and interaction design and making this project
> a world class web application.
> 
> We'll be talking quite a bit about this at the design summit as well, so we'll
> look for you all there!
> 
> Devin
> 
> 
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