[Openstack] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Oct 11 - 18)

Stefano Maffulli stefano at openstack.org
Fri Oct 18 18:45:54 UTC 2013


          Register Now For The Summit in Hong Kong
          <http://www.openstack.org/summit/hk?source=o12>


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          <http://www.openstack.org/summit/hkc?source=o12>


      OpenStack Havana is out <http://www.openstack.org/software/havana>

OpenStack Havana, the eighth release of the open source software for
building public, private, and hybrid clouds, has nearly 400 new features
to support software development, managing data and application
infrastructure at scale. The OpenStack community continues to attract
the best developers and experts in their disciplines with 910
individuals employed by 145 different organizations
<http://www.openstack.org/foundation/companies> contributing to the
Havana release. Learn all about Havana at the Hong Kong OpenStack
Summit. <http://www.openstack.org/summit/hk>


      Other news related to the Havana release

  * OpenStack Havana: GlusterFS, and what "improved support" really
    means
    <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/openstack-havana-glusterfs-and-what-improved-support-really-means/>
  * Getting to Havana
    <http://fnords.wordpress.com/2013/10/18/getting-to-havana/>
  * Dell Open Source Ecosystem Digest #32. Issue Highlight: "OpenStack
    Havana, the 8th release, is out!"
    <http://rafstack.tumblr.com/post/64380532921>
  * OpenStack Havana's stern warning: Provide Differentiated Value or
    Die
    <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/openstack-havanas-stern-warning-open-source-or-die/>
  * OpenStack Havana provides foundation for XXaaS you need
    <http://robhirschfeld.com/2013/10/17/openstack-havana/>
  * OpenStack Object Storage in the Havana Release
    <http://swiftstack.com/blog/2013/10/17/swift-in-openstack-havana/>
  * Havana: OpenStack Continues Its March Toward Dominance
    <http://www.cloudscaling.com/blog/cloud-computing/havana-openstack-continues-its-march-toward-dominance/>
  * OpenStack Havana 2013.2 Debian packages available in Sid
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-October/016879.html>


        Technical Committee -- October 2013 election results
        <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2013-October/000152.html>

Congratulations to the new TC. The following people are elected to
one-year seats:

  * Monty Taylor
  * Russell Bryant
  * Anne Gentle
  * Mark McLoughlin
  * Doug Hellmann
  * Sean Dague

The following people are elected to six-month seats:

  * James E. Blair
  * Michael Still
  * John Griffith
  * Mark McClain
  * Robert Collins

They join Vishvananda Ishaya and Thierry Carrez in the Technical
Committee that will oversee the Icehouse release cycle.


    Tips 'n Tricks

  * By Lorin Hochstein <http://lorinhochstein.wordpress.com/>: Up and
    running on Rackspace
    <http://lorinhochstein.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/up-and-running-on-rackspace/>
  * By OpenStack in Production
    <http://openstack-in-production.blogspot.com/>: Log handling and
    dashboards in the CERN cloud
    <http://openstack-in-production.blogspot.com/2013/10/log-handling-and-dashboards-in-cern.html>
  * By Mate Lakat <http://blogs.citrix.com/>: DevStack virtual appliance
    for XenServer
    <http://blogs.citrix.com/2013/10/16/devstack-virtual-appliance-for-xenserver/>
  * By Kenneth Hui <http://cloudarchitectmusings.com/>: Cattle Wrangling
    For Pet Whisperers: Building A Multi-hypervisor OpenStack Cloud
    <http://cloudarchitectmusings.com/2013/10/15/cattle-wrangling-for-pet-whisperers-building-a-multi-hypervisor-openstack-cloud/>
  * By Subbu Allamaraju <http://www.subbu.org/>: Monitoring and Alerting
    for OpenStack
    <http://www.subbu.org/blog/2013/10/monitoring-and-alerting-for-openstack>


    Upcoming Events

  * OpenStack in China 2013
    <http://openstack-in-china-2013.eventbrite.com/> Oct 20, 2013 --
    Bejing, China Details <http://openstack-in-china-2013.eventbrite.com/>
  * LinuxCon/Cloud Open Europe
    <http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudopen-europe> Oct 21
    -- 23, 2013 -- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Details
    <http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudopen-europe>
  * Cloud Connect <http://www.cloudconnectevent.com/chicago> Oct 21 --
    17, 2013 -- Chicago, IL, USA Details
    <http://www.cloudconnectevent.com/chicago>
  * OpenStack Pune Meetup <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Pune/>Oct 23,
    2013 -- Pune, India Details <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Pune/>
  * Frankfurt Meetup <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-MeetUp-Frankfurt/>
    Oct 24, 2013 -- Frankfurt, Germany Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-MeetUp-Frankfurt/>
  * Compute Midwest: The Convergence of Tech
    <http://www.computemidwest.com/> Oct 25 -- 27, 2013 -- Kansas City
    Details <http://www.computemidwest.com/>
  * OpenStack-käyttäjäyhteisön tapaaminen Tampereella
    <https://openstackfi301013.eventbrite.com/> Oct 30, 2013 -- Tampere,
    Finland Details <https://openstackfi301013.eventbrite.com/>
  * OpenStack Havana: So many changes, so little time
    <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/openstack-havana-so-many-changes-so-little-time/>,
    Oct 29, 2013, online webinar
  * USENIX LISA <https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13> Nov 03 -- 08,
    2013 -- Washington DC, USA Details
    <https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13>
  * OpenStack User Group Meet-up: Cloud Technology Sharing by Technology
    Pioneer <http://osug.cyberport.hk/>Nov 04, 2013 -- Hong Kong
    Cyberport Details <http://osug.cyberport.hk/>
  * China & Hong Kong User Group Meeting
    <http://osug.cyberport.hk/?section=Home> Nov 04, 2013 -- Hong Kong,
    China Details <http://osug.cyberport.hk/?section=Home>
  * OpenStack Summit
    <http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013/>
    Nov 05 -- 08, 2013 -- Hong Kong, China Details
    <http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-hong-kong-2013/>
  * OW2 Annual Conference <http://www.ow2.org/view/OW2con-2013/> Nov 13
    -- 14, 2013 -- Paris, France Details
    <http://www.ow2.org/view/OW2con-2013/>
  * INTEROP <http://www.interop.in/> Nov 20 -- 22, 2013 -- Mumbai, India
    Details <http://www.interop.in/>
  * OpenStack Pune Meetup
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/135676552/> Nov
    23, 2013 -- Pune, India Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/135676552/>
  * Gartner Data Center Conference
    <http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/> Dec 09
    -- 12, 2013 -- Las Vegas, NV, USA Details
    <http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/na/data-center/>
  * OpenStack Israel <http://www.openstack-israel.org/> Dec 09, 2013 --
    Tel-Aviv, Israel Details <http://www.openstack-israel.org/>


    Reports from Previous Events

  * Report: OpenStack Meetup, Ahmedabad, India
    <http://openstackindia.wordpress.com/2013/10/16/report-openstack-meetup-ahmedabad-india/>
  * OpenStack Networking w/ VMware -- Theory Session, Part 2
    <http://rafstack.tumblr.com/post/64218916465>
  * OpenStack "What is Core" online meetup 16 10 2014
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu8BeZkQJQ0>


    Other News

  * Stackforge Libra -- Balance your life!
    <http://www.linuxjedi.co.uk/2013/10/stackforge-libra-balance-your-life.html>
  * Announcing Mistral --- Task Flow as a Service
    <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/announcing-mistral-task-flow-as-a-service/>
  * Open Mic Spotlight: Dan Smith
    <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/10/open-mic-spotlight-dan-smith/>
  * What's Up Doc? Oct 2 2013
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-October/015913.html>
  * Rally Combines the Power of Many Tools to Deliver One Powerful
    Benchmarking Wizard
    <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/rally-combines-the-power-of-many-tools-to-deliver-one-powerful-benchmarking-wizard/>
  * linux.conf.au 2014 OpenStack miniconf
    <http://sites.rcbops.com/lca2014_openstack>
  * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary
    <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-10-15-21.00.html>
    and full logs
    <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-10-15-21.00.log.html>.


    Welcome New Developers

Is your affiliation correct? Check your profile in the OpenStack
Foundation Members Database! <http://www.openstack.org/profile/>

  * Erik Redding
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personbb61c7c3-8198-47ec-aaa0-90e3b85759d8>,
    Rackspace
  * paul luse
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3245c8f4-65b3-40b2-afc4-f63840026541>,
    Intel (guessed, not declared)
  * keshava
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person6c7303e4-9d2e-4537-8687-217f77924b8a>,
    None
  * Olivier Pilotte
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person6c8d5ab5-1410-4c7f-accb-68c406bea62f>,
    IWeb
  * Pavel Sviderski
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person19f0722d-e612-4c21-9b27-1f8a23a3d778>,
    Belkasoft --no email match with profile
    <http://www.openstack.org/community/members/profile/13553>
  * Jakub Libosvar
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personbd21b740-fb59-4111-8cb1-d6505c54996b>,
    Red Hat
  * Subbu
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3d9e0b77-3c8e-4141-b382-05b36d7a66b6>,
    VMware
  * Chris Hoge
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person2d81e2f5-9b1d-4021-a406-5fc6738ccdf4>,
    Puppet Labs
  * Mitsuru Kanabuchi
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person7f863dde-d09a-486a-9e97-43a8a7b125fc>,
    NTT (guessed, not declared)
  * Jason Derrett
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persona91b1519-f0e2-42a1-8749-2384d93fd141>,
    HP --no email match with profile
    <http://www.openstack.org/community/members/profile/13248>
  * Florent Flament
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person16d8ee90-57cb-4797-b389-1463dc58065e>,
    Cloudwatt


      Got answers?

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

  * Is there a Nicira NVP plugin available for Havana?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/6112/is-there-a-nicira-nvp-plugin-available-for-havana/>
  * How to Upgrade OpenStack from "Grizzly" to "Havana" ?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/6103/how-to-upgrade-openstack-from-grizzly-to-havana/>
  * Attach volume to instance running on different compute node
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/6070/attach-volume-to-instance-running-on-different-compute-node/>
  * is there any way to register multiple host in a single go?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/6021/is-there-any-way-to-register-multiple-host-in-a-single-go/>
  * Openstack seems to not map internal IPs to local network properly
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/5951/openstack-seems-to-not-map-internal-ips-to-local-network-properly/>
  * avoiding sensitive info in config files
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/5947/avoiding-sensitive-info-in-config-files/>
  * How to set ssh key during rebuild?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/5909/how-to-set-ssh-key-during-rebuild/>
  * How to create multiple Instances across multiple Availability Zones
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/5895/how-to-create-multiple-instances-across-multiple-availability-zones/>
  * Where is the documentation for blueprint shelve-instance?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/6115/where-is-the-documentation-for-blueprint-shelve-instance/>

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