[Openstack] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Feb 7 - 14)

Stefano Maffulli stefano at openstack.org
Sat Feb 15 01:39:13 UTC 2014


    OpenStack 2013.2.2 released
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-February/000195.html>

The OpenStack Stable Maintenance team is happy to announce the release
of the 2013.2.2 stable Havana release. A total of 98 bugs have been
fixed across all projects. These updates to Havana are intended to be
low risk with no intentional regressions or API changes. Official
release notes <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/ReleaseNotes/2013.2.2>.


    The road to Juno Summit - Atlanta 2014

  * Have you redeemed your invite code yet? Do it now! Check your inbox
    and spam folder if you contributed code before January 25 for yours.
  * Next batch of invites will be sent regularly after each milestone
    until feature freeze.
  * *The call for speakers is open: submit your proposal
    <http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-atlanta-2014/call-for-speakers/>
    by end of **today**.*
  * Applying for Visa? Looking for accommodation in Atlante? Visit
    http://openstack.org/summit
  * Applications for Travel Support Program.
    <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Travel_Support_Program> Apply by Mar 2.


    Tips 'n Tricks

  * By Jay Pipes <http://www.joinfu.com/>: Setting Up an External
    OpenStack Testing System -- Part 1
    <http://www.joinfu.com/2014/02/setting-up-an-external-openstack-testing-system/>
  * By Christian Berendt <http://www.cberendt.de/>: Use of full
    virtualization with Xen/Libvirt
    <http://www.cberendt.de/2014/02/use-of-full-virtualization-with-xenlibvirt/>
  * By Kenneth Hui
    <http://www.rackspace.com/blog/laying-cinder-block-volumes-in-openstack-part-2-solutions-design/>:
    Laying Cinder Block (Volumes) In OpenStack, Part 2: Solutions Design
    <http://www.rackspace.com/blog/laying-cinder-block-volumes-in-openstack-part-2-solutions-design/>
  * By Andrew Hutchings
    <http://www.linuxjedi.co.uk/search/label/openstack>: Caveats with
    Eventlet
    <http://www.linuxjedi.co.uk/2014/02/caveats-with-eventlet.html> and
    Working with Syslog
    <http://www.linuxjedi.co.uk/2014/02/working-with-syslog.html>
  * By Everett Toews <http://blog.phymata.com/>: Fixing my OpenStack
    Gerrit Permission denied (publickey) problem
    <http://blog.phymata.com/2014/02/12/fixing-my-openstack-gerrit-problem/>
  * By Inside My Home Rackspace Private Cloud, OpenStack Lab, Part 1:
    The Setup
    <http://www.rackspace.com/blog/inside-my-home-rackspace-private-cloud-openstack-lab-part-1-the-setup/>
  * By Miranda ZHANG <http://mirandazhangq.wordpress.com/>: Wish List,
    Common Misunderstanding, Undocumented -- OpenStack Identity API --
    Authentication, Add User
    <http://mirandazhangq.wordpress.com/2014/02/10/wish-list-common-misunderstanding-undocumented-openstack-identity-api-authentication-add-user/>
  * By Florent Flament <http://www.florentflament.com/blog/>:
    Customizing OpenStack RBAC policies
    <http://www.florentflament.com/blog/customizing-openstack-rbac-policies.html>
  * By Bmwiedemann
    <http://lizards.opensuse.org/2014/02/08/another-way-to-access-a-cloud-vms-vnc-console/>:
    another way to access a cloud VM's VNC console
    <http://lizards.opensuse.org/2014/02/08/another-way-to-access-a-cloud-vms-vnc-console/>


    Reports from Previous Events

  * Sayali Lunkaad's <http://sayalilunkad.github.io/> first talk
    <http://sayalilunkad.github.io/posts/Meetup> at Pune GNUnify
    OpenStack meetup
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/162277702/>
  * Women In Computer Science Being Bold At Harvard University
    <http://www.rackspace.com/blog/women-in-computer-science-being-bold-at-harvard-university/>


    Upcoming Events

  * Korea OpenStack Day <http://onoffmix.com/event/22995> Feb 18, 2014 -
    Seoul, South Korea Details <http://onoffmix.com/event/22995>
  * Austin OpenStack User Group Meetup
    <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Austin/events/154331162/> Feb 19,
    2014 - Austin, Texas Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Austin/events/154331162/>
  * OpenStack Boston Meetup
    <http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-Boston/events/154504702/> Feb 19,
    2014 - Boston, MA Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-Boston/events/154504702/>
  * OpenStack Chicago Meetup
    <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/> Feb 20, 2014 -
    Chicago, IL Details <http://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-NjZdcegA/>
  * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227532/> Feb 20, 2014 -
    Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227532/>
  * OpenStack India Meetup
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/160120142/> Feb
    22, 2014 - Hyderabad, India Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/160120142/>
  * Open Cloud Summit at IBM Pulse
    <http://www.ibmpulseblog.com/second-open-cloud-summit-at-pulse-sunday-february-23rd-from-4-6-p-m/>
    Feb 23 - 26, 2014 - Las Vegas, Nevada Details
    <http://www.ibmpulseblog.com/second-open-cloud-summit-at-pulse-sunday-february-23rd-from-4-6-p-m/>
  * Mobile World Congress <http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/> Feb 24 -
    27, 2014 - Barcelona, Spain Details
    <http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/>
  * OpenStack India Meetup
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/163302142/> Mar
    01, 2014 - Bangalore, India Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/163302142/>
  * SFBay Meetup - Beginner track
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227552/> Mar 06, 2014 -
    Sunnyvale, CA Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227552/>
  * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227542/> Mar 06, 2014 -
    Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227542/>
  * Cloud Connect Summit at Interop
    <http://www.interop.com/lasvegas/conference/cloud-connect.php> Mar
    31 - Apr 01, 2014 - Las Vegas, Nevada Details
    <http://www.interop.com/lasvegas/conference/cloud-connect.php>
  * World Hosting Days <http://www.worldhostingdays.com/eng/>Apr 01 -
    03, 2014 - Rust, Germany Details <http://www.worldhostingdays.com/eng/>
  * PyCon <https://us.pycon.org/2014/> Apr 09 - 17, 2014 - Montreal,
    Canada Details <https://us.pycon.org/2014/>
  * OpenStack Summit May 2014
    <http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-atlanta-2014/> May
    12 - 16, 2014 - Atlanta, GA Details
    <http://www.openstack.org/summit/openstack-summit-atlanta-2014/>
  * Cloud World Forum <http://cloudwf.com/> Jun 17 - 18, 2014 - London,
    UK Details <http://cloudwf.com/>


    Security Advisories

  * Glance Swift store backend password leak (CVE-2014-1948)
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-February/000194.html>


    Popular OpenStack Videos of the Week

  * OpenStack Networking Hands-on Lab
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pLPtGiGh9M>
  * Bridging the Gap Explaining OpenStack to VMware Administrators
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JAHopy-aVs>


    Got Answers?

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

  * "MissingSchema at /admin/" from havana dashboard
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12043/missingschema-at-admin-from-havana-dashboard/>
  * Failed to retrieve management_url from token
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/11395/failed-to-retrieve-management_url-from-token/>
  * live-migration with qemu is possible?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12033/live-migration-with-qemu-is-possible/>
  * where does ceilometer stores all the data related to instances
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/11964/where-does-ceilometer-stores-all-the-data-related-to-instances/>
  * Devstack (Havana) - curl SSL Certification verification error
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/11834/devstack-havana-curl-ssl-certification-verification-error/>
  * Nova compute service does not shutdown gracefully when it is
    terminated abruptly during create server api
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/11830/nova-compute-service-does-not-shutdown-gracefully-when-it-is-terminated-abruptly-during-create-server-api/>
  * How to configure networking when Controller and Compute are
    connected together through one public interface
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/11805/how-to-configure-networking-when-controller-and-compute-are-connected-together-through-one-public-interface/>
  * Connectivity breaks between compute and controller
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/11812/connectivity-breaks-between-compute-and-controller/>
  * Why isn't neutron net-create working?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/11797/why-isnt-neutron-net-create-working/>
  * OVS flows disappear
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/11778/ovs-flows-disappear/>
  * how to create instances from web interface
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/11770/how-to-create-instances-from-web-interface/>


    Other News

  * python-swiftclient releases
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-February/000196.html>
  * Jan 30 OpenStack Foundation Board Meeting
    <http://blogs.gnome.org/markmc/2014/02/07/jan-30-openstack-foundation-board-meeting/>
  * How OpenStack parallels the adoption of Linux
    <http://opensource.com/business/14/2/openstack-parallels-linux>
  * Open Mic Spotlight: Chang Bo Guo
    <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/02/open-mic-spotlight-chang-bo-guo/>
  * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary
    <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-02-11-21.02.html>
    and full logs
    <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-02-11-21.02.log.html>


    Latest Activity In Projects

Do you want to see at a glance the bugs filed and solved this week?
Latest patches submitted for review? Check out the individual project
pages on OpenStack Activity Board -- Insights
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/>.

  * Telemetry (Ceilometer)
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/ceilometer>
  * Block Storage (Cinder)
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/cinder>
  * Image Service (Glance)
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/glance>
  * Orchestration API
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/heat> (Heat)
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/heat>
  * Dashboard (Horizon)
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/horizon>
  * Bare Metal Provisioning (Ironic)
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/ironic>
  * Identity (Keystone)
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/keystone>
  * Manuals
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/openstack-manuals>
  * Networking (Neutron)
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/neutron>
  * Compute (Nova) <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/nova>
  * Hadoop Cluster as a Service (Savanna)
    <http://stackalytics.com/?release=icehouse&metric=commits&project_type=openstack&module=savanna-group&company=&user_id=>
  * Object Storage (Swift)
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/swift>
  * Database As A Service (Trove)
    <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/trove>

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