[Openstack] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Feb 14 – 28)

Stefano Maffulli stefano at openstack.org
Sat Mar 1 00:44:18 UTC 2014


      Why you should be reviewing more OpenStack code
      <https://dague.net/2014/02/28/why-you-should-be-reviewing-more-openstack-code/>

Icehouse 3 is upon us, and as someone that is on a bunch of core review
teams, it means a steady drum beat of everyone asking how do they get
core reviewers to review their code. Sean Dague explains quite well why
you should be doing code reviews.


      Trusted Cloud computing with Intel TXT: The challenge
      <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/challenge/>

In today’s connected environments, attacks on compute infrastructure are
ubiquitous. Major players have been compromised by hackers and malware,
with damages inflicted both to their reputation and their business.
Protecting the infrastructure from external and internal threats is an
important part of operating production grade cloud environments.
Christian Huebner <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/challenge/> introduces
how OpenStack integrates with TXT.


      Our Cloud in Havana
      <http://openstack-in-production.blogspot.com/2014/02/our-cloud-in-havana.html>

Upgrading a nearly 50,000 core cloud from Grizzly to Havana can be done
with a series of steps, each of which can have short periods of reduced
functionality but with constant VM availability. Tim Bell
<http://openstack-in-production.blogspot.com/> tells us how CERN
upgraded its OpenStack cloud.


      Status of the OpenStack port to Python 3
      <http://techs.enovance.com/6722/status-of-the-openstack-port-to-python-3-2>

Python 3 has been around for about 5 years, and we have excellent
reasons <http://techs.enovance.com/6521/openstack_python3> to make sure
OpenStack runs well on it. Unfortunately, this is not the case. In his
article, Cyril Roelandt
<http://techs.enovance.com/6722/status-of-the-openstack-port-to-python-3-2>
explains what works, what doesn’t, and what *you* can do to help.


      OpenStack selected as mentoring organization for Google Summer of
      Code 2014
      <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/02/openstack-selected-as-mentoring-organization-for-google-summer-of-code-2014/>

OpenStack has been selected to be a mentoring organization for Google
Summer of Code 2014. Thanks to the hard work of many contributors we
could join GSoC
<http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/openstack> for
the first time.


    The road to Juno Summit – Atlanta 2014

  * *Redeem**your invite code **NOW*! Check your inbox and spam folder
    if you contributed code before January 25 for your invitation.
  * Next batch of invites will be sent regularly after each milestone
    until feature freeze.
  * It’s time to vote for presentations you wish to see in Atlanta
    <https://www.openstack.org/vote-atlanta/>.
  * Applying for Visa? Looking for accommodation in Atlanta? 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 Evgeniya Shumakher
    <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/building-test-environments-openstack/>: Building
    test environments with OpenStack
    <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/building-test-environments-openstack/>
  * By Christian Hoge
    <http://developerblog.redhat.com/author/christianhoge/>: Deployment
    to Upgrade: Puppet OpenStack Modules Are Your Friends
    <http://developerblog.redhat.com/2014/01/28/deploy-to-upgrade-puppet-openstack-modules/>
  * By Victor Stinner
    <http://techs.enovance.com/6562/asyncio-openstack-python3>: Use the
    new asyncio module and Trollius in OpenStack
    <http://techs.enovance.com/6562/asyncio-openstack-python3>
  * By Guillaume
    <http://blog.xlcloud.me/post/2014/02/27/Running-an-OpenGL-application-on-a-GPU-accelerated-Nova-Instance-%28Part-2%29>:
    Running an OpenGL application on a GPU-accelerated Nova Instance
    (Part 2)
    <http://blog.xlcloud.me/post/2014/02/27/Running-an-OpenGL-application-on-a-GPU-accelerated-Nova-Instance-%28Part-2%29>
  * By Lars Kellogg-Stedman <http://blog.oddbit.com/>: Multinode
    OpenStack with Packstack <http://blog.oddbit.com/2014/02/27/multinode>
  * By Oleg Gelbukh:
    <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/benchmarking-openstack-megascale-tested-mirantis-openstack-softlayer/>Benchmarking
    OpenStack at megascale: How we tested Mirantis OpenStack at
    SoftLayer
    <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/benchmarking-openstack-megascale-tested-mirantis-openstack-softlayer/>
  * By Adam Young <http://adam.younglogic.com/>: Using Certmonger to
    Generate a selfsign Cert for CMS
    <http://adam.younglogic.com/2014/02/certmonger-selfsigned-cms-cert/>
  * By Kevin Jackson
    <http://www.rackspace.com/blog/inside-my-home-rackspace-private-cloud-openstack-lab-part-3-installing-a-high-availability-rackspace-private-cloud-with-chef-cookbooks/>:
    Inside My Home Rackspace Private Cloud, OpenStack Lab, Part 2
    <http://www.rackspace.com/blog/inside-my-home-rackspace-private-cloud-openstack-lab-part-2-the-networking/>
    and Part 3
    <http://www.rackspace.com/blog/inside-my-home-rackspace-private-cloud-openstack-lab-part-3-installing-a-high-availability-rackspace-private-cloud-with-chef-cookbooks/>
  * By Jamie Lennox <http://www.jamielennox.net/>: Client Session
    Objects
    <http://www.jamielennox.net/blog/2014/02/24/client-session-objects/>
  * By Jay Pipes <http://www.joinfu.com/>: Setting Up an External
    OpenStack Testing System – Part 2
    <http://www.joinfu.com/2014/02/setting-up-an-openstack-external-testing-system-part-2/>
  * By Dimitar Vlassarev <mailto:dimitar.m.vlassarev at seagate.com>:When
    is RAID Not Enough?
    <http://cloud.media.seagate.com/2014/02/18/when-is-my-data-too-big-for-a-raid-storage-solution/>


    Reports from Previous Events

  * OpenStack at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group: Chicago-land
    Meetup
    <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/02/openstack-at-the-chicago-mercantile-exchange-group-chicago-land-meetup/>
  * What’s going on in India? <http://sayalilunkad.github.io/posts/Updates>


    Upcoming Events

  * 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/>
  * OpenStack India Meetup
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/166858252/> Mar
    01, 2014 – Chennai, India Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group/events/166858252/>
  * Athens OpenStack User Group meeting
    <http://www.meetup.com/Athens-OpenStack-User-Group/events/166868392/> Mar
    05, 2014 – Athens, Greece Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/Athens-OpenStack-User-Group/events/166868392/>
  * Eventually OpenStack for M&E
    <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/eventually-openstack-for-me-tickets-10322247119?aff=es2&rank=2&sid=c604157899b811e38619123138106897>
    Mar 17, 2014 – Santa Monica, CA Details
    <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/eventually-openstack-for-me-tickets-10322247119?aff=es2&rank=2&sid=c604157899b811e38619123138106897>
  * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/>
    Mar 20, 2014 – Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/>
  * Open Source Festival
    <http://ocs.opensourcefestival.org/index.php/osf/osf14> Mar 29, 2014
    – University at Albany, NY Details
    <http://ocs.opensourcefestival.org/index.php/osf/osf14>
  * 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/>
  * SFBay Meetup – Beginner track
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227592/> Apr 03, 2014 –
    Sunnyvale, CA Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227592/>
  * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/>
    Apr 03, 2014 – Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/>
  * PyCon <https://us.pycon.org/2014/> Apr 09 – 17, 2014 – Montreal,
    Canada Details <https://us.pycon.org/2014/>
  * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/>
    Apr 17, 2014 – Sunnyvale,CA Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/>
  * SFBay Meetup – Beginner track
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227622/> May 01, 2014 –
    Sunnyvale,CA Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227622/>


    Security Advisories

  * Missing SSL certificate check in Python Swift client (CVE-2013-6396)
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-February/000198.html>


    Popular OpenStack Videos of the Week

  * Outreach Program for Women – May-Aug 2014
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/2014-February/005535.html>
  * Windows on OpenStack: Best Practices and Pitfalls
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMDxpAmR_XQ>


    Other News

  * Outreach Program for Women – May-Aug 2014
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/2014-February/005535.html>
  * GCE API – Available Now on OpenStack StackForge
    <http://www.cloudscaling.com/blog/openstack/gce-api-available-now-on-openstack-stackforge/>
  * OpenStack Havana 2013.2.2 Hyper-V compute installer released!
    <http://www.cloudbase.it/openstack-havana-2013-2-2-hyper-v-compute-installer-released/>
  * python-heatclient 0.2.7 released
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-February/000199.html>
  * python-novaclient 2.16.0 released
    <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-February/000200.html>
  * A beginners guide to understanding OpenStack
    <http://opensource.com/business/14/2/openstack-beginners-guide>
  * Open Mic Spotlight: Derek Higgins
    <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/02/open-mic-spotlight-derek-higgins/>
  * The dilemma of open innovation
    <http://fnords.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/the-dilemma-of-open-innovation/>
  * How does Horizon Stack up versus other Cloud Computing UIs?
    <http://uxd-stackabledesign.rhcloud.com/?p=78>
  * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary
    <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-02-25-21.01.html>
    and full logs
    <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2014/project.2014-02-25-21.01.log.html>


    Got Answers?

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

  * How do nova-cells really works?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12585/how-do-nova-cells-really-works/>
  * what filters spoofed traffic?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12547/what-filters-spoofed-traffic/>
  * Can quantum be run on child cells to create separate L2fabric in
    each cell?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12538/can-quantum-be-run-on-child-cells-to-create-separate-l2fabric-in-each-cell/>
  * RDO: Packstack (fedora) neutron local flat typedrives
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12528/rdo-packstack-fedora-neutron-local-flat-typedrives/>
  * Controlling physical switch ports with Neutron?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12500/controlling-physical-switch-ports-with-neutron/>
  * VMware vnc ports using VCDriver
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12446/vmware-vnc-ports-using-vcdriver/>
  * How to interpret actual and rss memory in diagnostic results?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12674/how-to-interpret-actual-and-rss-memory-in-diagnostic-results/>
  * Trying to change user credentials using REST API but the response is
    404 not found?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12661/trying-to-change-user-credentials-using-rest-api-but-the-response-is-404-not-found/>
  * Can’t fetch the device UUID when deploying the baremetal node
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12622/cant-fetch-the-device-uuid-when-deploying-the-baremetal-node/>
  * Autoscaling and load balancing with Heat
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12579/autoscaling-and-load-balancing-with-heat/>
  * DHCP problem: instances cannot obtain a specific IP
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12577/dhcp-problem-instances-cannot-obtain-a-specific-ip/>
  * Is it acceptable to adjust policy.json to allow non-root Savanna
    access to cinder?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/12498/is-it-acceptable-to-adjust-policyjson-to-allow-non-root-savanna-access-to-cinder/>


    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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