[openstack-community] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Apr 25 – May 2)

2 May 2014

      DefCore Core Capabilities Selection Criteria SIMPLIFIED -> how we
      are picking Core
      <http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/05/01/defcore-capabilities-selection/>

Rob Hirschfeld <http://robhirschfeld.com/> summarizes the status of
discussions within OpenStack community of what is ‘Openstack’. The
effort is now summarized in a diagram showing the 12 criterias grouped
in 4 main categories. Better go read Rob’s post, it’ll all make sense.

      Announcing the O’Reilly OpenStack Operations Guide
      <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/04/announcing-the-oreilly-openstack-operations-guide/>

O’Reilly has completed the production of the /OpenStack Operations
Guide: Set Up and Manage Your OpenStack Cloud/. You can get your
bits-n-bytes copy at http://docs.openstack.org/ops/ or order a dead-tree
version on the O’Reilly site
<http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032625.do>.

      What It Means To Be In The OpenStack Community (One Member’s Take)
      <http://cloudarchitectmusings.com/2014/04/28/what-it-means-to-be-in-the-openstack-community-one-members-take/>

What is Kenneth Hui <http://cloudarchitectmusings.com/>, Rackspace
Technology Evangelist, deeply committed member of OpenStack, doing at a
CloudStack conference? Read his blog post to find out what it means to
be a good citizen of a community.

      Results of the TC Election
      <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2014-April/000229.html>

Please join me in congratulating the 7 newly elected members of the TC:
Thierry Carrez, Jay Pipes, Vishvananda Ishaya, Michael Still, Jim Blair,
Mark McClain, Devananda van der Veen. Full results: Full results
<http://civs.cs.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/results.pl?id=E_d34934c9fd1f6282>.

    The road to Juno Summit – Atlanta 2014

  * Applying for Visa? Looking for accommodation in Atlanta? Visit
    http://openstack.org/summit
  * Check the official agenda
    <http://openstacksummitmay2014atlanta.sched.org/>

    Tips ‘n Tricks

  * By Assaf Muller <http://assafmuller.wordpress.com/>: Introduction to
    Neutron
    <http://assafmuller.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/introduction-to-neutron/>
  * By Ramon Acedo <http://trickycloud.wordpress.com/>: Multiple Private
    Networks with Open vSwitch GRE Tunnels and Libvirt
    <http://trickycloud.wordpress.com/2014/05/02/multiple-private-networks-with-open-vswitch-gre-tunnels-and-libvirt/>
  * By dudo
    <http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/manage-instance-startup-order-in-openstack-heat-templates/>:
    Manage instance startup order in OpenStack Heat Templates
    <http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/manage-instance-startup-order-in-openstack-heat-templates/>
  * By Loïc Dachary <http://dachary.org/>: Two minor pitfalls when
    upgrading Havana stable <http://dachary.org/?p=2948> and Resetting
    an instance {power,vm,task}_state in Havana <http://dachary.org/?p=2939>
  * By Sean Dague <https://dague.net/>: Helpful Gerrit Queries (Gerrit
    2.8 edition)
    <https://dague.net/2014/04/30/helpful-gerrit-queries-gerrit-2-8-edition/>
  * By Rob Hirschfeld <http://robhirschfeld.com/>: Success Factors of
    Operating Open Source Infrastructure [Series Intro]
    <http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/04/29/openops-success-factors/> and
    Reference Deployments are Critical [2/4 series on Operating Open
    Source Infrastructure]
    <http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/04/29/reference-deployments/>
  * By Piyush Harsh
    <http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/managing-hosts-in-a-running-openstack-environment/>:
    Managing hosts in a running OpenStack environment
    <http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/managing-hosts-in-a-running-openstack-environment/>
  * By Nathan Kinder <https://blog-nkinder.rhcloud.com/>: Secure
    messaging with Kite <https://blog-nkinder.rhcloud.com/?p=62>
  * By Andy Edmonds
    <http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/getting-started-with-openshift-and-openstack/>:
    Getting Started with OpenShift and OpenStack
    <http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/getting-started-with-openshift-and-openstack/>

    Reports from Previous Events

  * What’s new in the OpenStack Heat Icehouse release
    <https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ckhqrki6iepg12vkqk5vnt7ijd0>
  * Asia Pacific: How to launch, run & grow OpenStack User Groups
    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XPa_d2XnWY>

    Upcoming Events

  * OpenStack Brasil User Group Meeting @ FISL15
    <http://softwarelivre.org/fisl15> May 07 – 10, 2014 – Porto Alegre,
    Brasil Details <http://softwarelivre.org/fisl15>
  * OpenStack DACH Day at LinuxTag 2014
    <http://www.linuxtag.org/2014/en/#openstack> May 09, 2014 – Berlin,
    Germany Details <http://www.linuxtag.org/2014/en/#openstack>
  * 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/>
  * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/>
    May 15, 2014 – Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/>
  * Gartner IT Infrastructure Operations & Data Center Summit
    <http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/apac/data-center/> May 21
    – 22, 2014 – Sydney, Australia Details
    <http://www.gartner.com/technology/summits/apac/data-center/>
  * OpenStack Study Group
    <http://www.nycresistor.com/2014/04/17/openstack-study-group-may-21/> May
    21, 2014 – Brooklyn, NY Details
    <http://www.nycresistor.com/2014/04/17/openstack-study-group-may-21/>
  * OpenStack in Action <http://www.openstackinaction.fr/en/> May 28,
    2014 – Paris, France Details <http://www.openstackinaction.fr/en/>
  * OpenStack CEE Day
    <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-cee-day-2014-tickets-11161407069?aff=openstack>
    May 28, 2014 – Budapest, Hungary Details
    <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/openstack-cee-day-2014-tickets-11161407069?aff=openstack>
  * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/>
    May 29, 2014 – Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/>
  * #1 OpenStack Day
    <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Italia/events/176817882/> May
    30, 2014 – Milan, Italy Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-User-Group-Italia/events/176817882/>
  * OpenStack Israel Event
    <http://www.meetup.com/IGTCloud/events/157265772/> Jun 02, 2014 –
    Herzliya, Israel Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/IGTCloud/events/157265772/>
  * OpenStack UK Day in London
    <http://www.eventbooking.uk.com/openstack/index.php> Jun 04, 2014 –
    London, UK Details <http://www.eventbooking.uk.com/openstack/index.php>
  * SFBay Meetup – Beginner track
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227662/> Jun 05, 2014 –
    Sunnyvale, CA Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/123227662/>
  * SFBay OpenStack Hackathon #OSSFO <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/>
    Jun 12, 2014 – Details <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/>
  * Cloud World Forum <http://cloudwf.com/> Jun 17 – 18, 2014 – London,
    UK Details <http://cloudwf.com/>
  * Cloud World Forum <http://cloudwf.com/> Jun 17 – 18, 2014 – London,
    UK Details <http://cloudwf.com/>
  * SFBay Meetup – Beginner track
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/150932472/> Jul 03, 2014 –
    Sunnyvale, CA Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/150932472/>
  * OSCON <http://www.oscon.com/oscon2014> Jul 20 – 24, 2014 – Portland,
    Oregon Details <http://www.oscon.com/oscon2014>
  * SFBay Meetup – Beginner track
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/150932532/> Aug 07, 2014 –
    Sunnyvale, CA Details
    <http://www.meetup.com/openstack/events/150932532/>
  * OpenStack Summit November 2014 <http://openstack.org/summit> Nov 03
    – 08, 2014 – Paris, France Details <http://openstack.org/summit>

    Other News

  * OpenStack, Icehouse and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 – Available Now
    <http://redhatstackblog.redhat.com/2014/05/02/openstack-icehouse-and-red-hat-enterprise-linux-7-available-now/>
  * Oracle adds OpenStack to updated Solaris
    <http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9247998/Oracle_adds_OpenStack_to_updated_Solaris?source=rss_latest_content>
  * Updated: SUSE Cloud 3 Admin Appliance 1.2.0 available
    <http://blog.seader.us/2014/04/updated-suse-cloud-3-admin-appliance_25.html>
  * Project Solum Goes Full Steam Ahead To Milestone 1
    <http://www.rackspace.com/blog/project-solum-goes-full-steam-ahead-to-milestone-1/>
  * #OpenStack Israel Podcast – Episode 9 is out!
    <http://cloudifysource.tumblr.com/post/84132078901>
  * Nagios / Ceilometer integration: new plugin available
    <http://blog.zhaw.ch/icclab/nagios-ceilometer-integration-new-plugin-available/>
  * Improving libvirt firewall performance
    <https://www.berrange.com/posts/2014/05/02/improving-libvirt-firewall-performance/>
  * Why We Craft OpenStack (Featuring Rackspace Software Development
    Manager Glen Campbell)
    <http://www.rackspace.com/blog/why-we-craft-openstack-featuring-rackspace-software-development-manager-glen-campbell/>
  * Why We Craft OpenStack (Featuring Rackspace Principal Engineer Chuck
    Thier)
    <http://www.rackspace.com/blog/why-we-craft-openstack-featuring-rackspace-principal-engineer-chuck-thier/>
  * Open Mic Spotlight: Lucas Gomes
    <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2014/05/5926/>
  * Networking in Cloud Environments, SDN, NFV, and why it matters [part
    1 of 2] <http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/05/01/networking-in-cloud-1/>
  * KVM and Docker LXC Benchmarking with OpenStack
    <http://bodenr.blogspot.com/2014/05/kvm-and-docker-lxc-benchmarking-with.html>
  * OpenCrowbar.Anvil released – hammering out a gold standard in open
    bare metal provisioning
    <http://robhirschfeld.com/2014/04/30/opencrowbar-anvil/>
  * HP is running a survey for release at the Summit
    <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SM1OpenStack>
  * OpenStack Project Meeting: didn’t happen this week

    Got Answers?

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

  * What causes ‘Namespace’ object has no attribute ‘volume’ restoring a
    Cinder backup?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/28362/what-causes-namespace-object-has-no-attribute-volume-restoring-a-cinder-backup/>
  * How to use filtering queries in Ceilometer via CLI?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/28512/how-to-use-filtering-queries-in-ceilometer-via-cli/>
  * Unable to load quantum from configuration file
    /etc/neutron/api-paste.ini – Icehouse
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/28431/unable-to-load-quantum-from-configuration-file-etcneutronapi-pasteini-icehouse/>
  * Configure multiple External network
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/28428/configure-multiple-external-network/>
  * Instance not taking IP form The DHCP and Gateway router external
    port down?
    <https://ask.openstack.org/en/question/28391/instance-not-taking-ip-form-the-dhcp-and-gateway-router-external-port-down/>

    Welcome New Reviewers and Developers

Christina Darretta
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person2cae3145-3912-4dec-adc0-84643c135de9>
	Abhinav Agrawal
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person0bf59cea-c8f7-4b5a-a23e-f860a790900c>

Sam Hague
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person25612b7d-6b45-4dcd-93d7-b83d70f3d17b>
	Gabriel Assis Bezerra
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3a95d767-68f5-4b35-b432-0e13d6cb1439>

Obulapathi
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personbd2a0f4d-b20b-4376-aae6-c3a41a81eaec>
	Michael Tupitsyn
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personed5d754b-95b9-4d8c-a4f6-e57d9d0cbcbc>

yummy.bian
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person11b0f81d-975e-493a-b867-ac1b7195d4a3>
	Laurel Michaels
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persona9b3f554-1e7f-4119-bc9f-6f247c969ed2>

Tushar Gohad
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person87b97f1e-c0cf-4d16-899a-400852371a11>
	Karin Levenstein
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3e5593ba-11ab-451a-b8ef-7822571c84a2>

Karin Levenstein
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3e5593ba-11ab-451a-b8ef-7822571c84a2>
	Baohua Yang
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personc0b11aea-a440-49ec-a4d7-e75989e88b1e>

	Andrew James
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person0e9561f4-52db-4016-8211-de43da9e61a9>

	Tushar Gohad
<http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person87b97f1e-c0cf-4d16-899a-400852371a11>

    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>
  * Data Processing (Sahara)
    <http://stackalytics.com/?release=icehouse&metric=commits&project_type=openstack&module=sahara-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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[openstack-community] OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Apr 25 – May 2)

Stefano Maffulli