What you need to know about Google joining OpenStack

In the search for the next big thing, Google has joined the OpenStack Foundation. The Mountain View, California-based colossus announced July 16 that it has become a corporate sponsor of the Foundation.

OpenStack pins down next release name: Mitaka

OpenStack’s next release will be called Mitaka (三鷹). It’s named after the town located in the Tokyo metro area, known for Inokashira park (pictured above) and the Ghibli museum, which showcases the work of the animation studio of the same name.

The Road to Tokyo

• Registration is open
  
• Tips for getting a travel grant to the next OpenStack Summit
  
• Need a visa for the Tokyo Summit? Here’s what you need to know
  
• Interested in being a Tokyo Summit Sponsor?
  

Reports from Previous Events

• None this week

Relevant Conversations

• OpenStack.NET 1.4 and Beyond
  
• Technical Committee Highlights July 10, 2015
  
• [nova] Proposal for an Experiment
  
• Upstream repositories for OpenStack deb “server” packages
  
• OpenStack Operators Midcycle - agenda brainstorming
  

Deadlines and Contributors Notifications

• [all][ptl][release] need to pick release models
  
• Full list of mid-cycle sprints (meetups)
  
• Product WG Liberty Meetup: August 20-21-12, 2015 @Cisco, San Jose, CA
  
• OpenStack Ops Mid-Cycle Meetup August 18, 2015, Palo Alto, CA
  

Security Advisories and Notices

• None this week

Tips ‘n Tricks

• By David Moreau Simard: Migrating Glance images to a different backend
  
• By Loïc Dachary: restoring an OpenStack ssh public key and oneliner to deploy teuthology on OpenStack and Running your own Ceph integration tests with OpenStack
  
• By Marten Hauville: Newbie Corner – OpenStack Contribution
  
• By Ryan Hallisey: Containerize OpenStack with Docker
  
• By Alvin Heib: Deploy your service Hadoop-As-A-Service (HaaS) through a HEAT Stack
  
• By Evgeniya Shumakher: Accessing NFS from OpenStack: How to build a Fuel plugin
  

Upcoming Events

Celebrating 5 Years of OpenStack at OSCON on Wednesday, July 22nd: RSVP

• Jul 19, 2015 Openstack Neutron Latest SDN Trends Hod Hasharon, IL
  
• Jul 20 - 24, 2015 OSCON 2015 Portland, OR, US
  
• Jul 22, 2015 5 Years of OpenStack Portland, Oregon, US
  
• Jul 22, 2015 OpenStack 5th Birthday Russia Moscow, Moscow, RU
  
• Jul 28, 2015 OpenStack 5th Birthday – Austin Austin, Texas, US
  
• Jul 30 - 31, 2015 DCD INTERNET San Francisco, CA, US
  
• Jul 31 2015 OpenStack Mini Conference Pycon, Brisbane, AU
  
• Aug 07 - 08, 2015 OpenStack Day India 2015 Bangalore, Karnataka, IN
  
• Aug 10 - 13, 2015 Gartner Catalyst Conference San Diego, CA, US
  
• Aug 11, 2015 OpenStack Day Taiwan 2015 Taipei, TW
  
• Aug 13 - 14, 2015 OpenStack Collective Austin, TX, US
  
• Aug 19 - 21, 2015 China Liberty Hackathon Xian, Shanxi, CN
  
• Aug 20, 2015 OpenStack Day Seattle 2015 Seattle, WA, US
  
• Aug 25, 2015 OpenStack Trove Day 2015 San Jose, CA, US
  
• Aug 26 - 27, 2015 OpenStack Silicon Valley Mountain View, California, US
  
• Aug 27, 2015 OpenStack Nova Deep Dive Meetup Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, RO
  
• Sep 19, 2015 OpenStack Benelux Conference 2015 Bussum, NL
  
• Sep 21 - 24, 2015 Storage Developer Conference Santa Clara, CA, CA, US
  
• Oct 04 - 08, 2015 Gartner SymposiumITxpo Orlando, FL, US
  
• Nov 05, 2015 #CloudBeerStockholm Stockholm, SE
  
• Nov 15 - 20, 2015 Supercomputing 15 Austin, TX, US
  

Other News

• Addressing Telco Service Providers’ Requirements with Open Source
  
• The hard life of OpenStack application developers
  
• Rising from the ashes: Ceilometer redefines its mission
  
• python-swiftclient 2.5.0 released