Spinning up OpenStack “DefCore” Committee by spotting elephants <http://robhirschfeld.com/2013/11/22/defcore/> This week, Joshua McKenty <http://insights.wired.com/profile/JoshuaMcKenty>, Rob Hirschfeld <http://robhirschfeld.com/> and a handful of interested individuals (board member Eileen Evans included) met to start organizing the DefCore* Committee <https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/DefCoreCommittee>. This standing committee was established by an OpenStack Foundation resolution <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/foundation/2013-October/001568.html> just before the Hong Kong Summit. This action was an immediate result of the unanimous passage of the 10 Principles that <http://robhirschfeld.com/2013/08/13/openstack-core-positions/>Rob was driving <http://robhirschfeld.com/2013/08/13/openstack-core-positions/> in the DefCore “Spider <http://robhirschfeld.com/2013/07/23/introducing-the-openstack-spider-graph-untangling-our-web-of-interdependencies/>” cycle. Read the summary of the outcomes of the first meeting. How to get new questions on Ask OpenStack via email <http://maffulli.net/2013/11/20/how-to-get-new-questions-on-ask-openstack-via-email/> Email is still one of the best mechanism to get push notifications, so getting automatic nudges via email from Ask OpenStack is useful. I took some time to document how to get an email message every time a new question is asked on Ask OpenStack <https://ask.openstack.org/>. Who Wrote OpenStack Havana Docs? <http://justwriteclick.com/2013/11/18/who-wrote-openstack-havana-docs/> Indulging with our own Anne Gentl in the glorious beauty of numbers and metrics, following up on a similar post about previous release, Who Wrote OpenStack Grizzly Doc <http://justwriteclick.com/2013/04/26/who-wrote-openstack-grizzly-docs/>s? At the time Grizzly had 79 docs contributors overall, with 3 of them writing half of the changes for Grizzly. This time the team grew to 130 docs contributors with 7 of them writing just over half the changes in overarching install/config/deploy/operations guides. Progress! We also had at least three supporting companies hire writers dedicated to OpenStack upstream docs. Tips ‘n Tricks * By Mirantis <http://www.mirantis.com/>: Identifying and Troubleshooting Neutron Namespaces <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/identifying-and-troubleshooting-neutron-namespaces/> and Edge of the Stack: Find Memleaks Without Process Restarts <http://www.mirantis.com/blog/edge-of-the-stack-find-memleaks-without-process-restarts/> * By HP Public Cloud <http://www.hpcloud.com/blog/categories/1246>: OpenStack HP 3PAR StoreServ Block Storage Drivers Configuration Best Practices <http://www.hpcloud.com/blog/openstack-hp-3par-storeserv-block-storage-drivers-configuration-best-practices> * By Kenneth Hui <http://cloudarchitectmusings.com/>: Laying Cinder Block (Volumes) In OpenStack, Part 1: The Basics <http://cloudarchitectmusings.com/2013/11/18/laying-cinder-block-volumes-in-openstack-part-1-the-basics/> and Laying Cinder Block (Volumes) In OpenStack, Part 2: Integration With vSphere <http://cloudarchitectmusings.com/2013/11/19/laying-cinder-block-volumes-in-openstack-part-2-integration-with-vsphere/> * By Loïc Dachary <http://dachary.org/>: Mixing Ceph and LVM volumes in OpenStack <http://dachary.org/?p=2518> Upcoming Events * 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/> * OpenStack in action 4 <https://openstackinaction4.eventbrite.com/> Dec 05, 2013 – Paris, France Details <https://openstackinaction4.eventbrite.com/> * Swiss and Rhone-Alpes OpenStack user group meeting <https://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=273593> Dec 06, 2013 – CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland Details <https://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=273593> * 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/> Other News * Horizon PTL election result: Congratulations to David Lyle (Official results) <http://www.cs.cornell.edu/w8/%7Eandru/cgi-perl/civs/results.pl?id=E_cd16dd051e519ef2> * [Nova] Icehouse roadmap status <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-November/019786.html> * Swift Goals for Icehouse <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-November/019919.html> * How to best make User Experience a priority in every project <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-November/019884.html> * Feeding results from user survey into the products <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/user-committee/2013-November/000192.html> * Unified CLI now available for testing in RDO <http://openstack.redhat.com/forum/discussion/934/unified-cli-now-available-for-testing-in-rdo> * Open Mic Spotlight: Sean Chen <http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/11/open-mic-spotlight-sean-chen/> * OpenStack and Platforms as a Service <http://www.zerobanana.com/archive/2013/11/19#openstack-and-paas> * Wrap-up post OpenStack Summit in Hong Kong <http://maffulli.net/2013/11/18/wrap-up-post-openstack-summit-in-hong-kong/> * Let’s Encourage Innovation: Thoughts From OpenStack Summit Hong Kong <http://www.rackspace.com/blog/lets-encourage-innovation-thoughts-from-openstack-summit-hong-kong/> * OpenStack Project Meeting: Summary <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-11-19-21.04.html> and full logs <http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/project/2013/project.2013-11-19-21.04.log.html> Welcome New Reviewers and Developers Is your affiliation correct? Check your profile in the OpenStack Foundation Members Database! <http://www.openstack.org/profile/> Yidan Zhang <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personfd84eb88-40bd-4ea7-8892-701bef2e1049> Miguel Angel Ajo <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persondd06c62f-545a-40bf-ba11-9f44ada5f4d3> jiangang <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persondab1b0b6-b028-45d9-b42e-fd1a8f7ede7e> Yaroslav Lobankov <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personc824f732-94e9-44e3-9ffd-584c550b80c8> Takashi NATSUME <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person08b97ed1-7438-4127-a1d2-a98a16246e96> Sergio Cazzolato <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person944ca1fc-382b-4354-b458-046f08123069> Leandro Ignacio Costantino <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persondb30d59f-d200-418a-b0ef-ea4426ae0e21> Radoslav Gerganov <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person4ff66d72-34af-4a3e-8466-7742c89cdafe> Max Lobur <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3592ef30-6ef1-4d0d-8a43-ca4644c63554> Leandro Ignacio Costantino <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persondb30d59f-d200-418a-b0ef-ea4426ae0e21> Jon-Paul Sullivan <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persondd358937-96b6-4c2b-aecb-8da7824826d1> John Wood <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personba50acd3-c602-4d21-9ca9-70a9fa3d95c7> Gonéri Le Bouder <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person1792938e-3bc4-4010-889c-484fedb0de70> Jarret Raim <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person08a6e359-9870-4c22-8da6-54de234fe347> Ana Krivokapic' <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person4c58ca6f-99af-4d65-9101-9afbc227a06c> Cristian A Sanchez <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persone5ea2eeb-ba3f-43f6-80d0-d34481c4f874> Steven Lang <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person24bd8da0-0be4-464f-bb5e-f27fdcc003a8> alejandro emanuel paredes <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3a825cfe-9f9e-415d-a70a-4f74541168b7> vlowther <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personfbdccd8c-708c-4484-a6e6-bc5fe08f4b94> Sean Winn <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person844719c9-46df-424d-bc3b-c34347407b7f> Ken Giusti <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personf5c13874-4e37-45e1-b4d0-c3784ffe9bae> Peter Lomakin <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personb2478cf3-994e-40eb-8a14-d7020e6231e3> Pablo Andres Fuente <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,persona78efe50-02c4-48ca-b9f5-1362cacdfdd9> Nathan Kinder <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person1ea72d42-9573-4e11-9a31-3ceda2f820f4> Marc Solanas <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person922d549f-0949-49d1-bf5c-d82c690745d3> Ma Wen Cheng <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person28ba0fa0-fdec-4f15-b8f1-c8a35248b157> Denis Egorenko <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person369703d0-07d4-47dd-8939-69846a636e7a> ChrisBuccella <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personee2e0426-3630-477e-9ab1-e2a52ff2d8fd> Andres Buraschi <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person9db9dae7-7745-4ca4-9502-35d943706519> Yair Fried <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person3f85651c-8312-4abe-a16d-54a9fc2bf8e0> Steven Lang <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person24bd8da0-0be4-464f-bb5e-f27fdcc003a8> Shilla Saebi <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personeb72beef-5004-4331-ac94-3d2d7d6eb785> Rossella Sblendido <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person4fc62033-f3be-4117-9403-84a707055287> Nadya Privalova <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personc352c640-dda6-4e98-bb1e-c6ead604a4ea> Bob Melander <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person25dde40b-df40-4e6f-84ff-4b10df0514a8> Tristan Cacqueray <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person5ebd0c86-dbc4-4997-951b-42cc324070c8> Jiri Tomasek <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,person97bb3dcb-2e23-4462-89a9-d8fdf388e094> Daisuke Morita <http://activity.openstack.org/data/plugins/zfacts/view.action?viewproperties=true&instance=Person,personc95e6083-e429-4d25-8e2b-ceaf3907d43c> 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/>. * Metering (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=> * Database As A Service (Trove) <http://activity.openstack.org/data/display/OPNSTK2/trove> /The weekly newsletter is a way for the community to learn about all the various activities occurring on a weekly basis. If you would like to add content to a weekly update or have an idea about this newsletter, please leave a comment./