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> /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./