OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Jan 4 – 11)

 

January 11, 2013

Highlights of the week

Save the Date – OpenStack Summit Spring 2013

It’s official – the Spring 2013 OpenStack Summit will be held in Portland, April 15-18, at the Oregon Convention Center.

If you’d like to submit a presentation, panel or workshop, the call for speakers is now open and will close February 15.

OpenStack at FOSDEM ’13

In 3 weeks, free and open source software developers will converge to Brussels for 2+ days of talks, discussions and beer. FOSDEM is still the largest gathering for our community in Europe, and it will be a pleasure to meet again with longtime friends. Note that FOSDEM attendance is free as in beer, and requires no registration. OpenStack will be present with a number of talks in the Cloud devroom in the Chavanne auditorium on Sunday, February 3rd.

OpenStack at linux.conf.au 2013

On the other side of the world, OpenStack is a protagonist at linux.conf.au 2013 in Australia. Michael Still, Director of LinuxConf Australia, highlights in his blog post the not-to-be-missed talks about OpenStack and the closely-related ones. Spoiler alert: I counted 28 (twentyeight) talks, from Monday to Friday!

OpenStack Board of Directors Talks: Episode 4 with Jim Curry, GM Private Cloud at Rackspace

Jim Curry talks about OpenStack accomplishments, areas worth focusing on for improving, the importance of the ecosystem and more. As OpenStack Elections near, these interviews of current members of OpenStack Foundation’s Board by Rafael Knuth are nice to read.

Http OpenStack Foundation 2012 End-of-Year UpdateJanuary/001301.html

Alan Clark, Board Chair, and Jonathan Bryce, Executive Director, sent a summary of 2012 accomplishments and the budget for 2012-2013.

Introducing the Hyper-V Quantum plugin

Lots of good progress to bring OpenStack to Hyper-V and Windows. After the Nova Hyper-V driver, Cinder Windows Storage driver and Cloud-Init for Windows guests Cloudbase Solutions just released a Quantum plugin for Hyper-V 2008 R2 and 2012.

Tips and tricks

Upcoming Events

Report from previous events

Other news

Welcome new contributors

Celebrating the first patches submitted this week by:

  • Yuyue Hill
  • Kurt Taylor, IBM
  • Flaper Fesp

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October 2013 Summit: Where should we have it?

 

January 9, 2013

As we announced at the October 2012 Summit, we will be holding the October 2013 Summit outside of the U.S. for the first time, either in Europe or Asia.

The OpenStack Foundation seeks site proposals for the October 2013 Summit.  The deadline to submit is January 25th, 2013.

Following the announcement in October, we were contacted by officials from the Paris region, who have been extremely helpful in providing guidance and are making a strong case for holding the event in the region.

We would love to hear from anyone else who has a strong interest in bringing this important event to their region, whether from a government economic development office, or a private company with significant resources in the region.  Open source in general, and OpenStack in particular, are powerful forces for economic development and job creation, with hundreds of job openings related to OpenStack right now, and start ups getting funded on a regular basis.

Keys to include in any proposal:  1)  Venue options that can accomodate our requirements (see below), 2) Any potential economic help to offset event production costs 3) Identify local sponsors that are likely to bring additional resources as we get close to the event 4) Anything and everything that’s unique about your city or region, making it the perfect fit for our community.

Event Overview:

  • 4 day event (Monday-Thursday)
  • Dates:  First choice is October 14 – 17, second choice is October 21-24 (we’ll also need access to the venue a few days before and after the event for load in/out)
  • Expected Attendance:  1500-2000
  • Network Connectivity: Access to reliable Internet connectivity is required. If infrastructure is prepared for high speed, upgrade can be accomplished. Desired speed is 50Mb down, 5Mb up.
  • Food & Beverage: Need to be able to serve breakfast & lunch for 1500 – 2000 people.

Space & Room Requirements:

  • City Preference:  Near a major international airport with direct flights from major hubs.
  • General Session: One room to seat 2000 theater style with space for stage with rear projection
  • Breakout Sessions | Four rooms: Each rooms should seat 250 theater style with room for smaller stage and screen (no rear projection)
  • Design Summit | Five rooms (can be separated from the rest of the space): Each room should seat 100-150 semi-circle theater style, square rooms are better, will have screens and projector but no stage
  • Developer’s Lounge: Desired size is 2,000 sq. ft. to 2,500 sq. ft space, approximately 185m2 to 235m2 to accommodate lounge area (Cushioned Chairs, Couches, etc.)
  • Dining Area: Should seat 750 round tables of 10, with buffet and refreshment space
  • Sponsorship Area: Desired size is 10,000sq feet, approximately 930m2 to accommodate. The dining and sponsorship areas can be in the same space.
  • Special Event Room: Should fit 30-40 people classroom-style with a projector
  • 8-10 Meeting Rooms: Should fit 10-12 people in a boardroom-style setting

Please send proposals to [email protected] . The deadline is January 25th, 2013.

Mark Collier
COO, OpenStack Foundation
@sparkycollier

Vietnam OpenStack Community 2nd Meeting

 

January 8, 2013

Following the success of the first Vietnam OpenStack Community (VietOpenStack) meetup, the second meeting has been held at Marcel Dassault amphitheater, Francophone Institute for Informatics (IFI-VNU) on 4th January, 2013. There were approx. 50 people attending this event. We warmly welcomed:

  • Representatives from IT Business Management level: Mr. Nguyen Huc Quoc – Director of e-government center, Department of Information and Technology, Ministry of Information and Technology, Mr. Nguyen Hong Quang – Chairman of Vietnam Free and Open Source Software Association (VFOSSA), Mr. Nguyen The Trung – Managing Director of DTT Technology Group (DTT), Mr. Do Hoang Khanh – Former CTO of Citibank Global, a senior expert on IT of DTT, Mr. Tran Luong Son – Director of Vietsoftware, Mr. Le Phuoc Thanh – Managing Director of VidaGis…
  • Representatives from ICT companies: Vietsoftware, Netnam, iWay, VidaGis, Viami Software, DTT …
  • Members of VietOpenStack start-up team: Translation sub-team, Technical sub-team…
  • Teachers and students from technology university: Francophone Institute for Informatics (VNU-IFI), Hanoi University of Industry (HaIU), Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST)…

The 2nd VietOpenStack meetup took place in a friendly, enthusiastic and full-of-energy atmosphere and the “Open” spirit was clearly shown in every presentation and discussion of the participants. Starting the show, Mr. Nguyen The Trung, Managing Director of DTT introduced the agenda of VietOpenStack Meetup 2 and special guests.

Mr. Nguyen The Trung, Managing Director of DTT, introduced VietOpenStack Meetup 2 agenda.

Main contents of 2nd Meeting include:

  1. OpenStack Demo
  2. Translation of OpenStack Documents
  3. OpenStack experience sharing of an IT expert
  4. Q&A and future plan

 1.  OpenStack Demo

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hai from Netnam introduced his company as one of the Internet Service Provider (ISP) company providing internet and network services. He then conducted a demonstration on OpenStack installing model.

Mr. Nguyen Thanh Hai from Netnam demonstrated OpenStack installing model

2. Discussion on OpenStack Translation

Ms. Le Phuong Nga, member of OpenStack Translation team from DTT, started her presentation by introducing all members of the OpenStack translation and reviewing teams. She then briefed on recent team activities and translation progress in which Vietnam has completed 9% of the translation work. She also raised some translated related issues while her team doing the translation to the community, such as difficulty in getting the translated work reviewed by the reviewing team.

Ms. Lê Phương Nga, member of OpenStack Translation team from DTT, with her presentation on OpenStack translation.

3. OpenStack experience from a senior IT expert

Mr. Do Hoang Khanh, former CTO of CitiBank Global and a 30 year experience IT consultant of DTT Technology Group, is a person who is passionate about open source movement. He also attended the OpenStack Summit last October in San Diego. He shared with the participants his personal experiences and knowledge on OpenStack. What a touching presentation he has given for this meetup event!

Mr. Do Hoang Khanh, former CTO of CitiBank Global and a senior IT consultant of DTT Technology Group, sharing his experience on OpenStack.

4. Q&A and future plan

Although there were some questions and answers during the whole meeting, group discussion really started when beers and snacks, sponsored by DTT, were served to the attendants. People drank and shared more openly on OpenStack and opportunities it could bring to ICT companies in Vietnam. Everyone was eager for the next meetup, which is tentatively to be held in Ho Chi Minh city. And yes, discussion for Meeting 3 is on the mailing list now. It will be announced very soon 🙂

We especially thank Mr. Nguyen Hong Quang, Chairman of VFOSSA and his team for being so supportive in organizing the meetup place. Great hospitalities has made to the success of VietOpenStack Meeting 2.

It’s time for meetup dinner

5. VietOpenStack contact details:

 

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OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Dec 28 – Jan 4)

 

January 4, 2013

Highlights of the week

Save the Date – OpenStack Summit Spring 2013

It’s official – the Spring 2013 OpenStack Summit will be held in Portland, April 15-18, at the Oregon Convention Center.  

We’re expecting 2000 OpenStack users, prospective users, ecosystem members and developers to attend the Spring Summit. As usual, we’ll have a variety of content and tracks, ranging from compelling user stories and technical deep dives to the business case for OpenStack and hands-on workshops.

If you’d like to submit a presentation, panel or workshop, the call for speakers is now open and will close February 15.

The call for sponsorships will open January 14. Event registration and discount hotel rates will be available the week of January 14, so stay tuned and check back for updates.

OpenStack Board of Directors Talks: Episode 3 with Randy Bias, Co-Founder & CTO at Cloudscaling

Rafael Knuth chats with Randy Bias about Cloudscaling, OpenStack, cloud technology, API compatibility, enterprise adoption of cloud technologies, Dell and more.

Tips and tricks

Upcoming Events

Other news

Welcome new contributors

Celebrating the first patches submitted this week by:

  • Janis Gengeris

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Save the Date – OpenStack Summit Spring 2013

 

January 3, 2013

It’s official – the Spring 2013 OpenStack Summit will be held in Portland, April 15-18, at the Oregon Convention Center.  

We’re expecting 2000 OpenStack users, prospective users, ecosystem members and developers to attend the Spring Summit. As usual, we’ll have a variety of content and tracks, ranging from compelling user stories and technical deep dives to the business case for OpenStack and hands-on workshops. If you’d like to submit a presentation, panel or workshop, the call for speakers is now open and will close February 15.  If you are interested in submitting a session for the Design Summit, which is a special track planning the development work to be implemented in the “H” release, there will be a separate system opening closer to the Grizzly feature freeze and closing after the Grizzly release in April.

Summit attendees will again vote on speaking submissions to help determine which presentations are the best fit for our Spring Summit. We’ll also have subject matter experts serving as track chairs to make sure all of our audiences are well-served.  The voting system will open on February 18, with the goal of locking the agenda by March 11.

Having a presence at the OpenStack Summit is a great way to get your company in front of the OpenStack community. The call for sponsorships will open January 14, and there are four available levels of Sponsorship: Headline, Premier, Event, and Startup.  Sponsorships are sold on a first come, first served basis once the agreement is posted January 14.  In the meantime please view detailed information in the Sponsorship Prospectus.

Event registration and discount hotel rates will be available the week of January 14, so stay tuned and check back for updates.

For an idea of what to expect, check out our recap video from the Fall 2012 OpenStack Summit that was held in San Diego.

We eagerly anticipate the Spring 2013 Summit will be the most dynamic one yet. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend – we look forward to seeing you in Portland!

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2nd Swiss OpenStack Meetup

 

We (ICCLab and ZHGeeks) are pleased to announce the 2nd Swiss OpenStack Meetup. It will happen on the 19th of February in Zurich at ETH. If you’re keen and interested in attending then please register here.

If you are interested in giving a talk then do give a shout out at the meetup site or simply message @OpenStackCH on twitter. Currently there are talks planned for:

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

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OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Dec 21-28)

 

December 28, 2012

Highlights of the week

Ceilometer bug squash day #1

What better way to start the new year? The Ceilometer team is pleased to announce that it organizes a bug squashing day on the Friday 4th January 2013. You can get started by reading how to contribute to Ceilometer, from updating the documentation, to fixing bugs. There’s a lot you can do. Good support for Ceilometer is built into Devstack, so installing a development platform is really easy.

Thinking about the mission of the user committeee

Narayan Desai started a discussion about the mission of OpenStack Foundation’s most important governing body: the User Committee. Any member of the OpenStack Foundation is welcome to chime in and help define the User Committee.

Resources for translators of documentation

A thread on the OpenStack Documentation mailing list lead to a summary post on how to get started translating OpenStack Manuals.

Tips and tricks

Upcoming Events

Other news

Welcome new contributors

Celebrating the first patches submitted this week by:

  • John Bresnahan, Red Hat
  • Xing Yang, EMC

Bonus Video

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OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Dec 14-21)

 

December 21, 2012

Highlights of the week – Holiday edition

Happy holidays from the whole team at the OpenStack Foundation. We wish you a merry time to spend with your beloved ones.

DevStack on openSUSE, or how to quickly setup OpenStack on openSUSE

DevStack is a set of shell scripts to build complete OpenStack development environments. It is useful to create a small OpenStack environment that will be used for hacking, testing, etc. and is therefore primarily used for upstream development. Vincent Untz got DevStack to work on openSUSE.

Ten Useful Openstack Swift Features

Adrian Smith goes through some of the new features introduced in Swift 1.7.5 and their implication. If you want to learn about CORS support, Etag, Object versioning and other nice features read his post.

Introducing OpenStack Packstack

Derek Higgins developed a tool that is capable of installing OpenStack in a distributed environment using some of the most common configurations. Packstack can be used to transform Fedora 17/18, RHEL 6 or CentOS 6 servers into a functional Openstack Folsom deployment. The tool ssh’s onto each server and apply’s puppet manifests to set openstack up. On his blog post Derek outlines how to use his Packstack on Fedora 17.

A look at individual membership in the OpenStack Foundation

It’s no secret that I like numbers and charts. If you like them too, then David Fishman’s post is a must read for the holidays. Davide took a snapshot of the membership of the OpenStack Foundation using the publicly available data. Who are these people and what are their affiliations? What if anything does it say about the use and uptake of OpenStack cloud? What doesn’t it say? And, like any data, what other useful questions does it raise? Remember that the OpenStack Foundation elections are coming and the holidays may be a good time to get to know the candidates for the Board of Directors.

An Introduction To OpenStack

Martin Paulo introduced OpenStack to a new group of people. He collected and published his notes: I believe his work can be very useful for other OpenStack speakers.

Tips and tricks

Upcoming Events

Other news

Welcome new contributors

Celebrating the first patches submitted this week by:

  • Harika Vakadi, Persistent
  • Ben Andrews
  • Walter A. Boring IV, HP
  • Therese McHale, HP

Bonus Video

Overview of OpenStack and the OpenStack Foundation by Mark Collier:

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Event Report: OpenStack Day, Bangalore, India

 

December 18, 2012

On past Saturday, 15th December OpenStack India organized a one day event in Bangalore.

The event was attended by over 120 people from varied domains.

We started our session with Mark Collier video presentation in which he spoke about OpenStack project and about the foundation. The video is available on youtube as well OpenStack Introductory video

Next we had Tristan Goode from Aptira spoke about the Global Impact of OpenStack. The talk was interesting with some thoughts added as how whole OpenStack project has changed the cloud computing market.

Anand Palanisamy from PayPal gave an overview how they are using OpenStack in production with tool set and stack. There were many interesting questions asked regarding there production environment.

Ritesh Nanda from Ericsson was next and he presented how they are using OpenStack in telecommunication domain.

 

Barath Ram G from HP spoke about “Nova for Physicalization and Virtualization compute models”  He gave various insight on the upcoming features in nova with Grizzly release.

During lunch we also played dope&stack which was cheered by the crowd and we ended up playing it in loop for almost 20 mins during lunch. 🙂

Divyanshu Verma from DELL spoke about OpenStack and business of cloud. He provided some used case and insight with how educational institution can use cloud.

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Krishnan Subramanian from Rishidot research presented “The importance of OpenStack – An Outsider Perspective”

Prakash Advani from Canonical spoke about OpenStack and Ubuntu.

Lastly we had panel discussion and as per Krishnan suggestion we had some spicy question for all our panelists.

We donated the collected registration money to Akshayapatra foundation and we been told the money we collected will feed 30 children via there NGO initiative for a year.

Also thanks to Aptira, OpenStack Foundation and Rackspace helping us with sponsorship.

All the slides for the event is available on Slideshare  , Our upcoming events are already listed on meetup page  and twitter will carry other interesting announcements we have lined up. 🙂

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OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Nov 30 – Dic 14)

 

December 14, 2012

Highlights of the weeks

What people talk about when they talk about OpenStack Cloud

There’s enough going on in the OpenStack ecosystem that you can pretty much find a comfortable niche drilling down on anything from hypervisor compatibility to driver support to who’s in the foundation. Mirantis’ David M. Fishman takes a step back and highlights recent conversations about OpenStack.

Welcome New Outreach Program for Women Interns

With a flurry of applications, we had a difficult decision in front of us, deciding who would be our newest mentored contributors through the GNOME Outreach Program for Women. All the applicants were enthusiastic and personable, knowledgeable and technical. We’re pleased to announce that the decisions have been made and these three are going to work on OpenStack full-time from January to March. Please welcome Laura, Anita and Victoria to the OpenStack community.

Making sense of SDN with–and without–HW-based networking in OpenStack Cloud

There’s a tremendous amount of talk about the shift in the networking business from hardware-bound networking to Software Defined Network. Mirantis’ Greg Elkinbard gives an overview of SDN in OpenStack world.

OpenStack Board of Directors Talks: Episode 1 with Rob Hirschfeld, Principal Cloud Architect at Dell

Learn firsthand about OpenStack, its challenges and opportunities, market adoption and Dell’s engagement in the community. Rafael Knuth’s goal is to interview all 24 members of the OpenStack board, and will post these talks sequentially at Dell TechCenter.

Security Advisories

Tips and tricks

Upcoming Events

Other news

Welcome new contributors

Celebrating the first patches submitted this week by:

  • Pavel Kravchenko and Alexey Roytman, IBM
  • Boris Pavlovic
  • Cian O’Driscoll, HP
  • Mana Kaneko
  • Andrew Glen-Young, Canonical
  • zhoudongshu
  • Yufang Zhang
  • Qiang Guan, Netease
  • Rohan Rhishikesh Kanade, NTT Data

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