Another video from Santa Clara Meetup:
OpenStack Lightning Talks: Andrew Shafer, Cloudscaling from OpenStack on Vimeo.
Another video from Santa Clara Meetup:
OpenStack Lightning Talks: Andrew Shafer, Cloudscaling from OpenStack on Vimeo.
More videos from OpenStack Santa Clara Meetup:
OpenStack Lightning Talks: Sebastian Stadil, Scalr from OpenStack on Vimeo.
More videos from the Santa Clara Meetup:
OpenStack Lightning Talks: Vish Ishaya & Devin Carlen, Anso Labs from OpenStack on Vimeo.
Many people have asked for more insight into the developer activities for OpenStack as the large number of code changes and proposals make it difficult to monitor everything happening. In hopes of exposing more of the developer activities, I plan to post a weekly or biweekly blog post on the latest development activities. If you have any ideas for this blog post, please email me at [email protected]. I am always ready to listen to the community for new ideas.
Activities
Developer Mailing List (archive: https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/)
This is select list of topics discussed this week in the developer mailing list and is not a complete list. Please visit the archive to see all the topics.
Statistics
For the latest on development activities on OpenStack please check these sites for more details:
OpenStack Community Newsletter – March 4, 2011
This 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 email [email protected].
Midokura booth at Cloud Days in Tokyo
HIGHLIGHTS
EVENTS
DEVELOPER COMMUNITY
GENERAL COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY STATISTICS (2/25– 3/3)
OPENSTACK IN THE NEWS
Anne Gentle at the Santa Clara, CA Meetup on February 3, 2011
OpenStack Lightning Talks: Anne Gentle, Constant Stacker from OpenStack on Vimeo.
As we take stock of the amazing interest and growth, keeping in mind the initiative’s goals and commitment to openness, the time has come to evolve the governance process to match the new reality of a larger, more diverse community. To that end, the governance process has been updated, with full details published here.
As you read through the highlights below, we encourage you to get personally involved to steer this community to an even bigger, brighter future. Whether it’s participating in a spirited debate on the mailing list, attending the bi-annual design summits, or even running for one of the elected positions, there are a lot of ways to get involved and there’s no time like the present to dive in. Nominations and elections will be held later this month for many elected positions.
Highlights:
*Upcoming Elections: As noted above, a total of 5 seats are up for election later this month, March 2011, prior to the Spring 2011 Design Summit. 3 of these will be Project Technical Leads for the respective projects, and will also sit on the Project Policy Board representing those respective communities, and 2 will be General Board Members. More details soon regarding the nomination and election process.
Again, we invite everyone to get involved and have your voice heard. If you’re interested in running for the Project Policy Board, or becoming a Project Technical Leader, now’s the time to throw your hat in the ring. Registration for the second public Design Summit will open in the next few days, in which members of the community set the roadmap and make technical decisions to drive the projects forward. You can get plugged in with our new community page at openstack.org/community.
The Xen.org community, home of the open source Xen hypervisor, announced today the availability of Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) 1.0. XCP 1.0 provides a full-featured virtualization platform solution from bare metal including the Xen hypervisor, network and storage support, and a management stack. This platform is a perfect complement to the OpenStack cloud infrastructure solution by providing the virtualization layer for a complete open source cloud stack from bare metal to cloud orchestration software.
The release of XCP 1.0 enables the Xen community to leverage the industry leading Xen hypervisor in creating a virtualization platform for the OpenStack community. Citrix Systems, a leader in the OpenStack and Xen communities, enabled not just the Xen hypervisor but also tightly integrated XCP 1.0 with OpenStack Compute and OpenStack Object Storage. This newly available joint solution provides solution providers building public and private clouds an opportunity to fully deploy a complete open source solution for their customers and employees.
Not only are the two communities actively working together to ensure a quality customer solution, but Xen.org is also taking a leading role in the governance of OpenStack with Ewan Mellor participating as a member of the OpenStack Project Oversight Committee. Ewan’s leadership role in OpenStack provides the community with an experienced open source and enterprise developer helping to guide the technology and development process.
Finally, the two projects have also submitted a joint paper proposal for OSCON 2011; “Achieving Hybrid Cloud Mobility with OpenStack and XCP” from Paul Voccio at Rackspace and Todd Deshane at Xen.org. The connection between these two open source communities is off to a great start and we look forward to more alignment in the future as open source cloud computing becomes a significant player in the industry.
You can obtain XCP 1.0 here.
Join Rackspace Hosting, the world’s leading specialist in the hosting and cloud computing industry, and OpenStack, the fastest growing open source cloud project creating the open standard cloud operating system, for some fun and arcade games! We hope to see you there, free food and drinks for all!
Kung Fu Saloon
510 Rio Grande
March 16, 2011
6pm
More information at http://schedule.sxsw.com/events/event_OE00338.
Next week, the OpenStack team and Rackspace are hosting a party on Tuesday March 8, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara, CA from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm. You can register for the event at http://www.cvent.com/events/rackspace-cloud-connect-celebration/event-summary-05ddfb54276b43f88655dd0ec24f81d0.aspx.