{"id":4473,"date":"2013-06-28T11:10:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T16:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=4473"},"modified":"2013-08-21T11:15:25","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T16:15:25","slug":"openstack-community-weekly-newsletter-june-21-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstack-community-weekly-newsletter-june-21-28\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (June 21-28)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/hong-kong-summit-registration-call-for-speakers-sponsors-now-open\/\">Hong Kong Summit \u2013 Registration, Call for Speakers &amp; Sponsors Now Open!<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/openstacksummitnovember2013.eventbrite.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u5728\u5168\u4f53\u5927\u4f1a\u4e2d\u5c06\u63d0\u4f9b\u82f1\u6587\u81f3\u4e2d\u6587\u4e4b\u5373\u65f6\u7ffb\u8bd1\u3002 \u8981\u5f97\u5230\u66f4\u591a\u4fe1\u606f\uff0c \u8bf7\u67e5\u9605\u6ce8\u518c\u4fe1\u606f\u9875<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/openstack-summit-survey-results\/\">OpenStack Summit Survey Results<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"lead\">Key Findings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Overall: 96% of people rating the overall Summit as Good or Excellent.\u00a0 <\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Top areas to improve:<\/b>\u00a0 Clearly the Network and the Session Rooms (size, acoustics, equipment) were unacceptable.<\/li>\n<li><b>Format:<\/b> Stackers favored keeping the Design Summit co-located with the rest of the Summit sessions by a margin of 4:1 over breaking it out separately<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hastexo.com\/blogs\/florian\/2013\/06\/24\/challenge-heres-openstack-essentials-quiz\">Up for a challenge? Here&#8217;s the OpenStack Essentials quiz!<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Novice, hotshot, expert or wizard? Show off your OpenStack knowledge in this brand new quiz by <del>Florian Haas<\/del> Hastexo team. The <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hastexo.com\/resources\/quizzes\/openstack-essentials-grizzly\">OpenStack Essentials quiz<\/a><\/strong> is a challenging, fun way for you to test your OpenStack knowledge. It takes no more than 30 minutes, or maybe even just 10 if you&#8217;re super awesome.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/developerworks\/cloud\/library\/cl-openstack-pythonapis\/index.html\">Python APIs: The best-kept secret of OpenStack<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>As an OpenStack user or administrator, you often need to write scripts to automate common tasks. In addition to the REST and command-line interfaces, OpenStack exposes native Python API bindings. Learn how to use these Python bindings to greatly simplify the process of writing OpenStack automation scripts. An article on DeveloperWorks by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibm.com\/developerworks\/cloud\/library\/cl-openstack-pythonapis\/index.html#author1\">Lorin Hochstein<\/a>, Lead Architect, Cloud Services, Nimbis Services<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ppouliot\/ppouliot-openstack-hyper-v\">A puppet module for building Windows\/Hyper-V OpenStack Compute nodes<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/community\/members\/profile\/311\">Peter Pouliot<\/a> has been working on a A starting point for building Windows\/Hyper-V OpenStack Compute nodes. The modules he recently pushed begin the configuration of a openstack-hyper-v compute node for openstack. It currently has the beginings of both from package and from source options. This is still a work in progress, contributions are welcome.<\/p>\n<h2>Tips &#8216;n Tricks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>By <a href=\"http:\/\/xlcloud.org\/bin\/view\/Blog\/OpenStack\">XLcloud<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/xlcloud.org\/bin\/view\/Blog\/Devstack+with+GRE+tunnels+in+Havana?language=en\">Devstack with GRE tunnels in Havana<\/a><\/li>\n<li>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enovance.com\/\">eNovance<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enovance.com\/fr\/blog\/5776\/using-duplicity-with-cloudwatt-for-online-backups\">Using Duplicity with Cloudwatt for online backups<\/a><\/li>\n<li>By <a href=\"http:\/\/ryandlane.com\/blog\">Ryan Lane<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/ryandlane.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/27\/per-project-users-and-groups-aka-service-groups\/\">Per-project users and groups (aka service groups)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>By <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.citrix.com\/\">Mate Lakat<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.citrix.com\/2013\/06\/27\/openstack-xenserver-type-image-to-volume\/\">OpenStack \u2013 XenServer \u2013 type Image to Volume<\/a><\/li>\n<li>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.logilab.org\/view?rql=Any%20X%20ORDERBY%20AA%20DESC%20LIMIT%2010%20WHERE%20E%20eid%20115182%2C%20E%20tags%20X%2C%20X%20creation_date%20AA%2C%20X%20is%20BlogEntry\">Logilab<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.logilab.org\/blogentry\/145033\">About salt-ami-cloud-builder<\/a><\/li>\n<li>By <a href=\"http:\/\/giuliofidente.com\/\">Giulio Fidente<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/giuliofidente.com\/2013\/06\/openstack-glance-use-swift-as-backend.html\">OpenStack Glance &#8211; Use Swift as backend<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ep2013.europython.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">EuroPython 2013<\/a> Jul 01 &#8211; 07, 2013 &#8211; Firenze, Italy <a href=\"https:\/\/ep2013.europython.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Details<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/softwarelivre.org\/fisl14\" target=\"_blank\">FISL 14<\/a> Jul 03 &#8211; 06, 2013 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/softwarelivre.org\/fisl14\" target=\"_blank\">Details<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/2013.pycon-au.org\/programme\/schedule\/friday\" target=\"_blank\">PyCon Australia \u2013 OpenStack Miniconf<\/a> Jul 05, 2013 &#8211; Hobart, Australia <a href=\"http:\/\/2013.pycon-au.org\/programme\/schedule\/friday\" target=\"_blank\">Details<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberport.hk\/campaign\/edm\/openstack\/eDM\/eDM2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Deploying a 3D Virtual World on OpenStack Cloud<\/a> Jul 05, 2013 &#8211; Hong Kong <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberport.hk\/campaign\/edm\/openstack\/eDM\/eDM2.html\" target=\"_blank\">Details<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/OpenStack-Austin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Meetup<\/a> Jul 11, 2013 \u2013 Austin <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/OpenStack-Austin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Details<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Openstack-Boston\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Meetup<\/a> Jul 16, 2013 \u2013 Boston <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Openstack-Boston\/\" target=\"_blank\">Details<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oscon.com\/oscon2013\" target=\"_blank\">OSCON 2013<\/a> Jul 22 &#8211; 26, 2013 &#8211; Portland, OR <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oscon.com\/oscon2013\" target=\"_blank\">Details<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Reports from Previous Events<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/report-june-month-openstack-meetupblr-india-2\/\">Report: June month OpenStack meetup, Bangalore , India<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.logilab.org\/blogentry\/149644\">Notes suite au 4\u00e8me rendez-vous OpenStack \u00e0 Paris<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hastexo.com\/blogs\/florian\/2013\/06\/25\/openstack-italia-user-group-meetup-milan-june-20\">OpenStack Italia User Group Meetup, Milan, June 20<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-docs\/2013-June\/002014.html\">What&#8217;s Up Doc? Jun 21, 2013<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rafstack.tumblr.com\/post\/53944775969\">Interview with Hui Cheng at UnitedStack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rafstack.tumblr.com\/post\/53761752713\">Interview with Joe Arnold, founder and CEO of Swiftstack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sebastien-han.fr\/blog\/2013\/06\/24\/what-i-think-about-cephfs-in-openstack\/\">What I think about CephFS in OpenStack<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenStack Project Meeting: <a href=\"http:\/\/eavesdrop.openstack.org\/meetings\/project\/2013\/project.2013-06-25-21.01.html\">Summary<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/eavesdrop.openstack.org\/meetings\/project\/2013\/project.2013-06-25-21.01.log.html\">full logs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenStack Community Meeting: <a href=\"http:\/\/eavesdrop.openstack.org\/meetings\/openstack_community\/2013\/openstack_community.2013-06-26-23.10.html\">Summary<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/eavesdrop.openstack.org\/meetings\/openstack_community\/2013\/openstack_community.2013-06-26-23.10.log.html\">full logs<\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenStack Board Meeting <a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/foundation\/2013-June\/001435.html\">Summary &#8211; June 27th<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Welcome New Developers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Scott Dangelo, HP<\/li>\n<li>Kai Zhang, Zelin.io<\/li>\n<li>Sai Krishna<\/li>\n<li>Anastasia Latynskaya, Mirantis<\/li>\n<li>Mahesh Panchaksharaiah, Thoughtworks<\/li>\n<li>Sridevi Koushik, Rackspace<\/li>\n<li>Jacob Cherkas, Nicira<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Got answers?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/\">Ask OpenStack<\/a> is the go-to destination for OpenStack users. Interesting questions waiting for answers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2599\/how-to-configure-ipv6-for-openstack\/\">how to configure IPv6 for openstack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2650\/instances-running-on-vmware-esxi-cannot-access-metadata-service\/\">Instances running on VMware ESXi cannot access metadata service<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2646\/ceilometer-coercing-to-unicode-need-string-or-buffer-nonetype-found\/\">ceilometer coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType Found<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2640\/route-fixed-ip-to-floating-ip\/\">route fixed ip to floating ip<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2621\/how-to-query-billingstack-after-you-installed-it\/\">How to query Billingstack after you installed it?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2620\/devstack-exercise-script-failures\/\">Devstack exercise script failures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2616\/what-causes-instance-names-to-increment-by-3\/\">What causes instance names to increment by 3?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2599\/how-to-configure-ipv6-for-openstack\/\">how to configure IPv6 for openstack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2598\/snapshot-file-is-created-on-disk-but-never-shows-up-as-a-snapshot\/\">Snapshot file is created on disk, but never shows up as a snapshot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2596\/why-is-this-ovs-vsctl-running-so-often\/\">Why is this ovs-vsctl running so often<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2577\/configuring-dm-crypt-inside-host\/\">Configuring dm-crypt inside host?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2574\/healthnmon-nosectionerror-error\/\">Healthnmon NoSectionError error<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2565\/not-able-to-set-cpuset-attribute\/\">Not able to set cpuset attribute.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2543\/swiftkeystone-authentication-failure\/\">Swift\/Keystone authentication failure<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2542\/how-services-token-buffer-work\/\">how services token buffer work<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/question\/2534\/how-to-install-healthnmon-in-ubuntu\/\">How to install healthnmon in Ubuntu?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Love animated GIFs?<\/h3>\n<div style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/24.media.tumblr.com\/eda5c59736d3ec02e3aa91d5f60e2322\/tumblr_moyclbLjPb1sp6r04o1_500.gif\" width=\"500\" height=\"272\" name=\"graphics1\" align=\"BOTTOM\" border=\"0\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">When I run Tempest.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong Summit \u2013 Registration, Call for Speakers &amp; Sponsors Now Open! \u5728\u5168\u4f53\u5927\u4f1a\u4e2d\u5c06\u63d0\u4f9b\u82f1\u6587\u81f3\u4e2d\u6587\u4e4b\u5373\u65f6\u7ffb\u8bd1\u3002 \u8981\u5f97\u5230\u66f4\u591a\u4fe1\u606f\uff0c \u8bf7\u67e5\u9605\u6ce8\u518c\u4fe1\u606f\u9875 OpenStack Summit Survey Results Key Findings: Overall: 96% of people rating the overall Summit as Good or Excellent.\u00a0 Top areas to improve:\u00a0 Clearly the Network and the Session Rooms (size, acoustics, equipment) were unacceptable. 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