{"id":6718,"date":"2015-01-09T18:29:03","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T00:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/?p=6718"},"modified":"2015-01-09T18:47:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T00:47:41","slug":"openstack-community-weekly-newsletter-week-1-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstack-community-weekly-newsletter-week-1-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Week 1, 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 align=\"center\">Happy 2015!<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/user-committee\/2014-December\/000340.html\">&#8220;First App&#8221; Tutorial for OpenStack<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"lead\">OpenStack needs something like the tutorial &#8220;Writing your first Django app&#8221;. We&#8217;re looking for volunteers to flesh out ideas on what this tutorial would look like for OpenStack and how it would work. Particularly we need to think about the kinds of example applications we should go with. There&#8217;s an <a href=\"https:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/p\/first-app-tutorial\">etherpad<\/a> and your ideas are welcome there or join the <a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/user-committee\/2014-December\/000340.html\">conversation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/sarob.com\/2015\/01\/openstack-gold-director-selector-election-results-for-2015\/\"><span lang=\"en-US\">OpenStack Gold Director Selector Election Results for 2015<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Aptira \u2013 Tristan Goode<\/li>\n<li>Cisco \u2013 Lew Tucker<\/li>\n<li>Dreamhost \u2013 Simon Anderson<\/li>\n<li>EMC \u2013 Sean Roberts<\/li>\n<li>Mirantis \u2013 Boris Renski<\/li>\n<li>Nebula \u2013 Chris Kemp<\/li>\n<li>(new) NetApp \u2013 Robert Esker<\/li>\n<li>(new) Symantec \u2013 Steven Hallett<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\">Welcome <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">to all and good work!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/women-of-openstack-working-session-update\/\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Women of OpenStack Working Session Update<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">The WOS Group has a established a new <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/cgi-bin\/mailman\/listinfo\/women-of-openstack\">women-of-openstack<\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">mailing list and is hosting next week a webinar to help <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">Designing an OpenStack Summit Session Submission for Success<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/openstack.enterthemeeting.com\/m\/KCWPKB2X\">Register<\/a> now, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">as this webinar comes just in time for the<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/vancouver-2015\/call-for-speakers\/\">OpenStack Summit Vancouver C<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/vancouver-2015\/call-for-speakers\/\">all<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/vancouver-2015\/call-for-speakers\/\"> For Speakers <\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">S<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">ubmissions are open now for Vancouver OpenStack Summit 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.kortar.org\/?p=127\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Gate Bug Triage Conclusion<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>A few months ago <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.kortar.org\/\">Matthew Treinish<\/a> wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.kortar.org\/?p=52\"> about debugging a gate failure<\/a>. He wrote an update about the conclusion to the triage efforts for the Out Of Memory failures on Neutron jobs. The cause of the failures was running out of memory but what was leading to the OOM failures wasn\u2019t just limited to neutron. It was just that the neutron jobs ran with more services which used more memory which made failures there more common.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.berezins.com\/openstack-kilo-a-sneak-peek-at-heat-new-features\/\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Sneak Peek into Heat New Features in OpenStack Kilo Release<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.berezins.com\/\">Arthur Berezin<\/a> gives a sneak peek at the new upcoming features in Kilo release, just as the first Kilo milestone has been reached.<\/p>\n<h2>Relevant Conversations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/053982.html\">Requirements for future &#8220;OpenStack projects&#8221; <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sarob.com\/2015\/01\/openstack-evolution\/\"><span lang=\"en-US\">OpenStack: Evolution<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en-US\"><a href=\"http:\/\/robhirschfeld.com\/2014\/12\/31\/10-pounds-of-cloud\/\">10 pounds of OpenStack cloud in a 5 pound bag? Do we need a bigger bag?<\/a> <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">WARNING: explicit images<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054122.html\">Vancouver Design Summit format changes <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054117.html\">[nova] reckoning time for nova ec2 stack <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/p\/kilo-product-management-midcycle\">OpenStack Product Management Kilo Midcycle Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Deadlines and Development Priorities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054039.html\">[Nova] Kilo Release Status &#8211; just passed spec freeze <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/053740.html\">[neutron] BPs in Launchpad for Kilo-2 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/review\/\">review<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/review.openstack.org\/#\/c\/132552\/\"> log guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Security Advisories and Notices<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-announce\/2015-January\/000320.html\">[OSSA 2015-001] L3 agent denial of service with radvd 2.0+ (CVE-2014-8153)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-announce\/2015-January\/000319.html\">[OSSA 2014-041.1] Glance v2 API unrestricted path traversal (CVE-2014-9493) ERRATA 1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tips \u2018n Tricks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>By <a href=\"http:\/\/openstack-in-production.blogspot.com\/2015\/01\/using-bitnami-images-with-openstack.html\">Tim Bell<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/openstack-in-production.blogspot.com\/2015\/01\/using-bitnami-images-with-openstack.html\">Using bitnami images with OpenStack<\/a><\/li>\n<li>By <a href=\"http:\/\/robhirschfeld.com\/2015\/01\/08\/opencrowbar-v2-1-video-tour-from-metal-to-openstack-and-beyond\/\">Rob Hirschfeld<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/robhirschfeld.com\/2015\/01\/08\/opencrowbar-v2-1-video-tour-from-metal-to-openstack-and-beyond\/\"><span lang=\"en-US\">OpenCrowbar v2.1 Video Tour from Metal to OpenStack and beyond<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joinfu.com\/\">Jay Pipes<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.joinfu.com\/2015\/01\/understanding-reservations-concurrency-locking-in-nova\/\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Understanding reservations, concurrency, and locking in Nova<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>By <a href=\"http:\/\/giuliofidente.com\/\">Giulio Fidente<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/giuliofidente.com\/2015\/01\/ceph-for-cinder-in-tripleo.html\">Ceph for Cinder in TripleO<\/a><\/li>\n<li>By <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/icclab\/reliability-analysis-of-openstack-vms-using-python-and-fabric-part-1\/\">benn<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.zhaw.ch\/icclab\/reliability-analysis-of-openstack-vms-using-python-and-fabric-part-1\/\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Reliability Analysis of OpenStack VMs using Python, fabric and R \u2013 Part 1: Reliability Concepts<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>By <a href=\"http:\/\/engineering.spilgames.com\/hypervisor-kernel-panics-hit-2014-sl6-5\/\">Robert van Leeuwen<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/engineering.spilgames.com\/hypervisor-kernel-panics-hit-2014-sl6-5\/\"><span lang=\"en-US\">The kernel panics from 2014 on our OpenStack Hypervisors<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>By <a href=\"http:\/\/assafmuller.com\/\">Assaf Muller<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/assafmuller.com\/2014\/12\/30\/juno-advanced-routing-compatibility\/\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Juno Advanced Routing Compatibility<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"en-US\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/2015-openstack-foundation-events-plan-and-calls-for-papers-available\/\">2015 OpenStack Foundation Events Plan and Calls for Papers Available<\/a>. <\/span>The 2015 events plan is now available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/openstack.org\/spreadsheet\/ccc?key=0ArUDleqDPUTAdHFNdGx0X1dyVUtLMWRYVU4wdGgtTUE&amp;usp=sharing#gid=8\">Global Events Calendar wiki<\/a>. The detailed spreadsheet covers industry events, Summits (dates and locations), as well as regional OpenStack Days organized by the community. \u00a0If you\u2019re interested in sponsoring or speaking at a planned OpenStack Day, please contact the contact listed in the spreadsheet.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group\/events\/219428900\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 10, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group\/events\/219428900\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack Mini Meetup, Chennai<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group\/events\/219428900\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group\/events\/219475318\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 11, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group\/events\/219475318\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack India Meetup, Bangalore<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Indian-OpenStack-User-Group\/events\/219475318\/\" target=\"_blank\">BANGALORE, Karnataka, IN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/go.cumulusnetworks.com\/bare-metal-openstack\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 14, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/go.cumulusnetworks.com\/bare-metal-openstack\" target=\"_blank\">BareMetal &amp; OpenNetworking webinar<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/go.cumulusnetworks.com\/bare-metal-openstack\" target=\"_blank\">Mountain View, CA, US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/openstack-de\/events\/219374460\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 19, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/openstack-de\/events\/219374460\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack Meetup Nuremberg<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/openstack-de\/events\/219374460\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nuremberg, Bavaria, DE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/OpenStack-LA\/events\/219699801\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 22, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/OpenStack-LA\/events\/219699801\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack L.A. January Meetup<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetup.com\/OpenStack-LA\/events\/219699801\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pasadena, CA, US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/p\/cinder-kilo-midcycle-meetup\" target=\"_blank\">Jan 27 &#8211; 29, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/p\/cinder-kilo-midcycle-meetup\" target=\"_blank\">Cinder Kilo Midcycle Meetup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/etherpad.openstack.org\/p\/cinder-kilo-midcycle-meetup\" target=\"_blank\">Austin, Texas, US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openstackdays.com\/feature\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Feb 02 &#8211; 03, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/openstackdays.com\/feature\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Upstream Training in Japan<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/openstackdays.com\/feature\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tokyo, JP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openstackdays.com\/index_e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Feb 03 &#8211; 04, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/openstackdays.com\/index_e.html\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack Days Tokyo 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/openstackdays.com\/index_e.html\" target=\"_blank\">Tokyo, JP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/openstack.or.kr\/2015-openstackday\/\" target=\"_blank\">Feb 05, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/openstack.or.kr\/2015-openstackday\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack Day in Korea<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/openstack.or.kr\/2015-openstackday\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seoul, Seoul, KR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tech-ies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Feb 19 &#8211; 20, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tech-ies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Techies Forum<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tech-ies.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.percona.com\/live\/openstack-live-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Apr 13 &#8211; 14, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.percona.com\/live\/openstack-live-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack Live<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.percona.com\/live\/openstack-live-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Clara, CA, US<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoexevents.com.cn\/chinasdn\" target=\"_blank\">Apr 22 &#8211; 23, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoexevents.com.cn\/chinasdn\" target=\"_blank\">China SDNNFV Conference<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoexevents.com.cn\/chinasdn\" target=\"_blank\">Beijing, CN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/vancouver-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">May 18 &#8211; 22, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/vancouver-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack Summit May 2015<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/summit\/vancouver-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver, BC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstackdachday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jun 11, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstackdachday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack DACH Day 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstackdachday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Berlin, DE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstackbeneluxconference.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sep 17, 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstackbeneluxconference.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">OpenStack Benelux Conference 2015<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openstackbeneluxconference.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bussum, NL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other News<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/opensource.com\/business\/15\/1\/six-new-things-fedora-21-brings-open-source-cloud\"><span lang=\"en-US\">6 new things Fedora 21 brings to the open source cloud<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sarob.com\/2015\/01\/openstack-gold-director-selector-election-results-for-2015\/\"><span lang=\"en-US\">OpenStack Gold Director Selector Election Results for 2015<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/054017.html\">What&#8217;s Up Doc? Jan 8 2015 <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/lists.openstack.org\/pipermail\/openstack-dev\/2015-January\/053898.html\">[stable] release notes for 2014.2.2 <\/a><\/li>\n<li>OpenStack Crossproject Meeting: <a href=\"http:\/\/eavesdrop.openstack.org\/meetings\/crossproject\/2015\/crossproject.2015-01-06-21.02.html\">Summary<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/eavesdrop.openstack.org\/meetings\/crossproject\/2015\/crossproject.2015-01-06-21.02.log.html\">full logs<\/a>.<\/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\/en\/question\/57921\/does-anyone-have-xenserver-65-and-openstack-playing-nicely\/\">Does anyone have Xenserver 6.5 and Openstack playing nicely?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/en\/question\/57863\/does-stackalytics-have-api-to-report-data-for-a-specific-period\/\">Does Stackalytics have API to report data for a specific period?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/en\/question\/57750\/windows-7-vm-taking-on-ip-from-wrong-subnet\/\">Windows 7 VM taking on IP from wrong subnet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/en\/question\/57709\/how-to-install-vpnaas-under-juno-with-dvr\/\">how to install vpnaas under juno with dvr ?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/en\/question\/57158\/does-swift-send-updates-when-objects-have-been-modified-in-a-container\/\">Does Swift send updates when objects have been modified in a container?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ask.openstack.org\/en\/question\/57020\/heat-grub-commands-for-centos-7-nova-instance\/\">HEAT grub commands for CentOS 7 Nova Instance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>OpenStack Reactions<\/h2>\n<div lang=\"en-US\">\n<div style=\"width: 355px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/openstackreactions.enovance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/lalala.gif\" alt=\"lalala\" width=\"345\" height=\"145\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">#endmeeting<\/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<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy 2015! &#8220;First App&#8221; Tutorial for OpenStack OpenStack needs something like the tutorial &#8220;Writing your first Django app&#8221;. We&#8217;re looking for volunteers to flesh out ideas on what this tutorial would look like for OpenStack and how it would work. Particularly we need to think about the kinds of example applications we should go with&#8230;.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/openstack-community-weekly-newsletter-week-1-2015\/\" class=\"more-link\" title=\"Read OpenStack Community Weekly Newsletter (Week 1, 2015)\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,3,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6718"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6722,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6718\/revisions\/6722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.openstack.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}