Hi,
It's been nearly 3 weeks since the last status update, so here's the latest:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenStack_status_report_2012-04-24
Historical archives are here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenStack_status_reports
Cheers, Pádraig.
(appended below for convenience)
= OpenStack Upstream =
== NEWS == There were significant upstream OpenStack news items since the last summary. * Apr 5th: The [http://www.openstack.org/projects/essex/press-release/ Essex release] was completed * Apr 16-18: The [http://wiki.openstack.org/FolsomSummitEtherpads Folsom design summit] took place * Apr 12th: An [http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/foundation/2012-April/000254.html OpenStack Foundation announcement] was made, listing companies who have signed the framework acknowledgement letter, including Red Hat who have signed at the platinum level. ** http://gb.redhat.com/about/news/archive/2012/4/red-hat-openstack-and-open-cl... ** http://gb.redhat.com/about/news/archive/2012/4/Red-Hat-and-OpenStack-Announc... This generated significant interest in the media ** http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arnal-dayaratna/openstack-foundation-sets_b_14... ** http://gigaom.com/cloud/its-official-ibm-and-red-hat-are-onboard-with-openst...
== Essex contribution stats == Mark McLoughlin used gitdm to analyze [http://markmail.org/message/uw3d5a3sxs7a4iru who contributed to Essex] which was widely reported both before and during the OpenStack Folsom design summit. * http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2012/04/who-wrote-openstack-essex-a-de.php * http://www.internetnews.com/blog/skerner/red-hat-contributes-more-to-opensta...
== Stable branches == There was some discussion about OpenStack stable branches which are the basis of Fedora OpenStack packages, before and at the summit.
The thought was that there could be 2 stable branches maintained, one actively and one passively (only NB fixes and no point releases): * http://openstack.markmail.org/thread/5en25luqxahzah4n
= Fedora OpenStack Packages =
== Essex package status == As of April 10th, Essex final was available from the Fedora 17 updates-testing repo: * http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/cloud/2012-April/001365.html These will be pushed to stable before it closes on May 7th (F17 final change deadline)
== Essex for Fedora 16 == Alan Pevec continues to update the [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenStack#Preview_repository Fedora 16 preview repo] with the latest Essex packages as they're released for Fedora 17.
== OpenStack database fixes == There were a couple of issues fixed with the interaction of the OpenStack services with MySQL. * There was an issue with the db-setup script where it created [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/811130 root-owned log files], thus interfering with nova service startup.
This was fixed, and the db-setup script refactored from each OpenStack service and incorporated in a new [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/openstack-utils openstack-utils package] with other support utilities for OpenStack in Fedora/EPEL
* Also Derek higgins identified an [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/815812 issue with MySQL on F16] which was resolved by updating systemd.
== Security updates == There were two security updates applied: * Apr 17: XSS vulnerability in Horizon log viewer - CVE-2012-2094 * Apr 19: No quota enforced on Nova security group rules - CVE-2012-2101
= EPEL =
== Preview Repository ==
Work on Essex for EPEL6 continues with new OpenStack services horizon and quantum added.
A [http://pbrady.fedorapeople.org/openstack-el6/ preview repo] is available, and many users have tested that, reporting both success and any issues they had.
== Setup Guide == Adam Young prepared detailed [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_started_with_OpenStack_EPEL setup notes] for installing those preview packages.
Derek Higgins amended the above with swift and keystone configuration details.
== Centos chinese notes == "DarkFlower" posted to the openstack dev list with a document detailing [https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg10168.html pip installing Essex packages on Centos 6.2]
= Misc = == Keystone in httpd == Adam Young implemented a [http://adam.younglogic.com/2012/04/keystone-httpd/ proof of concept] for keystone using a more standard web server, rather than being eventlet based.
== SELinux improvements == Adam also identified some SELinux issues with the OpenStack (and base python) packages, and is looking into addressing those.
== DevStack == Some users are [https://twitter.com/#!/robynbergeron/statuses/190064780311146496 reporting success with devstack on Fedora]
== Heat Project == The Heat project, which is a AWS CloudForm API implementation for OpenStack was [http://openstack.markmail.org/thread/phbfasxphhnk2g6r announced].
It's progressing quickly with [https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg10478.html API v2 released].
Also Openstack [https://github.com/heat-api/heat/wiki/Configuring-Floating-IPs floating IP setup details] were documented by the Heat project
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Pádraig Brady