OpenStack status

[Pádraig Brady]

Hi,

Here is the latest Fedora OpenStack status report:

   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenStack_status_report_2012-09-28

Historical archives are here:

   http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenStack_status_reports

Cheers,
Pádraig.

(appended below for convenience)

= Distro News =

== Folsom Fedora 18 test days ==
Coinciding with the Folsom and Fedora 18 releases, we ran two
[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2012-09-18_OpenStack Fedora Folsom test days]
on Sep 18th and 25th aligned around the Folsom-3 and Folsom-rc1 releases respectively.
Cinder and Heat are new components compared to the last test day,
and new tests have been included for quantum and swift.
This is a good place to start to get a quick hands on overview of OpenStack.

== OpenStack Installer ==
Derek Higgins has been working on an [https://github.com/derekhiggins/os-installer OpenStack installer],
that supports distributed and scripted installs.

== OpenStack side Repositories ==
To augment the [https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/s/openstack official Fedora OpenStack packages],
we've made an [http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/openstack/ OpenStack side repository] available giving
more flexibility with which OpenStack version is installed on a particular distribution.
Included there for example are the trunk chasing RPMs from the [http://smokestack.openstack.org/about smokestack] project.

== Fedora OpenStack patch management ==
With such a vibrant project as OpenStack, efficient patch management is imperative.
The Fedora OpenStack packages largely automate the patch management process through git,
and this process is now documented at the [http://fedora-openstack.github.com/ landing page for fedora-openstack] which is
the github organisation used to share these patch management trees.

= Project News =

== Folsom Released ==
Foslom was released on Sep 27th.
Mark McLoughlin prepared [https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg17006.html stats on who contributed]
where you can drill down to details on review and bug handling stats too.
Also referenced there is the pretty [http://bitergia.com/public/previews/2012_09_pre-folsom_openstack/ bitergia analysis of Folsom commits]
where Red Hat features prominently.

== OpenStack Foundation ==
The [http://www.openstack.org/foundation/ OpenStack Foundation] was launched on 19-09-2012
and there were a few associated elections.

* [https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg16722.html Project Technical Leads for Grizzly]
* [http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2012-September/000036.html Technical committee elected members]
* [http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/foundation/2012-August/001066.html Individual Board Members]
* [http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/foundation/2012-August/001065.html Gold Board Members]

== OpenStack Summit ==
The main [http://openstacksummitfall2012.sched.org/ OpenStack conference and OpenStack design summit] are coincident.

Summarised below are presentations and proposals from Red Hat employees.

=== Main conference presentations ===

* Mark McLoughlin and Thierry Carez - [http://openstacksummitfall2012.sched.org/event/b616388023e820ced9c09dc384afad64 From tactical to strategic contributions]
* Steven Dake - [http://openstacksummitfall2012.sched.org/event/f5101a8e719a56fcd895f6461b4a8905 Heat: A template based orchestration engine for OpenStack]
* Perry Myers - [http://openstacksummitfall2012.sched.org/event/23f5f2f25702e93bff3ccf961341c2d4 OpenStack Distributions: How they will shape the future of OpenStack innovation]

=== Design summit proposals ===

* Mark McLoughlin
** Stable branch status and plans
** Oslo status and plans
** nova - making sense of the config options
** Review of python dependencies

* Dan Prince
** Make PostgreSQL a first class citizen
** SmokeStack as a multi-distro test system

* Steven Dake
** heat - Orchestration API - Technical discussion of openstack-specific orchestration API
** heat - Roadmap discussion - Short (5 mins) description of current unsolved  roadmap items with open brainstorm design session about future roadmap items in 2013

* Angus Salkeld
** Cloudwatch for OpenStack - Describe CloudWatch and how to make it a reality for OpenStack

* Russell Bryant
** nova - bug handling status and plans
** nova - remove direct database access from compute nodes

* Adam Young
** keystone - PKI status and plans
** keystone - LDAP and Active Directory integration

* Robert Kukura
** quantum - Modular L2 Plugin and Agent

* Gary Kotton
** quantum - rosetta-plugin

== Red Hat contributions ==

Alan Pevec and Mark McLoughlin worked on [https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10579/ improvements to paste config],
supporting less coupled config, which was added to Nova, Glance and Cinder.

Russell Bryant completed the [https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/no-db-messaging no-db-messaging] work in Nova.

Angus Salkeld has worked on merging a bunch of core service infrastructure
into openstack-common.

Adam Young has been working on PKI token revocation support.

There is too much to track in detail the OpenStack upstream activity of Red Hat developers,
but here is a link showing the [http://goo.gl/aewXr latest Red Hat OpenStack upstream development]

== Stable Branch ==
New members from Red Hat, Debian and Suse were added to the [https://launchpad.net/~openstack-stable-maint OpenStack stable maintenance team],
responsible for the stable branches.

= Community engagement =

== OpenStack community meetup, London ==
The [http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-London/events/77153502/ 2nd London OpenStack meeting]
took place on Thurs 27th Sept in the same central London location as before.

= Related projects =

== heat API ==
The Heat project [http://lists.heat-api.org/pipermail/discuss/2012-September/000195.html released V6].