oVirt Community Newsletter: January 2015

The first month of 2015 brought a new release of oVirt with engine support for Enterprise Linux 7, a new case study, and our annual journey to the biggest FLOSS event in the world. ------------------------- oVirt Software Milestones ------------------------- On January 21, oVirt 3.5 was released! http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.1_Release_Notes For more information, and oVirt's important connection with CentOS, check out http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/01/collaboration-with-centos-is-a-w... Bleeding-edge oVirt images are now available https://twitter.com/ovirt/status/555761019688353792 moVirt is coming! Check out this demo http://youtu.be/QnD9v70oefA ---------------- In the Community ---------------- How altruism and oVirt have helped create a free hosting service for anyone. http://www.ovirt.org/CloudSpin_Case_Study Remember when open source was the target of nearly everyone in the IT industry? Good times! http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/01/quotes-from-open-source-past/ oVirt New Year's Resolution: Building Better Community Tools http://community.redhat.com/blog/2014/12/ovirt-new-years-resolution-build... [English], http://iaaslee.blogspot.sg/2014/12/ovirt.html [Korean] How to Explain Open Source to the In-Laws http://opensource.com/life/15/1/open-source-explained-to-a-non-techie [English], http://framablog.org/2015/02/03/lopen-source-avec-des-mots-simples/ [French] Linux Foundation publishes open-source cloud guide http://sdtimes.com/linux-foundation-publishes-open-source-cloud-guide/ FOSDEM Talks: Utilizing NUMA architecture in oVirt https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/numaovirt/ Fabricate your automated devops environment using python https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/automated_devops_environment/ Validate your gerrit patches automaticly using magic hooks https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/gerrit_hooks/ Docker Integration in oVirt and IaaS https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/dockerovirt/ Smart VM scheduling in oVirt cluster https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/smartvmsched/ oVirt and Gluster Hyperconvergence https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/hyperconvergence/ Moving your Virtual Machines to oVirt with ease https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/event/v2v/ Upcoming oVirt Talks: * SCALE13X, Los Angeles, CA Feb 20-22 Solving (NP-Hard) Scheduling Problems with oVirt and OptaPlanner http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/13x/presentations/solving-np-hard-sch... ------------------------------------ Deep Dives and Technical Discussions ------------------------------------ Installing oVirt 3.5 on CentOS 7 (Hosted Engine) https://xrsa.net/2015/02/04/installing-ovirt-3-5-on-centos-7-hosted-engine/ Importing OVA Templates into RHEV http://keithtenzer.com/2015/01/12/rhev-importing-ova-templates/ Understanding Application Containers and OS-Level Virtualization http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2015/01/05/understanding-appl... Virtualizace ve víru open source [Czech] http://computerworld.cz/software/virtualizace-ve-viru-open-source-51667 Virtual desktops & lifecycle management, planning (https://www.udsenterprise.com/en/blog/2014/12/22/virtual-desktops-lifecyc...) and acquistion (https://www.udsenterprise.com/en/blog/2014/12/22/virtual-desktops-lifecyc...) Implementar Ovirt 3.5 con Self Hosted Engine [Spanish] http://blog.alhervirtual.es/implementar-ovirt-3-5-con-self-hosted-engine/ Using oVirt for the first time on a single server http://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/2sgt6z/using_ovirt_for_the_first... HOWTO: oVirt 3.5 im "nested virtualization" Setup auf Fedora 21 [German] https://autodit.ac/de_DE/dem-ovirt-sein-nest-bauen/ After VDI there comes VMI, the virtual mobile infrastructure https://www.udsenterprise.com/en/blog/2015/01/19/after-vdi-there-comes-vm... Rene Koch: Enterprise Open Source Virtualisierung mit oVirt und RHEV [German] http://youtu.be/gPQLld-ZZc4 Working with oVirt Storage Management [Chinese] http://blog.csdn.net/maokexu123/article/details/42920845 -- Brian Proffitt Community Liaison oVirt Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com Phone: +1 574 383 9BKP IRC: bkp @ OFTC