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oVirt Newsletter: April 2015 Edition
by Brian Proffitt 05 May '15

05 May '15

May is upon us, and the oVirt community is getting more active with API work, and spreading the word about how to deploy and use oVirt! ----------------- Software Releases ----------------- oVirt 3.5.2 went live on April 28. Check out the latest stable release today! http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-April/032571.html libgovirt 0.3.3, a GObject-based library to access oVirt REST API, was released April 8. http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-April/032304.html ovirt-0.01, bindings for the oVirt REST API, was released April 25. http://search.cpan.org/~heince/Ovirt-0.01/ A testing release for moVirt is now ready to check out https://github.com/matobet/movirt ---------------- In the Community ---------------- Two Hypervisors, One Great Collaboration http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/04/two-hypervisors-one-great-collabor… Welcome to the brand-new oVirt/RHEV User Group (Malaysia) on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/ovirtUGMY/ 10 Things You Should Know About oVirt https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/10-things-you-should-know-ovirt-freddy-rolla… oVirt makes a splash at Sasoconf in Argentina [En Español] http://www.itrestauracion.com.ar/?p=2031 ------------------------------------ Deep Dives and Technical Discussions ------------------------------------ How to Install RedHat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3.5 – Part 1 http://www.tecmint.com/install-redhat-virtualization-rhev/ NodeWolf provides hosted oVirt services https://nodewolf.com/hosted-ovirt.html oVirt 3.5 - Einführung und Evaluierungsergebnisse ["Introduction and Evaluation Results", Auf Deutsch] http://www.slideshare.net/inovex/ovirt-35-einfhrung-und-evaluierungsergebni… Learning oVirt http://terminalmonkey.com/2015/04/11/learning-ovirt/ How to open a console on Windows with oVirt and Spice https://12nix.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/ovirt-open-a-console-on-windows-spic… Solving NP Hard Scheduling Problems with oVirt and OptaPlan https://youtu.be/O-n5zcNwPkM oVirt's integration with virt-v2v https://youtu.be/QSss__Nl5rU oVirt ~ Installation https://bordeltabernacle.wordpress.com/2015/04/13/ovirt-installation/

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[ANN] oVirt 3.5.2 Final Release is now available
by Sandro Bonazzola 28 Apr '15

28 Apr '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the oVirt 3.5.2 Final Release is now available as of April 28th 2015. oVirt is an open source alternative to VMware vSphere, and provides an excellent KVM management interface for multi-node virtualization. oVirt is available now for Fedora 20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, CentOS 6.6 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS 7.1 (or similar). This release of oVirt includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for a list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. A new oVirt Live and oVirt Node ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.2_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors - -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJVP0l9AAoJEHw3u57E4QAOQqQP/1xFK0hv63XnK3PuY4nvgHZI 8zYx4najqu/HraI1T8CNbNdA9gRsC41Wi8Rj6NmYYjYQYli2aVRCvCJQ2ZHMJ/4C Li4PjzRN/I5jUVXTnXXFZwBR5puormC6Xw5/0BWpZl1HY9kQfp0BQAN2xZRpPOAL d05YWwkhGRlY2QqbejD2/Srs7EeaBm6a72eso87VlF0cPqmOyEQHOsZW/+ePUr8m IsEvmiLs4AjVddcThAMwnpxoTyVuvAcKcNNuimnkOLqnVn0cvEUJQuBSzeasPU9u lMJMiavT3F1NgcO8nuxl+ouxDiPPD2k3sJYWishr4kSjlAh+nHD9AiUBvwKG6wtz MsL4CEURu+ufk2IRNsiVwheS+V7NDxePZ8FiDiv8I8Fi3cJNSTs8LL9sjGZnW/uz p1CfTXr21965yManVDXqhHOU5Z5v5cp9ZLbYMU4HkBDyF9r5U/fGt5wYzaTtHIQ9 9JsPoEmWzSWGBMPeouMEpWNKJJM0RZ1DpD11qoksjTQ/nIiMP8doBlvkvPBs9ZS6 WEwgLMxa/nGm5/nO/30VDKgHTVa/bFJnxe98D0hosFs3nyFGYvj1jT707b1d0srk aHd0WYv0+7tsJ/y4QJPKoesL61zmWmdrK2URNYiyIWGgNwQJJZuYVY1ckayx63kb DMpHcfZNlBNrss7FF5lr =A4ZO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[ANN] oVirt 3.5.2 Fourth Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 14 Apr '15

14 Apr '15

The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the 3.5.2 Fourth Release Candidate is now available for testing as of Apr 14th 2015. The release candidate is available now for Fedora 20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, CentOS 6.6 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS 7.1 (or similar). This release of oVirt includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for a list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. New oVirt Live and oVirt Node ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.2_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-pre/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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[ANN] oVirt 3.5.2 Third Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 01 Apr '15

01 Apr '15

The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the 3.5.2 Third Release Candidate is now available for testing as of Apr 1st 2015. The release candidate is available now for Fedora 20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, CentOS 6.6 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS 7.1 (or similar). This release of oVirt includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for a list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. New oVirt Live and oVirt Node ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.2_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-pre/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com

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oVirt Newsletter Special Edition: Mid-March 2015
by Brian Proffitt 19 Mar '15

19 Mar '15

It's a nice problem to have: it's been so busy in the oVirt community, we have to push out a mid-month newsletter just to keep up! ---------------- In the Community ---------------- Solving (NP-Hard) Scheduling Problems with oVirt and OptaPlanner http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/13x/presentations/solving-np-hard-sched… FOSDEM Virtualization Room Videos: Docker Integration in oVirt and IaaS https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/dockerovirt__CAM_ONLY.… Live migration for containers is around the corner https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/livemigration__CAM_ONL… LXD: The Container Hypervisor https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/lxd.mp4 Observability in KVM--How to troubleshoot virtual machines https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/observability.mp4 Provision and manage Docker containers with Foreman--Roll out your applications in containers with ease https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/provisiondocker__CAM_O… Rocket and the App Container Spec https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/rocketspec.mp4 Transplantation of VirtualBox to the NOVA microhypervisor https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/transplantation.mp4 Under the hood of Docker Containers--In flight and at rest https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/underhoodcontainers__C… Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse--Containers, KVM, Xen, and Security https://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-virtualisation/zombieapocalypse.mp4 ------------------------------------ Deep Dives and Technical Discussions ------------------------------------ Compiling oVirt-guest-agent on FreeBSD http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-February/031052.html Running oVirt's Guest Agent on Atomic as a Privileged Container http://www.projectatomic.io/blog/2015/01/running-ovirt-guest-agent-as-privi… Installing oVirt 3.5 on CentOS 7 (Hosted Engine) https://xrsa.net/2015/02/04/installing-ovirt-3-5-on-centos-7-hosted-engine/ Containerizing the oVirt Optimizer https://github.com/rgolangh/Fedora-Dockerfiles/tree/ovirt-optimizer/ovirt-o… Monitor oVirt or libvirt with SNMP and Zabbix http://jensd.be/?p=491 Move a guest from VMWare ESX to oVirt or RHEV http://jensd.be/?p=489 Trying out oVirt's Probabilistic Optimizer http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/02/trying-out-ovirts-probabalistic-op… oVirt Platform Management with Ansible https://docs.ansible.com/ovirt_module.html Adding a Cockpit to Node http://dummdida.tumblr.com/post/111458709540/adding-a-cockpit-to-node Node goes Anaconda http://dummdida.tumblr.com/post/111851478485/node-goes-anaconda OVIRT engine unable to import old "Export storage": How to fix http://arm2armcos.blogspot.co.il/2015/02/ovirt-engile-unable-to-import-old.… Manage oVirt environment http://serverfault.com/questions/669978/manage-ovirt-environment Gluster ovirt integration_gluster_meetup_pune_2015 http://www.slideshare.net/N.Ramesh/gluster-ovirt-integrationglustermeetuppu… -- Brian Proffitt Community Liaison oVirt Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com Phone: +1 574 383 9BKP IRC: bkp @ OFTC

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[ANN] oVirt 3.5.2 Second Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 18 Mar '15

18 Mar '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the 3.5.2 Second Release Candidate is now available for testing as of Mar 18th 2015. The release candidate is available now for Fedora 20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6, CentOS 6.6 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1, CentOS 7 (or similar). This release of oVirt includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for a list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. New oVirt Live and oVirt Node ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors[3] may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.2_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-pre/iso/ [3] http://www.ovirt.org/Repository_mirrors#Current_mirrors - -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJVCZq1AAoJEHw3u57E4QAOmj8P/2Nn3OcRKErMFXJLXeqZHaEi vhk9MEiaSKMuPSLAfigvhAX5133czXlv1qmcLP8zQ4yqXdbkBXHptFQXWGRsFmH5 zhmy9bqUUlDFIcepMWw5Rm+LZRWKWwUVQUijnpah1l6d6w0YJoqy8hZxgeFtaFna ytDlVBHpvLCubbjmCWRibOFd80P+z2pSk31/Y4k0vi/UIwMGnXO74vkBU+mzLuZO mHVLueQjJORe6jEwoBeFFnen1QI/+uCpCCSm+inHoiSGxISnujhoZT1T9DmOPFJT 2i0cd7QnxmMo/aY8EoIEagCGXsIravgSW6NmrAXbJfKQ4NrylaAD/mfDhQy0tZLt fRnANlDV2aHqdE0Cfw5LjzgOHgLrtG8cSCXL40tQI+/HGh1Av4OjnJQDbWL7dMIR rxXn4t/hicIYPy17SM/+qo/2/2BSgR1jro17WgIn6nxAsV3YiXbHghRJ+uJRxFCJ a8fT4vReHExRASdjjw+KMF0O3o4sqjd7ldX4aTDtuaEojYc3ducZVZDIT/L3SFPP o+S6cWggWL/VZ7Ormts3Fkz6Il/pMAAre7NEuAk8gtARukmrMoBTz88TvvTQlNXg ttynkryL/bPE6xsQ6nQbR0c7Iks3cYyg1T1VF7rbQyjD56X2wKJPCe+lX7Id0KqT sJ5UIcdDI5VCHCElWzih =QuV3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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oVirt Community Newsletter: February 2015
by Brian Proffitt 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

February got started with many oVirt community members descended upon Brussels for FOSDEM! Our virtualization presentations were a big success, and helps get a productive month kick started. ------------------------- oVirt Software Milestones ------------------------- On Feb 27, oVirt 3.5.2 RC was released! http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/announce/2015-February/000159.html Meanwhile, planning for oVirt 3.6 includes some very cool new features... including support for Ubuntu Hosts! http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.6_Release_Management#Key_Proposed_Changes Here's when 3.6 should be rolling out... http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-February/031491.html Check out oVirt 3.5.1.1 Live on a CentOS7 host today! http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_Live moVirt is now an official oVirt incubator project! http://www.ovirt.org/Project_moVirt ---------------- In the Community ---------------- VDI in the largest Spanish university made easy with oVirt. http://www.ovirt.org/Universidad_de_Sevilla_Case_Study Red Hat Launches Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.5 http://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-launches-red-hat-ente… FOSDEM Virtualization: Docker Integration in oVirt and Live Migration of Containers with CRIU http://www.infoq.com/news/2015/02/fosdem-ovirt-criu Fosdem and oVirt [Trip Report] http://dougsland.livejournal.com/124182.html Get involved in oVirt project! March edition http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-March/031631.html Step by Step - Reusing Old Features to Build New Ones http://www.slideshare.net/AllonMureinik/step-bystep-ovirtlivemerge oVirt is happy to announce its participation in the next round of the Outreachy program. Register today! http://www.ovirt.org/Outreachy FOSDEM Videos: Fabricate Your Automated DevOps Environment Using Python http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/fosdem//2015/lightning_talks/automated_devops_env… Validate Your Gerrit Patches Automatically Using Magic Hooks http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/fosdem/2015/lightning_talks/gerrit_hooks.mp4 Upcoming oVirt Events: * FOSSAsia, March 13-15, 2015, Singapore http://fossasia.org/ * oVirt Workshop, March 14, 2015, Singapore http://www.meetup.com/FOSSASIA-Singapore-Open-Technology-Meetup/events/2201… ------------------------------------ Deep Dives and Technical Discussions ------------------------------------ Red Hat: Traditional virtualisation isn't going anywhere http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2396980/red-hat-traditional-virtua… Trying out oVirt's Probabilistic Optimizer http://community.redhat.com/blog/2015/02/trying-out-ovirts-probabalistic-op… moVirt + bVNC @ tablet, phone and smart watch http://youtu.be/QnD9v70oefA Import esxi VM to oVirt http://youtu.be/dHJv7zydZEM VirtZine #48: Alternative Virtualization Platforms! http://youtu.be/ISWN6Frp9cg oVirt and OpenStack network integración via Neutron SDN using OriginStack http://youtu.be/P0_s6JjFM1o -- Brian Proffitt Community Liaison oVirt Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com Phone: +1 574 383 9BKP IRC: bkp @ OFTC

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[ANN] oVirt 3.5.2 First Release Candidate is now available for testing
by Sandro Bonazzola 27 Feb '15

27 Feb '15

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The oVirt team is pleased to announce that the 3.5.2 First Release Candidate is now available for testing as of Feb 27th 2015. The release candidate is available now for Fedora 20, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 (or similar) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (or similar). This release of oVirt includes numerous bug fixes. See the release notes [1] for a list of the new features and bugs fixed. Please refer to release notes [1] for Installation / Upgrade instructions. New oVirt Live and oVirt Node ISO will be available soon as well[2]. Please note that mirrors may need usually one day before being synchronized. Please refer to the release notes for known issues in this release. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.5.2_Release_Notes [2] http://resources.ovirt.org/pub/ovirt-3.5-pre/iso/ - - -- Sandro Bonazzola Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. See how it works at redhat.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIbBAEBAgAGBQJU8EAkAAoJEHw3u57E4QAOtokP+OigmVJQh7+oy2mmRwWd5Ts3 AH+jDAvSFZnIAYOGHViwcuqGX4z3jA5vnPFKmqVyUKDByPmJgzZA/JNkv+muYRQD R00qiL7rda5r/OXB87UoFk+nm5+fnCMPsPt3XkeQUUe4YxlhKTqpe4LuDElEFrgN SprlPc3WbnzDRjsrWipdi/ZphYbi76udOkY25gnSlKcOGrmrZsElj+Lzuq5X4819 dwNUw3pcvDelgn1hQ9Gldj1OWUrqu2flgi8br4x0hDV46eEc3jxKbu932HWLgfir iPJ4VkrE/cYng6GJTWTT6x38S2jZiJEDMRRaITQGm6eVkcgwFQsyKYS4+YbReawc 0OENE8J6kCRbEmUciXUQDfHWGc65k/1cZKOmHWXoalXGXfOpyxbIb3yCr9Rcnd7a UitfgzMRJUvhtiGcK7jJcPCx/71aaxLYWjDBxpVDiQlVYVUFnM6GBeBrRApdv2uZ AY4c54Ork8xy9Z4HgkTXGOpqrl3aKBeHSDK4lCbkgxQ7xOTcGAiijryCu28nvwYd remkdk7mK8qmospNOc27RbpbkBdExTpnX/6jY7MKALR+IcWyF9A2FpenxS8bpTHG dGRLk1p9iL/N0Iyl4GH6XxBoD+olWgHb8bcM11fITK5Ts3XK9rQ6hd6u79ux5WsN HdGAsUb2PtB7ysb6X1s= =HVxm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [ovirt-announce] [ovirt-devel] [ovirt-users] Announcing the moVirt Incubator Project!
by Tomas Jelinek 20 Feb '15

20 Feb '15

Well, this is quite a milestone! Thanx everyone! ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donny D" <donny(a)cloudspin.me> > To: "Brian Proffitt" <bproffit(a)redhat.com>, "board" <board(a)ovirt.org> > Cc: announce(a)ovirt.org, "users" <users(a)ovirt.org>, devel(a)ovirt.org > Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2015 5:31:29 PM > Subject: Re: [ovirt-devel] [ovirt-users] Announcing the moVirt Incubator Project! > > That is great project. This makes me very happy. BTW we have been and are still heavily using your cloudspin.me during moVirt development and testing. Wanted to use this opportunity to thank you for the great service! > > > > Happy Connecting. Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® 5 > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Brian Proffitt <bproffit(a)redhat.com> > Date: 02/17/2015 9:17 AM (GMT-07:00) > To: board <board(a)ovirt.org> > Cc: announce(a)ovirt.org, users <users(a)ovirt.org>, devel(a)ovirt.org > Subject: [ovirt-users] Announcing the moVirt Incubator Project! > > This message is to announce moVirt as a new oVirt incubator project, approved > by unanimous vote of the Board mailing list! > > Details about the project can be found at > > http://www.ovirt.org/Project_moVirt > > More information about the incubator at oVirt can be found at > > http://www.ovirt.org/Incubating_an_oVirt_Subproject > > Please check out this project and see what you can do to help! > > -- > Brian Proffitt > > Community Liaison > oVirt > Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com > Phone: +1 574 383 9BKP > IRC: bkp @ OFTC > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/devel

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Announcing the moVirt Incubator Project!
by Brian Proffitt 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

This message is to announce moVirt as a new oVirt incubator project, approved by unanimous vote of the Board mailing list! Details about the project can be found at http://www.ovirt.org/Project_moVirt More information about the incubator at oVirt can be found at http://www.ovirt.org/Incubating_an_oVirt_Subproject Please check out this project and see what you can do to help! -- Brian Proffitt Community Liaison oVirt Open Source and Standards, Red Hat - http://community.redhat.com Phone: +1 574 383 9BKP IRC: bkp @ OFTC

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