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I ran into an interesting problem recently in my production OpenStack deployment that runs the Mitaka release. On various occasions, instances were coming online with multiple network ports attached, even though I only asked for one network port. The ... [More] problem If I issued a build request for ten instances, I’d usually end up with this: […] The post OpenStack instances come online with multiple network ports attached appeared first on major.io. [Less]

The OpenStack Zuul system has gone through some big changes recently, and one of those changes is around how you monitor a running CI job. I work on OpenStack-Ansible quite often, and the gate jobs can take almost an hour to complete at times. It can ... [More] be helpful to watch the output of a Zuul […] The post Setting up a telnet handler for OpenStack Zuul CI jobs in GNOME 3 appeared first on major.io. [Less]

This post is the second installment in the series of What’s Happening in OpenStack-Ansible (WHOA) posts that I’m assembling each month. My goal is to inform more people about what we’re doing in the OpenStack-Ansible community and bring on more ... [More] contributors to the project. July brought lots of changes for the OpenStack-Ansible project and the […] The post What’s Happening in OpenStack-Ansible (WHOA) – July 2016 appeared first on major.io. [Less]

If you want to learn more about load balancers and security hardening in OpenStack clouds, join me on Thursday for the Rackspace Office Hours podcast! Walter Bentley, Kenneth Hui and I will be talking about some of the new features available in the ... [More] 12.2 release of Rackspace Private Cloud powered by OpenStack. The release has […] The post Join me on Thursday to talk about OpenStack LBaaS and security hardening appeared first on major.io. [Less]

Most of the recent Fedora upgrades have been quite smooth. There were definitely some rough spots back in Fedora 15 and Fedora 17 with the /bin migration and the switch to systemd. The upgrade from Fedora 23 to Fedora 24 has been really easy except ... [More] for one minor quirk: my two and three finger taps […] The post Bring back two and three finger taps in Fedora 24 appeared first on major.io. [Less]

The 2016 Red Hat Summit is underway in San Francisco this week and I delivered a talk with Robyn Bergeron earlier today. Our talk, When flexibility met simplicity: The friendship of OpenStack and Ansible, explained how Ansible can reduce the ... [More] complexity of OpenStack environments without sacrificing the flexibility that private clouds offer. The talk started […] The post Talk recap: The friendship of OpenStack and Ansible appeared first on major.io. [Less]

The Red Hat Summit starts this week in San Francisco, and a few folks asked me about the sessions that they shouldn’t miss. The schedule can be overwhelming for first timers and it can be difficult at times to discern the technical sessions from the ... [More] ones that are more sales-oriented. If you’re in San Francisco, […] The post My list of must-see sessions at Red Hat Summit 2016 appeared first on major.io. [Less]

With the upcoming Red Hat Summit 2016 in San Francisco almost upon us, I decided to update the old SELinux shirts with two new designs: You can buy these now over at Spreadshirt! There are styles there for men and women and I’ve priced them as low as ... [More] the store will allow. Spreadshirt is also […] The post New SELinux shirts are available appeared first on major.io. [Less]

The world of OpenStack moves quickly. Each day brings new features, new bug fixes, and new ways of thinking. The OpenStack-Ansible community strives to understand these changes and make them easier for operators to implement. The OpenStack-Ansible ... [More] project is a collection of playbooks and roles written by operators for operators. These playbooks make it easier […] The post What’s Happening in OpenStack-Ansible (WHOA) – June 2016 appeared first on major.io. [Less]

Lots of work has gone into the openstack-ansible-security Ansible role since I delivered a talk about it last month at the OpenStack Summit in Austin. Attendees asked for quite a few new features and I’ve seen quite a few bug reports (and that’s a ... [More] good thing). Here’s a list of the newest additions since the […] The post Automated security hardening with Ansible: May updates appeared first on major.io. [Less]