OpenStack Upstream Institute¶

Abstract¶

With over 2,000 developers from over 300 different organizations worldwide, OpenStack is one of the largest collaborative software-development projects. Because of its size, it is characterized by a huge diversity in social norms and technical conventions. These can significantly slow down the speed at which newcomers are successful at integrating their own roadmap into that of the OpenStack project.

We’ve designed a training program to share knowledge about the different ways of contributing to OpenStack like providing new features, writing documentation, participating in working groups, and so forth. The educational program is built on the principle of open collaboration and will teach the students how to find information and navigate the intricacies of the project’s technical tools and social interactions in order to get their contributions accepted. The live one and a half day class is focusing on hands-on practice like the students can use a prepared development environment to learn how to test, prepare and upload new code snippets or documentation for review. The attendees are also given the opportunity to join a mentoring program to get further help and guidance on their journey to become an active and successful member of the OpenStack community.

For more information, see OpenStack Upstream Institute Class Details.

When and where to get an OpenStack Upstream Institute class¶

The next session of the OpenStack Upstream Collaboration Training - OpenStack Upstream Institute - will be held in Beijing, in parallel to the conference part of the OPNFV Summit 2017.

Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. - Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (local time)

In order to RSVP you need to register to the OPNFV Summit first and you can add the course to your registration as an Add-On. If you registered already you can add the course to your registration later as well.

Please see the OpenStack Upstream Institute class information for more details.

See YOU in Beijing!

Please note that the language of the training is English.

How to prepare¶

• Make sure you have a wifi enabled laptop with you.
• Prepared virtual machine image with a development environment:
  • Image and instructions: https://github.com/kmARC/openstack-training-virtual-environment/
• Prepare an environment by yourself from scratch:
  • Create a virtual machine on your laptop with Ubuntu 16.04 installed and 6+ GB of RAM.
  • Alternatively, you can use your virtual machine on a public cloud.
  • Check that you can ssh from your laptop to the virtual machine
  • Check that apt install works on the virtual machine
  • Read and complete the Setup IRC guide.
  • Read and complete the Setup and Learn GIT guide.
• Read and complete the Account Setup guide. (Note: you will need to sign the Individual Contributor License Agreement (ICLA) during this.)

Etherpad for Beijing Upstream Collaboration Training

Staff¶

Archives¶

For more information about the past trainings and the local upstream trainings, see OpenStack Upstream Training Archives.

Outline and online slide index¶