[AusNOG] OpenStack User Group meets in Hobart and Adelaide

[Tristan Goode]

Hi all,

We´re having a couple more meetups for the Australian OpenStack User Group this month.

First is in Hobart on Friday 17th August the day before PyCon and is a day event, 9.30 to 3.30.

This is a meetup for developers and system administrators who want to start actively spinning up and deploying OpenStack virtual machines as part of their day to day jobs. This event will take the form of a `code dojo´ which means everyone will actively participate during the day. The dojo is based on the idea that there is a computer in the middle of the room that everyone takes a turn on to try and solve the problems that the Sensei proposes. The specific problems that the two dojo's Senseis will be addressing are the use of configuration deployment management software for creating, managing and versioning virtual machines for OpenStack.

Schedule:
09.30 - Open - Coffee/tea
10.00 - Welcome and orientation
Tristan Goode re State of the OpenStack nation: who is who and what is what in the land of OpenStack
David Flanders re NeCTAR Academic Cloud and why we want to play with everyone else
Duration - 15 mins
Tech Talks
10.15 - Matt Ray - Senior Technical Evangelist at Opscode, creators of Chef - Chef and OpenStack (via interactive video hookup) Duration - 35 mins talk 10 min Qs
11.00 - Short break
Duration - 15 mins
11.15 - Dan Bode, Integration Specialist at Puppetlabs - Puppet and OpenStack (via interactive video hookup) Duration - 35 mins talk 10 min Qs
12.00: - overview of what will be covered in each dojo
Steve Androulakis re Chef
Stewart from NeCTAR re Puppet
Duration - 30 mins
12.30: Lunch
13.00: Room divides two separate dojos
Dojo A: Chef with Steve Androulakis
Dojo B: Puppet with Stewart from NeCTAR
15.30: Beers!


The second event is in co-operation with the South Australian SAGE-AU chapter at their regular monthly evening meeting on the 28th of August 6.30pm. I am organizing a guest speaker from the OpenStack project leads to address the meeting. Numbers are strictly limited so please RSVP at http://aosug.openstack.org.au/events/66911242/

Both events are catered, with free beer!

Cheers
Tristan
Co-Organizer - AOSUG