
Due to the shortened format of the Denver Summit we need to make sure that the trainees do more work before the summit than we normally have to. This adds steps to the page to get the trainees to do more setup before the Summit. It also adds a number of warnings to the trainees about the importance of preparing. Finally, this includes a link to the new VM image for the Denver Summit. Change-Id: I3ad612450b24d15d1d9d308f22c49c22f742d9d6
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OpenStack Upstream Institute Trainees' Guide
How to prepare
- Make sure you have a wifi enabled laptop with you.
- Download the prepared virtual machine image and some environment for running the image (We suggest VirtualBox):
- 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.
- Go to the Account Setup page and complete the steps documented there to setup your OpenStack Foundation Account and accounts for accessing OpenStack's bug and task tracking systems.
- Prepare git in the virtual machine that was created above:
- Complete the
Configure Git
steps documented on the Setup and Learn GIT page. If you are not familiar with Git you may want to also read the content under theLearning Git
section. - Go to the Setting
Up Your Gerrit Account page and follow the steps for
Sign Up
,Individual Contributor License Agreement
, and optionally, theSetup SSH Keys
.
- Complete the
Note
Aside from the sections above, we will cover everything else that is in the Contributor Guide during the class.
Note
If you are attempting the steps above in the week before the OpenStack Upstream Institute class and need assistance you can find mentors in the #openstack-upstream-institute channel on irc.freenode.net.
There will also be office hours from 4 to 6 pm at the Former Saint Craft Kitchen and Taps in the Hyatt on Saturday, April 27th, 2019.