The document outlines the agenda for a CloudStack European User Group meeting, detailing scheduled presentations and discussions on various technical topics related to Apache CloudStack. It highlights recent releases, community health statistics, and upcoming projects under the Google Summer of Code. Additionally, it introduces Simon Weller as the new Vice President of Apache CloudStack.

1. Welcome and CloudStack News
Giles Sirett, Chair CSEUG

2. About me
• PMC member & Committer -
Apache CloudStack
• Chair –CloudStack European
User Group
• CEO - ShapeBlue
• Also: Physicist, ex-programmer,
husband, runner, Dad, sailor

3. The aims of the CloudStack EUG
• Collaborative environment for:
• all things Apache CloudStack
• Related tech: ecosystem products, hypervisors, storage, etc
• Technical deep-dives, issues & best practice
• Case studies & user stories
• To showcase complementary technologies
• To share ideas & problems with other users
• Meet Quarterly (subject to global pandemics!)

4. Thanks to our sponsors:

5. Todays agenda - CEST
• 09:30- Welcome and CloudStack news – Giles Sirett, Chair CSEUG
• 09:45- CloudStack with Ansible, Rene Moser, Ngine.io
• 10:40 – Leveraging CloudStack and Apiculus to launch and operate a
profitable public cloud business -Sunando Bhattacharya, IndiQus
• 11:35 - Building a DR solution with CloudStack - Venko Moyankov,
Storpool & Peter Grayson, Quadris
• 12:30 – VM job queues in CloudStack –Suresh Anaparti, ShapeBlue
• 13:35 – Security in shared networks with Vmware NSX -Alireza
Eskandari, Afranet

6. Todays agenda - CEST
• 14:05 - Integrating CyberSecurity Active Measures into CloudStack
Kubernetes Service -Jesus Escolar, Exelerys
• 15:00 - Boosting I/O Performance with KVM io_uring – Wido den
Hollander, CLouDinfra
• 15:40 - Backup and Restore VMs Based on KVM - Quentin Roccia &
• Joffrey Luangsaysana , Dimsi
• 16:20 - A Kubernetes CAPI Provider for Apache CloudStack - Peter
Motykowski, Amazon Web Services
• 17:15 - Expose Router VM Statistics to Customers- Sina Kashipazha ,
Leaseweb

7. Networking
• Virtual beers at 17:45 CEST
• Hangout in a lounge
• Meet with other attendees

8. CloudStack News

9. CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2022
• 14-16 November 2022
• Hybrid event
• Virtual
• Location TBD (likely Europe)
• http://cloudstackcollab.org/

10. Releases
• 4.16.0 - released November 2021
• 4.16.1 – released March 2022
• 4.17.0 – Freeze date 25 April, RC early May

11. CloudStack 4.16
• Dell Powerflex integration
• LINBIT integration
• Enhancements to CloudStack Kubernetes service
• UI improvements
• Upgrade improvements
• Improved tools & management

12. CloudStack 4.17 - WIP
• Storpool integration
• Zero downtime upgrades
• Status & Management API
• Ipv6 with static routing
• User Shared networks

13. Community Health

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16. GsoC Projects
• Application window closes 18 April
• Current proposed projects:
GitHub Title
6082 Bypass Secondary Storage (Direct Download) on VMware &/or XenServer
6047 Autodetect IPs used inside the VM gsoc2022
6044 Edge Zones gsoc2022
6043 Instant Instance Deploy (using VM Definitions)
6040 CloudStack Terraform Provider - Add support for Kubernetes Clusters
6039 More granularity on affinity/anti-affinity groups
6033 Keep track of VM's "last known state" and enforce it after an outage
6030 Report / Manage the VM jobs in CloudStack
6021 Add the ability to Safely Shutdown / restart CloudStack
6016 CloudStack Terraform Provider - Add datasources for the existing resources
6011 View Logs in the UI gsoc2022
4834 CloudStack OAuth2 Plugin

17. Community Marketing Initiatives
• CloudStack Integrations – presenting technology partners through
Solution Briefs to the Apache CloudStack Community
• Meet the CloudStack Community – showcasing the work of the
people behind CloudStack
• Case Studies –sharing user success stories
• Apache CloudStack Blog –tech articles

18. New VP Apache CloudStack
• Simon Weller is the new VP CloudStack
• Thanks to Gabriel for his work
• “Meet the Community” video coming soon
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-j-weller/
• https://twitter.com/kiwiflyer77

19. Next Speaker – Rene Moser