OpenStack Upstream Institute

Overview

With over 6,000 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.

Please note that the language of the training is English.

Trainings

OpenStack Upstream Institute Class Details: A detailed overview of OpenStack Upstream Institute Training.

Training Content

Complete content of Upstream Institute Training can be seen here:

For Trainees

Prerequisite and best practice guide for trainees:

For Trainers

Tips and best practices guide for trainers, coaches and mentors holding the training locally:

Staff

Training organizers

Further trainers/coaches

You can find the list of trainers/coaches on the training occasions wiki page.

Archives

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

Complete index in slide format only