How to Participate¶

Getting started¶

Create account on Github (if you don’t have one)
- Make sure that your local git is properly configured by executing git config --list. If not, configure user.name, user.email
Create account on Launchpad (if you don’t have one)
Subscribe to OpenStack general mail-list
Subscribe to OpenStack development mail-list
Create OpenStack profile
Login to OpenStack Gerrit with your Launchpad id
- Sign OpenStack Individual Contributor License Agreement
- Make sure that your email is listed in identities
Subscribe to code-reviews. Go to your settings on http://review.openstack.org
- Go to watched projects
- Add openstack/sahara, openstack/sahara-dashboard, openstack/sahara-extra, openstack/python-saharaclient, openstack/sahara-image-elements, openstack/horizon

If you have something to discuss use OpenStack development mail-list. Prefix mail subject with [Sahara]
Join #openstack-sahara IRC channel on freenode
Join public weekly meetings on Thursdays at 18:00 UTC on #openstack-meeting-alt IRC channel
Join public weekly meetings on Thursdays at 14:00 UTC on #openstack-meeting-3 IRC channel

Checkout Sahara code from Github
Carefully read https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Gerrit_Workflow
- Pay special attention to https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Gerrit_Workflow#Committing_Changes
Apply and commit your changes
Make sure that your code passes PEP8 checks and unit-tests
Send your patch on review
Monitor status of your patch review on https://review.openstack.org/#/