Overview

A vibrant one-day hackathon-style event where DevOps pros (and curious/skeptical IT guys) can get a jumpstart in using OpenStack to bring value to their company by automating their infrastructure.  Contestants will be judged by a panel of experts and prizes will be awarded to winners.

***This is NOT a “how to install openstack” seminar - we will not cover openstack deployment or management, this is all about USING OpenStack from the end-user perspective, either as a dev in an organization that bought a Helix, or even as the IT guy for that same company.***

Format

Morphlabs employees will present three example modules in the format of “building blocks and how they can be combined to solve a problem.” Only Linux virtual servers can be used throughout the event. There will be step-by-step how-to docs on the web for each of the examples.  After the module presentation, contestants have 5 hours in the ultimate DevOps playground, OpenStack.  During those 5 hours you will work on automating a solution to one of three specific problems Morphlabs will define for the teams (i.e. your company hosts a website with potential for large traffic spikes; automate the deployment and destruction of web servers behind a load balancer, etc.) and work on building a demonstrable solution.  Morphlabs employees will be walking around to coach and assist.  At the end, contestants that have a working solution will present it to attendees and the judges, and they will be scored against several criteria.

*** If you plan to have a 2 person team, please sign-up with your team member and provide your team name during registration.  

Grand Prize

Winning team (comprised of 1 or 2 members) will be flown to Hong Kong for Summit and recieve all access passes to the OpenStack Summit.

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 If you have any additional questions please email us at stackhack@morphlabs.com.

Eligibility

 Prerequisite Skills and Readings:

  • Linux operating system management
  • Familiarity with database client/server (MySQL, Postgres, etc.)
  • Familiarity with basic networking
  • Run DevStack on a local or remote VM
  • Participant must be at least 18 years of age (ID will be required to sign-in)

***Important note- Due to the nature of this event and the use of an OpenStack Environment, the above skills and readings are required of all participants.  We want to ensure all attendees will be able to understand all of the basics before arriving at the event.  Therefore, as part of the registration process, we do require a paragraph explaining each registrants knowledge and history of administering systems or working as a DevOps. If you do not have knowledge of OpenStack, you may also sign-up to join us at our 2-Day OpenStack training which will take place prior to the event on September 18th and 19th.  For more information regarding our training visit us at: https://openstacktrainingmanilasept2013.eventbrite.com

Requirements

How to Enter

     1.  Sign up for a ChallengePost account at http://ChallengePost.com. (Click the     “Sign up” link in the top right corner, or “Log in” if you’re already a ChallengePost user.) Note that each team member should sign up for his or her own ChallengePost account, but only one need to complete the submission form.

     2.Visit the Hackathon Name website at http://stackhackmanila.challengepost.com/     3. Click the “Register” button in the top header banner.

     4. Review the eligibility and requirement guidelines on the next page, and click the  button to confirm your registration.
 
     5. Complete the submission form. You may begin filling the form out at any time and save it as a draft, then come back and finish it later. Remember to add all team members to your submission form.

     6. Submit for review before the deadline of 4:30pm

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$5,000 in prizes
Winning Team will be flown to Hong Kong for Summit and recieve all access passes to the OpenStack Summit
1 winner

1 Team (Comprised of 1-2 people)

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Winston Damarillo

Winston Damarillo
CEO / Morphlabs

Calen Martin Legaspi

Calen Martin Legaspi
CEO / Orange and Bronze Software Labs

Rey Banatao

Rey Banatao
President / Morphlabs

Legends of OpenStack Philippines

Legends of OpenStack Philippines

Judging Criteria

  • Relevance
    How relevant are the problems you are solving? Do many organizations face these? Is there a benefit to automating these?
  • Elegance of solution
    Feasibility of architecture, simplicity
  • Functionality
    Is the solution actually easy for sysads (or customers) to use?
  • Originality of solution

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