Notice for everyone who completed both Path A and Path B: We have registered 10 credits in grading system, thus no worries. Unfortunately, Oodi does not show this correctly, we will solve the problem on Oodi side quite soon. BR, Andrey.

Access to all course systems such as echo.niksula.hut.fi, quebec.niksula.hut.fi and OpenStack virtual machines will be disabled on monday 27.4. If you have any important files on those systems that you would like to save, copy the files to somewhere else before monday. Restoring files after that won't be possible.

Round 6 results and final grading are now published in Noppa. Round 6 review is on Monday 13.4. from 14 to 15 at A145, final grade review on Thursday 16.4. 10-11 at the same place. Thank you all for participating this course, best of luck in your future studies!

Rounds 5 and 6 reviews are both on Monday 13.4. from 14 to 15 at A145. Round 6 results and final grades will be published on Monday 13.4. latest. Please check both the credits and your grade number in the last two rows of the results page table. If you find some errors, please come to A145 on Thursday 16.4. between 10-11 to ask for corrections. Please remember that course feedback is an obligatory part of the course and you'll obtain the credits only after filling the feedback form. You'll receive the link to feedback form by e-mail.

Round 5 results are now available in Noppa. Review is on Monday 13.4. from 14 to 15 at A145. Also, the demo reservation for the extra round opens on Wednesday 1.4. at 18:00. Note that this Friday and next Monday are national holidays, so reception session on Friday are cancelled, and there won't be any demos on Monday.

Round 4 results are published. Review is on Monday 23.3. from 14 to 15 at A145. Reservation for round 5 demos opens on Wednesday 18.3. at 18:00.

Rounds A5 and B5 have been released and you can start doing the assignments. If you have any questions about the assignments come visit the reception sessions Thursday or Friday next week or send e-mail to the course personnel. Also remember to reserve your next demo early to get the time that suits your schedule! The demo reservation will open 18th of March at 18:00.

Apparently, only half of the instances were unavailable. All of them are now available again.

OpenStack networks and instances are currently unreachable. We are working on the problem.

Round 3 results are published. Review is on Monday 9.3. from 14 to 15 at A145. Reservation for round 4 demos opens on Wednesday 4.3. at 18:00. Reserve your session in time!

We have noticed that OpenStack sometimes misbehaves with IPv6. The part "2. Rebuild your network¿ might not succeed in some cases. The suggested "neutron port-update¿ -command does not work properly in some cases. This means that traffic between virtual machines using IP addresses allocated by rardvd is not allowed. Due to this it is possible to get points from part 2.4 without working configuration if your configuration seems to be correct. This bug should not affect other parts of the assignments. Again we apologize for the inconvenience.

Round 2 results are published. Review is on Monday 23.2. from 14 to 15 at A145. Reservation for round 3 demos opens on a Wednesday 18.2. at 18:00. Reserve your session in time! Please note that all of the reception sessions are moved to Paniikki computer room (C106) starting this week.

The results for the first round have now been published in Noppa. You can review the grading at A145 on Monday (9.2.) from 14 to 15. The reservation system for round 2 demo sessions opens on a Wednesday 4.2. at 18:00.

Rounds A2 and B2 have been updated for the OpenStack environment and you can start doing the assignments. The first assignment was relatively easy, however from now on you need to do extensive self-study to complete the assignments. Next week (6) is going to be a reception week, so if you have any questions about the assignments, please come to see the assistants at Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. More info about reception sessions in Noppa. Also remember to reserve your next demonstration early from the appointment system!

Our storage unit failed this morning and it can not be repaired. We got new unit but it is impossible to recover the data from the previous unit. This means you need to create all of your virtual instances again. Networks you have created were not affected by this unfortunate series of events. Running instances are not required for the demo this week if you are able to explain what you did based on your notes. Apologies for the extra trouble.

Unfortunately there are some issues with the OpenStack servers, and as a consequence instances remain unreachable. Admins are working on resolving the issue as soon as they can, but if the problem persists you should be prepared to demonstrate your solution without access to the instances. Make sure you can demonstrate your work on another machine than the OpenStack instance. Two Ubuntu machines are available during the demos and you will also be able to access echo. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The demo sessions this week are arranged at CS-building room A145. The reservation system had wrong place marked. There is Niksula computer available in the demo session. If you have any files stored either on Paniikki (C106) computers or at kekkonen.niksula.hut.fi, those files are available on the demo computer. Alternatively you can use your own laptop, but we have to warn you that the WLAN in demo room is rather bad. Remember to come in time to your demo!

Help sessions for first assignment are arranged this week. For detailed schedule see page ¿Receptions¿. You can come to ask help without reserving time beforehand. The reservation system for round 1 demo sessions opens on a Wednesday 21.1. at 18:00. Try to reserve demo time soon, so you can get one that fits your schedule. Demo sessions are arranged 26.1.-30.1. at CS-building room A145. Everyone should have received email notification from the appointment reservation system. If you did not receive email, contact course staff as soon as possible. The appointment systems shows appointments using the time zone of your computer, so check that it is set to GMT+2. If you can not see any open demo times, ensure that you are looking for correct week.

We had another failure in OpenStack today, and the service was unusable for about two hours. It was not possible to create new virtual machines during this time. The issue has been fixed, and all virtual machines were rebooted. We again apologize for the inconvenience and try to work with our systems administrators to improve service reliability.

The earlier problems with course OpenStack have been fixed now. You should be able to start working on the assignments. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Do not hesitate to contact us if you experience any problems.

We had electricity failure today, which caused problems with the OpenStack. The system is not working correctly at the moment. We are investigating the problem and try to fix it as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience and will inform you as soon as the system is back online.

Welcome to the course! Introduction lecture will be held 13th of January 16:15-18:00 in the hall T3. Preliminary course schedule for the spring 2015 can be found in the noppa.

The grading review for the last round is now over.

Hi, the preliminary grades are also now published in the results page of Noppa. Please check both the credits and your grade number in the last two rows of the results page table. If you find some errors, please come to playroom (A121) next Monday between 11-12 to ask for corrections or send email before this. Please remember that course feedback is an obligatory part of the course and you'll obtain the credits only after filling the feedback form. Thanks everybody for a nice semester and best luck in your future studies!

Hi, the results of the extra round are now published in noppa. We were a bit surprised of the number of the cancellations of many demos. Anyways, the round was optional, so it does not matter. You can review the grading of the last round in Playroom (A121) next week Monday (16.12) at 11:00.

Course feedback questionaire is now open in the following URL: http://www.cse.tkk.fi/cgi-bin/teekysely.pl?action=showform&id=T1105102-T1105102-s2013palaute&lang=ENG Giving feedback is mandatory (or no grade will be given). Deadline is 20.12. It takes a few minutes to fill in the form. Thank you for your feedback! Kurssin palautekysely on avautunut osoitteessa: http://www.cse.tkk.fi/cgi-bin/teekysely.pl?action=showform&id=T1105102-T1105102-s2013palaute&lang=FIN Kurssipalautteen antaminen on välttämätöntä (tai arvosanaa ei anneta kurssista). Palaute pitää antaa 20.12 mennessä. Palautelomakkeen täyttäminen vie muutaman minuutin. Kiitos paljon antamastasi palautteesta!

The review of round five is over. The results page now contains a preliminary grading for the course, so that you can decide on whether to participate to the optional extra round or not. Remember that only 30 % of score is needed to pass the round, so you don't have to finish the whole exercise if you just need a few points. Also, reception times are available if you need some tips from the assistants.

Hi, results of round four are published in noppa now. You can review your results in playroom (A120) on Monday 2.12 at 11:00-12:00.

The review of round four has ended and the results are finalized. Good luck with the last mandatory round!

FYI, the results for round four have now been published in Noppa. You can review the grading in Playroom (A120) on Monday (18.11) at 11:00. Good luck with the last mandatory round (#5). You can improve your grade by participating to the optional round (#6).

Hi, please make sure that you have booked a demo time for next week. No extra reservations are possible.

Dear students, would you like to have a free Aalto T-shirt? Please contact "aila.blomberg@aalto.fi" ASAP today if you are interested. The catch is that there is a photoshoot with the dean tomorrow in the library of T-building (around 11-12) and they need a group of students to pose in the Aalto T-shirts.

FYI, review of round three results is now finished and the scores are finalized.

Hi, the results of round three are now published. If you want to review your grading, please visit playroom (A120) on Monday. Please note that the time to review the grading has changed, it is now 11:00. Good luck with round four! Remember to use the reception sessions next week if you need help.

For those who are taking path B, we're going to have a lecture on the topic of the optional assignment (SDN/OpenFlow) on the Mobile Cloud Computing course. The place is T2 and time is 16-18, feel free to join if you're interested.

Hi, please reserve the demo times early. We have had requests of adding more demo slots because Monday slots have expired. This seems rather odd because we reminded of booking your demo on Friday. In the following rounds, we are not going add any extra slots. Rather than waiting for Sunday (and for the Monday slots to expire), please reserve your demo time as soon as they are available (Wed 18:00). Then start planning your work accordingly in schedule. So, your process for this course is totally wrong if you start doing the exercises on Sunday evening and hope that there will still be a slot in the end of the following week.

Hi, please remember to book demo time(s) for the next week if you haven't do so already.

Hi, a few notes from the course: * no demos during the following week (exam week) * demo times will be published on Wednesday * please use the course mailing list (or IRC) instead emailing individual assistants for faster feedback * feel free to use the reception sessions (aka help sessions) to ask technical questions from the assistants Have a nice weekend! -Course staff.

Hi, the review of 2nd round is over and results are now final. Next, feel free to reserve reception times for round three for the on-going week. P.S. Please remember to arrive in time for your demo sessions because otherwise you will loose time to make your demo.

The results of the second round are now published in Noppa.

As usually, you can review your score from the second round in playroom (A121) on Monday at 09:00. We'll publish the scores during this weekend. For the next round, please make your demo reservations in time. The demo times will be published on Wednesday and the fastest take the best times. We have heard some excuses on why demo times were reserved too late or why some students wanted to postpone their demo times (because they did not start doing the assignment in time). Starting from round three, please be prepared to bring a signed medical (or other official) statement on why you failed to complete the assignment in two weeks. After all, you're training for the industry and excuses won't be tolerated there either. Having said this, we wish the best of luck to the next round, we have really seen nice demos throughout the week!

The problems with virtual machines have been fixed and everything should be working again. All the files you had saved to your virtual machines should be there, but all the running configuration has been lost (for example if you had configured ipv6 addresses with the "ip" command, those are lost). Please let us know if you have problems with virtual machines.

We are experiencing problems with our virtualization environment and thus the virtual machines are not working at the moment. We are working on the problem and will inform you as soon as everything is working again. We apologize for this inconvenience.

The appointment system is back online on new host: https://appointments.cs.hut.fi/ Everything seems to be working fine, but please check that your reserved appointments are there. in case of problems please contact course email address "t-110.5102@list.aalto.fi".

We will be doing some maintenance on the reservation system this evening starting at 21:00. The reservation system will be unavailable during the maintenance. The system will also move to new server and new address will be announced after everything is working again. We will inform you as soon as the service break is over. We apologize for inconvenience, Course staff.

Dear students, please remember to book a demo session for next week in time. Friday demo times are already spent!

Results for round 1 are now published and can be found in the Results page. If you have questions about the grading you can come to room A120 (Playroom) on Monday 30.9 at 9:00.

Remember that the reservation DL for the demos and reception times are at 18:00 the previous day! You have to book the demo on time or you will fail the round. Also if you can't make it to the demo (you're sick etc.) contact the course staff ASAP (NOT after the demo week).

Hi, please book one demo session time for yourself if you haven't done so already for the first assignment. First come first served!

The course appointment reservation system is now available at https://playground.cs.hut.fi Check the link allways from course noppa pages, at it might change due to technical problems. You can reserve times for round 1 receptions now. You can login with the email address you have in oodi and the password is the same used for virtual machines. You should have received the mail yesterday. Note that currently you can not change the password in reservation system. The reservation system is actively developed for this course, so it may contain errors. We recommend using Google Chrome with reservation system, but other recent browsers should work as well. In case you have problems with it, contact course email address. We are really sorry for this delay.

Hi, labworks grade limits are now published on the "Results" page in Noppa.

Hi, every students should now have received password to their virtual machines and instructions on how to connect to them. If you haven't contact the course staff by emailing t-110.5102@list.aalto.fi.

Hi, the course organization seemed to be still a bit unclear, so let me clarify a few things. The course consists of... 1. Two optional lectures organized on fixed times (today was the first and next one is next week Tuesday) 2. Optional reception sessions (only the weeks are fixed) 3. Mandatory demo sessions (only the weeks are fixed) 4. Optional demo for the extra assignment (only the week is fixed) We don't organize a lecture for each assignment separately because they should be documented quite well and plenty of reading material exists online. If you have questions, please book a reception time from the assistants, ask in IRC or send email. Every second week is reserved for (a) receptions and always the following week for (b) demonstrations (and then the cycle starts again for the next assignment). During these weeks you can meet an assistant privately for an half an hour and (a) ask help for the assignment if you need it and (b) demonstrate a working solution for the assignment. To be flexible with both the students and assistants (who are also students), the exact meeting time can be scheduled using a ubercool time reservation system that will be published in the end of this week.

Hi, I fixed selection of the course paths in Oodi. Please choose at least one path for the course.

Hi, we have added course paths A and B to Oodi. You can choose which one to take for a 5 credit course or choose both for a 10 credit version of the course. Please fill in your choice in oodi.aalto.fi, so that we can estimate the total number of students on each path. P.S. Slides are now uploaded to Noppa in Lectures section.

Dear students, the introduction lectures will be held today (10.9) and next week Tuesday (17.9) in T2 at 16-18. Today, we cover the administrative aspects of the course (most likely in a single hour) and next week Linux command line basics (two hours). The slides will be posted in the Lectures section in Noppa in case you can't make it. We recommend signing up for the course in Oodi even if you would be unsure about your participation. This way, you get acccess to your virtual machines to get an early start with the assignments. Welcome to the course!