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Read the new content in the [http://docs.openstack.org/contributor-guide/quickstart/first-timers.html Documentation Contributor Guide].
 
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== Step-by-step tutorial ==
 
For OpenStack documentation, one of the best places to start is by walking through the install guide and completing it by hand. You can complete a 2-node install with two VMs, for example. Keep notes as you go, offering suggestions for improvement.
 
 
Another good first-time docs task is to go to the bugs list at https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bugs and look at the new bugs. When you see a doc bug you know how to fix, comment in the bug how to fix the bug. Mark it "Triaged" and give it a status based on the [[Documentation/HowTo#Doc_Bug_Triaging_Guidelines|documentation bug triaging guidlines]]. If you're up for it, you can assign yourself the bug.
 
 
=== Setup with OpenStack Infrastructure ===
 
 
To get started, you must complete the following steps just like any other OpenStack developer. The steps are detailed in the [http://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#getting-started Getting Started] section of the Infrastructure Manual and here is an overview:
 
 
# '''Create a Launchpad account''' (which will authenticate as UbuntuOne).
 
# '''Join the OpenStack Foundation''' at http://www.openstack.org/join (to see if you joined already, go to http://www.openstack.org/profile) 
 
# '''Sign the Contributor License Agreement''' (this is part of joining the Foundation above)
 
# '''Setup git review''' and get familiar with the [http://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html#development-workflow Development Workflow], which is shown step-by-step below.
 
 
=== Install Windows prerequisites ===
 
If you plan to use Windows to contribute to OpenStack, install these prerequisites:
 
 
* git (http://msysgit.github.io/)
 
* curl (http://curl.haxx.se/)
 
* tar (http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gtar.htm) or 7-zip (http://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/?source=recommended)
 
* a working Python 2.7 environment (http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/starting/install/win/). '''Note''': As part of the Python installation, be sure to install setuptools and pip as instructed.<br /><br />
 
 
In the subsequent procedures, run commands from the gitbash command line.
 
 
=== Set up git and git review ===
 
Install git. See https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git.
 
'''Note''': If you installed Windows prerequisites, you already installed git.<br />
 
 
Configure git and git review so that they know you:
 
<pre><nowiki>
 
  $ git config --global user.name "Firstname Lastname"
 
  $ git config --global user.email name@youremail.com
 
  $ git config --global gitreview.username yourgerritusername
 
</nowiki></pre>
 
 
If you don't remember your Gerrit user name, go to the [https://review.openstack.org/#/settings/ settings page on gerrit] to check it out (it's not your email address).
 
 
On your system, install git-review so that you can submit patches:
 
:'''Windows'''
 
  curl http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/g/git-review/git-review-1.24.tar.gz -L > git-review.tar.gz
 
  tar zxvf git-review.tar.gz
 
  cd git-review-1.24
 
  python setup.py install
 
 
:'''Mac/Linux''' 
 
  $ sudo pip install git-review
 
 
:'''Ubuntu'''
 
  $ sudo apt-get install git-review
 
 
=== Set up ssh ===
 
 
On the computer where you will commit, generate an SSH key:
 
  $ ssh-keygen –t rsa
 
 
Optionally, enter a password. If you enter one, remember it: You must enter it every time you commit.<br />
 
 
View and copy your SSH key:
 
  $ less ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
 
 
Add your SSH key. See https://review.openstack.org/#/settings/ssh-keys.<br />
 
 
=== Set up repositories and work locally ===
 
 
'''Note:''' Documentation is in openstack/openstack-manuals mostly, so this walkthrough uses that repo as the example. You can also substitute openstack/api-site, openstack/operations-guide, openstack/security-guide, or openstack/training-guides, or openstack/ha-guide in the steps below.
 
 
Clone a repository. For example, clone openstack/openstack-manuals:
 
  $ git clone git://git.openstack.org/openstack/openstack-manuals.git
 
 
Change into the directory:
 
  $ cd openstack-manuals
 
 
In the same directory, set up git review:
 
:'''Windows'''
 
    git-review
 
 
:'''Mac/Linux/Ubuntu'''
 
    $ git review -s
 
 
See [[Documentation/HowTo/FirstTimers|Troubleshoot your Setup]] if you have any difficulty with this step.
 
 
In the directory for the cloned repository, check out the master branch and make sure it hasn't changed by pulling updates locally:
 
  $ git checkout master; git remote update; git pull origin master
 
 
Assign a bug to yourself, such as. https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1252931
 
 
Create a new local branch, based on master. You don't have to name it with the bug number but it's helpful:
 
  $ git checkout -b fix-bug-1252931
 
 
Fix the bug in the docs. Read the guide on [[Documentation/HowTo|How to contribute to the documentation]], pay attention to the [[Documentation/HowTo#Policies_and_conventions|Policies and conventions]] section, which describes Git commit messages, back port procedures, and other conventions.
 
 
Commit the local change:
 
  $ git commit -a
 
 
Edit the commit message, following the guidelines documented at the [[GitCommitMessages|git commit messages page]].
 
 
The first time you set up a gerrit remote and try to create a patch for review.openstack.org you may see this message:
 
 
<pre>
 
<nowiki>! [remote rejected] HEAD -> refs/publish/master/addopenstackdocstheme (missing Change-Id in commit message footer)</nowiki>
 
</pre>
 
 
When this happens, run git commit -a --amend, then save the commit message again and run git review -v again.
 
 
Create a patch for review.openstack.org with:
 
  $ git review -v
 
 
Copy and paste the URL returned from git review to take a look:
 
  http://review.openstack.org/nnnnnn
 
 
Celebrate and wait for reviews.
 
 
=== Respond to requests ===
 
After you submit a patch, reviewers might ask you to make changes before they approve the patch. 
 
 
To submit changes to your patch, copy the unique patch number from review.openstack.org. For example, copy ''nnnnn'' from the following URL:
 
 
  https://review.openstack.org/#/c/nnnnn/
 
 
At the command line, change into your local copy of the repository. For example:
 
  $ cd openstack-manuals
 
 
To check out the patch, enter:
 
  $ git review -d ''nnnnn''
 
Where ''nnnnn'' is the review number that you copied from review.openstack.org.
 
 
Make your edits.
 
 
In your local copy of the repository:
 
  $ git commit -a --amend
 
Then push to review.openstack.org again:
 
  $ git review -v
 
Wait for more reviews.
 
 
== Troubleshoot your setup ==
 
=== git and git review ===
 
The first time that you run git review, you might see this error:
 
    The authenticity of host '[review.openstack.org]:29418 ([198.101.231.251]:29418) can't be established.
 
 
Type '''yes''' (all three letters) at the prompt.
 
 
When you connect to gerrit for the first time, you might see this error:
 
    Could not connect to gerrit.
 
    Enter your gerrit username:
 
Enter the user name that matches the user name in review.openstack.org in '''Settings'''.
 
 
If you see this error:
 
    fatal: Not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
 
You are not in a directory that is a git repository: A .git file was not found.
 
 
Change into your local copy of the repository and re-run the command.
 
 
If you see this error:
 
    We don't know where your gerrit is. Please manually create a remote named "gerrit" and try again.
 
You need to make a git remote that maps to the review.openstack.org ssh port for your repo. For an example for a username annegentle and the openstack-manuals repo, you'd run this command:
 
    git remote add gerrit ssh://annegentle@review.openstack.org:29418/openstack/openstack-manuals.git
 
 
If you see this error:
 
 
    ! [remote rejected] HEAD -> refs/publish/master/addopenstackdocstheme (missing Change-Id in commit message footer)
 
 
The first time you set up a gerrit remote and try to create a patch for review.openstack.org you may see this message because the tool needs one more edit of your commit message in order to automatically insert the Change-Id. When this happens, run git commit -a --amend, then save the commit message again and run git review -v again.
 
 
=== network ===
 
If your network connection is weak, you might see this error:
 
    Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer
 
Try again when your network connection improves.
 
 
=== python ===
 
If you see this this error:
 
    /usr/bin/env: python: No such file or directory
 
Your Python environment is not set up correctly. See the Python documentation for your operating system.
 
  
 
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