Hi Mike, I changed the topic to this because it should have its own thread.
Currently, there's no documentation on storage plugin. Storage refactoring itself is only added in 4.1. I agree that such docs are needed. In fact, I believe we need the following things. - How to write a storage plugin - How to do integration test a new storage plugin without CloudStack running - How to integrate a new storage plugin into the UI - How to integrate a new storage plugin's API into cloudmonkey For now, I think you'll have to find the specs to storage refactoring which provides the interfaces needed for storage plugin and ask questions if there are things that doesn't make sense to you. [1] Edison has also started a conversation about integration testing just today. Brain has started a thread on pluggable UI. I've also talked with Rohit about how to make it so that cloudmonkey can work new plugins. I'm not sure if he's proposed it. I'll let him answer with this. --Alex [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Storage+subsystem+2.0 > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 2:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: cloudmonkey docs > > Hey guys, > > In a related sense, I would be curious where one might look for > documentation regarding how a developer could build a storage plug-in. > Does such documentation exist or is this something we might consider > providing in the future? > > A user-centric document would be awesome, too. > > Thanks! > Mike > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Pranav Saxena > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hi Sebastien , > > > > I was actually about to suggest what you just mentioned. Perhaps it would > > be a better way of segregating information from a user point of view. A > > detailed user -centric UI flow and an API usage might give CloudStack > > users a better feel about using the product and then further leveraging > > certain aspects of it as per their needs . Further addition of cloudmonkey > > to it from a user perspective would highlight the user guide's > > significance since it's the power which users can possess while playing > > with CloudStack. > > > > Not sure if this might create any redundancy anywhere. > > > > @Radhika /Jessica - Further Comments ? > > > > Regards, > > Pranav > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sebastien Goasguen [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 2:25 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: cloudmonkey docs > > > > > > On Jan 7, 2013, at 9:37 PM, Joe Brockmeier <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2013, at 02:27 PM, Sebastien Goasguen wrote: > > >> Hi all, > > >> > > >> Where do you guys think is the best place to put cloudmonkey docs ? > > >> > > >> We currently have an admin guide and dev guide and an install guide. > > >> > > >> I am inclined to create a new user guide aimed at users of a > > >> cloudstack based cloud. > > > > > > I'd think it belongs in the admin guide. What else would go in the > > > User's guide? (Anything?) > > > > -How to use the UI from a user point of view -How to use the API with a > > focus on user role APIs > > > > Otherwise, where do users of clouds learn how to use a cloudstack cloud ? > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > jzb > > > -- > > > Joe Brockmeier > > > [email protected] > > > Twitter: @jzb > > > http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ > > > > > > > -- > *Mike Tutkowski* > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > e: [email protected] > o: 303.746.7302 > Advancing the way the world uses the > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > *(tm)*
