Thanks for the link, Alex!
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Alex Huang <[email protected]> wrote: > 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)* > -- *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> *™*
