Yeah I would +1 katakoda. I also think that it would help to start distributing RPMs, DEBs, and the mpacks with the releases, as well as consider a service like opensuse's build service for nightlies, etc.
Jon On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 6:25 AM Anand Subramanian < asubraman...@hortonworks.com> wrote: > Great idea! This will be a HUGE improvement in the user experience for > first timers to Metron. Katakoda seems very interesting - simple and > straight-forward. I loved the way you can provide instructions, commands > (that can be directly clicked!), links, explanation and so on. > > Regards, > Anand > > On 10/25/18, 7:49 PM, "Nick Allen" <n...@nickallen.org> wrote: > > We all know spinning up the development environment is a pain. > Unfortunately, it is the only way for a new user to get a feel for > Metron. > We need a better way to introduce new users to Metron. > > I am hoping we can brainstorm ways to improve that experience. Here > are a > few thoughts that might help start a discussion. > > (1) Create a *KataKoda* [1] based demo. I ran across this after > finding > Apache Ozone's demo [2], which I think is great. > > > - A user does not need to download or install anything. It is a > completely hosted offering. > - Provides a step-by-step demo experience that could guide users > through creating an enrichment, defining a profile, managing > alerts. > - Would require a Metron on Docker solution. > > (2) Create a *Vagrant Cloud* [3] hosted image of "Full Dev" with > everything > installed and ready to rock. A user would just need to install > Vagrant and > run: > > vagrant init metron/0.6.0 > > vagrant up > > > - Reduces the number of dependencies needed to get Metron > up-and-running. > - Significantly increases the success rate of new users getting > Metron running. > - Still results in "Full Dev" Metron which requires too many > resources for the average computer. > > Are these good options? What other approaches could we take? Hopefully > some JIRAs might fall out of this discussion. > > - Nick > > > -- > [1] https://www.katacoda.com > [2] https://www.katacoda.com/elek/scenarios/ozone101 > [3] https://app.vagrantup.com/boxes/search > > > -- Jon Zeolla
