+1 (non-binding)
On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 5:05 AM, Andrei Savu <as...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I'd like to call a VOTE for acceptance of Provisionr into the Apache > Incubator. > > The vote will close on March 8. > > [] +1 Accept Provisionr into the Apache incubator > [] +0 Don't care. > [] -1 Don't accept Provisionr into the incubator because... > > Full proposal is pasted at the bottom on this email, and the corresponding > wiki is http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/ProvisionrProposal > > Only VOTEs from Incubator PMC members are binding, but all are welcome to > express their thoughts. > > Thanks, > Andrei Savu > > ---------- > Provisionr Proposal > > == Abstract == > > Provisionr is an effort to develop a service that can be used to create and > manage pools of virtual machines on multiple clouds. Our focus is on > semi-automated workflows and cloud portability. > > == Proposal == > > Provisionr solves the problem of cloud portability by hiding completely the > APIs and only focusing on building a cluster that matches the same set of > assumptions on all clouds, assumptions like: running a specific operating > system (e.g. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS), having the same set of pre-installed > packages and binaries, sane dns settings (forward & reverse ip resolution - > as needed for Hadoop), ntp settings, networking settings, firewall, ssh > admin access, vpn access etc. > > As a secondary goal Provisionr should also provide primitives for building > automatic or semi-automatic workflows for configuring services, workflows > that assume that all the machines share a common set of characteristics as > described above. > > == Background == > > Creating clusters on cloud infrastructure is non-trivial because careful > orchestration is required. To make it easy to deploy services we need to > start from a foundation that matches a common set of assumptions on > multiple providers. > > == Rationale == > > This project started as a re-write of the core of Apache Whirr but has a > different target being more focused on semi-automated workflows and cloud > portability. > > == Initial Goals == > > * Build a community > * Provide an excellent user experience for semi-automatic workflows (e.g. > using Rundeck) > * Implement a REST service and a Web Console > * Add support for more providers > > == Current Status == > > Provisionr had four releases on [[ > https://github.com/axemblr/axemblr-provisionr/wiki|GitHub]] and it's used > to deploy Hadoop clusters on-demand at Axemblr and infrastructure for > testing / QA. > > === Meritocracy === > > We plan to invest in supporting a meritocracy. We will discuss the > requirements in an open forum. Several companies have already expressed > interest in this project, and we intend to invite additional developers to > participate. We will encourage and monitor community participation so that > privileges can be extended to those that contribute. > > === Community === > > The community interested in cloud service infrastructure is currently > spread across many smaller projects, and one of the main goals of this > project is to build a vibrant community to share best practices and build > common infrastructure. > > === Core developers === > > Core developers are very experienced in the Apache ecosystem. To achieve > more diversity of developers, we will be eager to recruit developers from > diverse companies. > > * Andrei Savu - asavu at apache dot org (Apache Whirr PMC) > * Ioan Eugen Stan - ieugen at apache dot org (Apache James PMC) > * Alex Ciminian - alex.ciminian at gmail dot org > > === Alignment === > > Provisionr complements Apache Whirr and later on it should provide a robust > foundation for more advanced functionalities. > > == Known Risks == > > === Orphaned products === > > The contributors have significant open source experience and the project is > being used as part of a commercial product, so the risk of being orphaned > is relatively low. We plan to mitigate this risk by recruiting additional > committers. > > === Inexperience with Open Source === > > Most of the initial committers have experience working on open source > projects. Andrei Savu and Ioan Eugen Stan have experience as committers and > PMC members on other Apache projects. > > === Homogenous Developers === > > We are committed to recruiting additional committers from other companies > based on their contributions to the project. > > === Reliance on Salaried Developers === > > It is expected that Provisionr development will occur on both salaried time > and on volunteer time, after hours. The majority of initial committers are > paid by their employer to contribute to this project. However, they are all > passionate about the project, and we are confident that the project will > continue even if no salaried developers contribute to the project. We are > committed to recruiting additional committers including non-salaried > developers. > > === Relationships with Other Apache Products === > > Provisionr is closely integrated with CloudStack, Karaf, CXF, BigTop in a > numerous ways. We look forward to collaborating with those communities, as > well as other Apache communities (like Apache Helix). > > === A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === > > We think that Provisionr will benefit from the community sharing ideas and > best practices for running cloud services. The ASF does a great job at > building communities, which is why we want to build Provisionr at Apache. > > == Documentation == > > * https://github.com/axemblr/axemblr-provisionr/wiki > * > > https://github.com/axemblr/axemblr-provisionr/wiki/Axemblr-Provisionr-in-5-Minutes > * > > https://github.com/axemblr/axemblr-provisionr/wiki/Starting-an-HDFS-cluster-on-EC2-with-Provisionr-and-Rundeck > * > > http://www.slideshare.net/savu.andrei/creating-pools-of-virtual-machines-apachecon-na-2013 > > == Initial Source == > > Available on GitHub: https://github.com/axemblr/axemblr-provisionr > > == Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan == > > We are going to prepare a software grant as needed. The source code is > already available under the Apache 2.0 license. > > == External Dependencies == > > The existing external dependencies all have Apache compatible licenses: > Activiti (Apache 2.0), AWS SDK (Apache 2.0), jclouds (Apache 2.0), Google > Guava (Apache 2.0). > > == Cryptography == > > Provisionr uses standard APIs and tools for SSH and SSL. > > == Required Resources == > > === Mailing lists === > > * provisionr-private > * provisionr-dev > > === Version Control === > > Git repository > > === Issue Tracking === > > JIRA Provisionr (PROVISIONR) > > === Other Resources === > > The existing code already has unit and integration tests so we would like a > Jenkins instance to run them whenever a new patch is submitted. This can be > added after project creation. > > == Initial Committers == > > * Andrei Savu - asavu at apache dot org > * Ioan Eugen Stan - ieugen at apache dot org > * Alex Ciminian - alex.ciminian at gmail dot org > * Amandeep Khurana - amansk at gmail dot com > * Roman Shaposhnik - rvs at apache dot org > * Eric Sammer - esammer at apache dot org > > == Sponsors == > > === Champion === > > Tom White - tomwhite at apache dot org > > === Nominated Mentors === > > * Roman Shaposhnik - rvs at apache dot org > * Tom White - tomwhite at apache dot org > * Mohammad Nour - mnour at apache dot org > > === Sponsoring === > > Incubator PMC > -- thanks ashish Blog: http://www.ashishpaliwal.com/blog My Photo Galleries: http://www.pbase.com/ashishpaliwal
