I am interested to be a mentor to the project. On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 8:29 AM Willem Jiang <willem.ji...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi， > > I had a good talk with Ming Wen and Yuansheng Wang last weekend, I > think they already know the meaning of donate the project into Apache > and they already did lots of work to grow the community for the last > three month. > API gateway is a quite important services in Micro Services Archeture, > current we don't have this kind of project in Apache, so I'd like to > be the Champion of this project. > Currently we just have two mentors, please join us as mentor if you like. > > Thanks, > > Willem Jiang > > Twitter: willemjiang > Weibo: 姜宁willem > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 8:37 AM Ming <moonbingb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Incubator > > > > I am Ming Wen, we have open-sourced a microservices API gateway called > > APISIX (https://github.com/iresty/apisix), which delivering the ultimate > > performance, security, open source and scalable platform for APIs and > > microservices. > > > > To better build up the whole ecosystem, we decide to donate APISIX > project > > to Apache Software Foundation. Therefore, we’d like to propose our > project > > to go through the incubation process. > > > > we have already invited Willem Ning Jiang as Champion, Justin Mclean as > > mentor, and welcome other experienced IPMC members to mentor this > project. > > > > Attached is our incubation proposal for open discussion, and I added this > > proposal to list ( > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/INCUBATOR/APISIXProposal). > > Thank you. > > > > Best, > > Ming Wen > > > > ------ > > = APISIX Proposal = > > > > == Abstract == > > > > APISIX is a cloud-native microservices API gateway, delivering the > ultimate > > performance, security, > > open source and scalable platform for all your APIs and microservices. > > > > APISIX is based on OpenResty and etcd, and has dynamic routing and > plug-in > > hot loading, > > which is especially suitable for API management under micro-service > system. > > > > == Proposal == > > > > The goal of this proposal is to bring the existing APISIX > > <https://github.com/iresty/apisix> codebase and existing developers and > > community > > into the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) in order to build a global, > > diverse and self-governed open source community in API gateway field. > > > > Zhiliu is submitting this proposal to donate the APISIX sources code and > > associated artifacts > > (documentation, web site content, wiki, etc.) to the Apache Software > > Foundation Incubator under the Apache License, Version 2.0. > > > > These artifacts are currently available on GitHub at > > https://github.com/iresty/apisix and include: > > - APISIX: The Cloud-Native Microservices API gateway. > > - APISIX-dashboard: The dashboard for APISIX API gateway. > > > > == Background == > > > > Mircro-service and Cloud Native architecture are becoming more and more > > popular, > > traditional monolithic applications are being replaced by microservices. > > This also brings more challenges for API gateways, not only handling > > north-south traffic, > > but also handling east-west traffic between microservices, > > and need to ensure high concurrency and very low latency at the same > time. > > > > APISIX was open sourced on Github in in June 2019. > > At first, APISIX needs to interact directly with etcd to modify the > > configuration of routes and plugins. > > After we opened on the GitHub, the community gives the feedbacks about > high > > level API and built-in dashboard. > > So in 0.6 version, APISIX provided REST admin API and dashboard to > control > > the API gateway. > > Since then more and more contributors have joined in, and more plugins > and > > features provided. > > > > == Rationale == > > > > APISIX acts as an entry point for business traffic and plays an important > > role in the current system. > > Making traffic more secure and faster to process is the ultimate goal of > > APISIX. > > > > APISIX includes these primary parts: > > - Provide the core of the API gateway, including various processing > of > > requests and responses, dynamic upstream and dynamic SSL certificates, > > upstream active and passive health checks, etc. The core does not > bind > > APISIX, other projects can be used directly. > > - Provide the plug-in hot plugging mechanism based on the core, to > > support gRPC transcoding, > > identity authentication, rate limiting, OpenTracing etc. And > provide a > > plugin development library, > > users can easily write their own plugins. > > - Provide the admin API and dashboard to operate the API gateway, > > and also support updating with the yaml configuration file, which is > > friendly for Kubernetes. > > > > There is a strong need for an open, easy-to-use microservice API gateway > to > > help developers > > reduce duplication of code development and better manage APIs. > > We believe that by moving to Apache it will help us work in a more global > > and open way. > > Under Apache’s strong governance and existing processes, hope is also to > > make APISIX more reliable and encourage more developers to participate, > > as is crucial for API gateway. > > > > == Current Status == > > > > === Meritocracy === > > > > APISIX was created in April 2019 and opened on github on June 6, 2019. > > The project now has contributors and users from a dozen companies; > > we have set up the PMC Team and Committer Team. New contributors are > guided > > and reviewed by existed PMC members. > > When they are ready, PMC will start a vote to promote him/her to become a > > member of PMC or Committer Team, > > see the votes for Committer: > > https://github.com/iresty/apisix/issues?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=label%3Avote. > > Contributions are always welcomed and highly valued. > > A lot of energy is allocated to ensure help to all wishing to contribute. > > > > === Community === > > > > APISIX has been building an active community since its open source, and > > hosted meetup in 5 different cities in China. > > Currently, the community includes over 22 contributors, and we already > have > > a user group of more than 500 people. > > > > APISIX’s contributors, who can provide employer information, are from > > iresty.com, meizu.com, weibo.com, ke.com, fansup.mobi, > > which also provide many important feedbacks from their actual scenarios. > > > > We hope to grow the base of contributors by inviting all those who offer > > contributions through The Apache Way. > > Right now, we make use of github as code hosting as well as gitter for > > community communication. > > > > APISIX will seek more developers and user communities during incubation. > > > > === Core Developers === > > > > The core developers, including experienced open source developers and > team > > leaders, have formed a group full of diversity. > > - Committer Team members: > > > https://github.com/iresty/Organization/blob/master/README.md#committer-team > > > > == Known Risks == > > > > === Orphaned products === > > > > The contributors and community cooperation brings the project from a > small > > concept into a real microservices API gateway, > > and APISIX is widely adopted in China by some companies and organizations > > <https://github.com/iresty/apisix/issues/487>. > > The core developers of APISIX team already work full time on this > project. > > There is very little risk of APISIX getting orphaned as at least one > large > > company (ke.com) is widely using it in their production, handling more > than > > 100 million user requests per day. > > > > APISIX has four major releases, 22 contributors, been forked nearly 150 > > times, > > and received 380 pull requests from contributors, which further > > demonstrates APISIX as a very active project. > > We also plan to extend and diversify this community further through > Apache. > > > > Thus, it is very unlikely that APISIX becomes orphaned. > > > > === Inexperience with Open Source === > > > > The members of PMC are the founders of the OpenResty community, a > > nd already have experience working with open source communities, > > they are also active in OpenResty <https://github.com/openresty>, Kong < > > https://github.com/Kong> and other projects. > > At the same time, we will learn more open source experiences by following > > the Apache way in our incubator journey. > > > > Therefore, we believe we have enough experience to deal with open source. > > > > === Homogenous Developers === > > > > The current core developers work across a variety of organizations > > including Meizu, > > ke.com, dasouche.com, Weibo and fansup.mobi; some individual developers > are > > accepted as core developers > > of APISIX as well. Considering that qianxin.com and aispeech.com have > shown > > great interest in APISIX, > > we plan to encourage them to contribute and invite them as contributors > to > > work together. > > > > === Reliance on Salaried Developers === > > > > Most members of the PMC and Committer Team, are paid by their employers > to > > contribute to this project. > > APISIX itself and the API gateway are very attractive and important for > > every company the contributors work in, > > and they have no reason to stop them. Contributions and new committers > are > > expected. > > And we will make efforts to increase the diversity of the contributors. > > > > === Relationships with Other Apache Products === > > > > APISIX already support Apache Skywalking as one of the APM services, > > and will proxy for Apache dubbo and Apache brpc. Also we are considering > > integrates Apache Zookeeper as one of the > > service registration/discovery mechanisms. > > > > === A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === > > > > We acknowledge the value and reputation that the Apache brand will bring > to > > APISIX. > > However, we prefer that the community provided by the Apache Software > > Foundation will enable the project > > to achieve long-term stable development. > > So APISIX is proposing to enter incubation at Apache in order to help > > efforts to diversify the community, > > not so much to capitalize on the Apache brand. > > > > == Documentation == > > > > A complete set of APISIX documentations is provided on github in both > > English and Simplified Chinese. > > > > - English <https://github.com/iresty/apisix/blob/master/README.md> > > - Chinese <https://github.com/iresty/apisix/blob/master/README_CN.md > > > > > > == Initial Source == > > > > The project consists of two distinct codebases: the server and the > > dashboard. > > These have existed as separate git repositories. > > > > - https://github.com/iresty/apisix > > - https://github.com/iresty/apisix_dashboard > > > > == Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan == > > > > As soon as APISIX is approved to join Apache Incubator, zhiliu will > provide > > the Software Grant Agreement(SGA) > > and initial committers will submit ICLA(s). > > The code is already licensed under the Apache Software License, version > 2.0. > > > > == External Dependencies == > > > > As all backend code dependencies are managed using Luarocks > > < > > > https://github.com/iresty/apisix/blob/master/rockspec/apisix-dev-1.0-0.rockspec > > >, > > none of the external libraries need to be packaged in a source > distribution. > > > > All of dependencies have Apache compatible licenses，and the detail as > > follows: > > > > Dependency License Comments > > > > lua-resty-session BSD 2-clause > > lua-resty-http BSD 2-clause > > lua-resty-balancer BSD 2-clause > > lua-resty-template BSD 3-clause > > lua-resty-cookie BSD 3-clause > > lua-resty-etcd Apache-2.0 > > lua-resty-ngxvar Apache-2.0 > > lua-resty-openidc Apache-2.0 > > lua-resty-healthcheck-iresty Apache-2.0 > > lua-resty-jwt Apache-2.0 > > opentracing-openresty Apache-2.0 > > lua-resty-radixtree Apache-2.0 > > lua-resty-iputils MIT > > lua-protobuf MIT > > lua-resty-jit-uuid MIT > > lua-tinyyaml MIT > > lua-rapidjson MIT > > luafilesystem MIT > > iresty-nginx-lua-prometheus MIT > > > > As all front-end dashboard dependencies are managed using NPM > > <https://github.com/iresty/apisix_dashboard/blob/master/package.json>, > > none of the external libraries need to be packaged in a source > distribution. > > > > All of dependencies have Apache compatible licenses，and the detail as > > follows: > > > > Dependency License Comments > > > > vue-image-crop-upload ISC > > tinymce/tinymce-vue Apache-2.0 > > echarts Apache-2.0 > > fuse.js Apache-2.0 > > xlsx Apache-2.0 > > jszip MIT > > vue-typescript-admin-template MIT > > vue-element-admin MIT > > types/http-proxy-middleware MIT > > axios MIT > > clipboard MIT > > codemirror MIT > > cors MIT > > driver.js MIT > > element-ui MIT > > faker MIT > > file-saver MIT > > http-proxy-middleware MIT > > js-cookie MIT > > jsonlint MIT > > lodash MIT > > morgan MIT > > normalize.css MIT > > nprogress MIT > > path-to-regexp MIT > > register-service-worker MIT > > screenfull MIT > > script-loader MIT > > sortablejs MIT > > tui-editor MIT > > uuid MIT > > vue MIT > > vue-class-component MIT > > vue-count-to MIT > > vue-i18n MIT > > vue-property-decorator MIT > > vue-router MIT > > vue-splitpane MIT > > vue-svgicon MIT > > vue2-dropzone MIT > > vuedraggable MIT > > vuex MIT > > vuex-class MIT > > vuex-module-decorators MIT > > yamljs MIT > > > > == Required Resources == > > > > === Git Repositories === > > > > - https://github.com/iresty/apisix.git > > - https://github.com/iresty/apisix_dashboard.git > > > > === Issue Tracking === > > > > The community would like to continue using GitHub Issues. > > > > === Continuous Integration tool === > > > > Travis CI > > > > === Mailing Lists === > > > > - APISIX-dev: for development discussions > > - APISIX-private: for PPMC discussions > > - APISIX-notifications: for users notifications > > > > == Initial Committers == > > > > - Ming Wen(moonbingb...@gmail.com) > > - Yuansheng Wang(membp...@gmail.com) > > - Zhiyuan Ju(jjzhiy...@gmail.com) > > - Junxu Chen(4061...@qq.com) > > - Yong Li(chnliy...@hotmail.com) > > - Suo Zhang(coolsoul0...@qq.com) > > - Ke Tang(itangke1...@gmail.com) > > - Chunlin Wu(lin...@live.com) > > - Lang Wang(gk...@qq.com) > > - Hui Li(794089...@qq.com) > > - Zhiyong Li(lizhiyong4...@gmail.com) > > > > == Affiliations == > > > > - zhiliu: Ming Wen, Yuansheng Wang > > - Meizu: Junxu Chen > > - Dasouche: Yong Li > > - Individuals: Zhiyuan Ju > > - Yanhuang Online: Suo Zhang > > - GangRong Tech: Ke Tang > > - Axinfu: Chunlin Wu > > - Learnta: Lang Wang > > - Tencent: Hui Li > > - Zero tone Tech: Zhiyong Li > > > > == Sponsors == > > > > === Champion === > > > > - Willem Ning Jiang, ningji...@apache.org > > > > === Mentors === > > > > - Willem Ning Jiang, ningji...@apache.org > > - Justin Mclean, jmcl...@apache.org > > > > === Sponsoring Entity === > > > > We are expecting the Apache Incubator could sponsor this project. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
