Re: Hello

[Ian Rae]

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On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 7:24 AM Ruben Bosch  wrote:

> Welcome Vishesh!
>
> Met vriendelijke groet / Kind regards,
>
> Ruben Bosch
> CLDIN
>
> > On 1 Feb 2023, at 16:44, Vishesh Jindal 
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > This is Vishesh. I have recently joined ShapeBlue. I am looking forward
> to contributing to the cloudstack project and working with the community.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Vishesh Jindal
> > vishesh.jin...@shapeblue.com
> >
> >
> >
>
>

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Apache CloudStack 4.17.0.0 Release

[Ian Rae]

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On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 12:04 PM Pritam Neog  wrote:

> Congrats to everyone involved and thank you Nicolas 
>
> On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 8:39 PM Nicolas Vazquez 
> wrote:
>
> > *The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache**®** CloudStack**®**
> > v4.17*
> >
> > Apache CloudStack 4.17.0.0 is a 4.17 LTS release with 383 new
> > features, improvements and bug fixes since 4.16, including 16 major
> > new features. Some of the highlights include:
> >
> > - IPv6 with Static Routing
> > - Zero Downtime Upgrades
> > - Virtual Router Live Patching
> > - CloudStack Status & management
> > - User Shared Networks
> > - StorPool storage plugin
> > - Storage-based Snapshots for KVM Instances
> > - Attach and detach features to UI for ROOT disks
> > - Enable CloudStack to use multiple LOCAL storage pools
> > - Multiple SSH Keys support
> > - Reserve and release Public IPs
> >
> > # Documentation
> > The full list of new features can be found in the project release
> > notes at
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.17.0.0/releasenotes/changes.html
> >
> > The CloudStack documentation includes upgrade instructions from
> > previous versions of Apache CloudStack, and can be found at:
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/en/4.17.0.0/upgrading/index.html
> >
> > The official installation, administration and API documentation for
> > each of the releases are available on our documentation page:
> > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/
> >
> > # Downloads
> > The official source code for the 4.17.0.0 release can be downloaded
> > from our downloads page: http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html
> >
> > In addition to the official source code release, individual
> > contributors have also made convenience binaries available on the
> > Apache CloudStack download page, and can be found at:
> >
> > https://download.cloudstack.org/ubuntu/dists/
> > https://download.cloudstack.org/centos/7/
> > https://download.cloudstack.org/centos/8/
> > https://download.cloudstack.org/suse/15
> > https://www.shapeblue.com/packages/
> >
>
>
> --
> Pritam
>

Re: GSoC 2022 Mentee Introduction - Daman Arora

[Ian Rae]

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On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 4:09 PM Daman Arora  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I am Daman Arora from Ottawa, Canada. I'm excited to announce that I will
> work as a GSoC Mentee for CloudStack over the next few months under
> the guidance of my amazing mentors.
> Having contributed to CloudStack since last year, I am thrilled about this
> opportunity to take my contributions to a new level.
>
> Furthermore, I would like to give a special shout-out to my mentors, Pearl
> Dsilva, Harikrishna, and GSoC Org Admin, Boris Stoyanov, for their constant
> support throughout the process.
>
> Cheers, and have a wonderful weekend.
>
> Best,
> Daman Arora.
>

Re: Introduction

[Ian Rae]

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On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 10:35 AM Daman Arora  wrote:

> That's great to hear. Welcome Jamie!
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu., May 12, 2022, 10:24 a.m. Jamie Pell, 
> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've recently started working with Ivet and helping her out with some of
> > the community marketing for the CloudStack community - so just wanted to
> > say hi to everybody.
> >
> > Ivet has recently gone on maternity leave so I'm going to be interacting
> > on the mailing lists regularly now. I'm very much looking forward to
> > getting to know some of the great members of the community and am open to
> > any guidance anybody may have for me. I'm going to be picking up
> organising
> > of CCC this year amongst other tasks.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

Re: [ANNOUNCE] Next PMC Chair & VP Apache CloudStack Project - Simon Weller

[Ian Rae]

Fantastic! Kudos Simon! Tip of the hat Gabriel!

Ian

On Fri, Mar 18, 2022 at 4:32 AM Boris Stoyanov
 wrote:
>
> Thank you Gabriel and congrats Simon!
>
> Bobby.
>
> From: Simon Weller 
> Date: Thursday, 17 March 2022, 23:08
> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org 
> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Next PMC Chair & VP Apache CloudStack Project - Simon 
> Weller
> Thanks everyone! Special thanks to Gabriel for his dedication to the role 
> over the past year.
>
> -Si
> 
> From: Will Stevens 
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 12:36 PM
> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org 
> Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Next PMC Chair & VP Apache CloudStack Project - Simon 
> Weller
>
> Congrats Simon.  Well deserved for sure.  You have been a force of
> dedication for the community and I am really happy to see you taking on
> this role.
>
> Cheers,
>
> *Will Stevens*
> Chief Technology Officer
> t 514.447.3456 x1301
>
> 
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2022 at 12:30 PM Giles Sirett 
> wrote:
>
> > Many Congratulations Simon
> >
> > Gabriel - thank you so much for your hard work over the last year - you'll
> > be a difficult act to follow!!
> >
> > Kind Regards
> > Giles
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Nicolas Vazquez 
> > Sent: 17 March 2022 12:45
> > To: us...@cloudstack.apache.org; dev 
> > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Next PMC Chair & VP Apache CloudStack Project -
> > Simon Weller
> >
> > Congratulations Simon! And thanks Gabriel for your great work!
> >
> > Regards,
> > Nicolas Vazquez
> > 
> > From: Gabriel Beims Bräscher 
> > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 6:55:26 AM
> > To: users ; dev 
> > Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Next PMC Chair & VP Apache CloudStack Project - Simon
> > Weller
> >
> > Hello, all CloudStack community!
> >
> > It gives me great pleasure to announce that the ASF board last night
> > accepted our PMC's nomination of Simon Weller as the next PMC Chair / VP of
> > the Apache CloudStack project.
> >
> > I would like to thank everyone for the support I've received over the past
> > year.
> > It was a great honor being the PMC Chair of this amazing project/community!
> >
> > To Simon, my sincere congratulations, and I wish you success in the new
> > role!
> > Very well deserved!
> >
> > Please join me in congratulating Simon, the CloudStack PMC Chair / VP.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Gabriel Bräscher.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

Re: Ansible 2.8: CloudStack related changes

[Ian Rae]

Huge props René!

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On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 9:28 AM Tutkowski, Mike 
wrote:

> Thanks, Rene, for all of the work you've done for CloudStack!
>
> 
> From: Rene Moser 
> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 1:42 AM
> To: us...@cloudstack.apache.org; dev
> Subject: Ansible 2.8: CloudStack related changes
>
> NetApp Security WARNING: This is an external email. Do not click links or
> open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is
> safe.
>
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
> As announced previously in autumn 2018, I am ending my active
> maintenance for the CloudStack Ansible integration with the 2.8 release.
>
> It started as PoC during a weekend at a Swiss Linux hackers event
> "Turrican Days" in autumn 2014 and turned into "thing" I have spent many
> nights with. Take care of it.
>
> The modules are in best conditions: Cloudstack is one of a few Ansible
> integrations without any failing sanity checks. Special thanks goes to
> David Passante who brought all the docs in shape!
>
> We have automated integration tests based on a simulator docker setup
> [1] currently running Cloudstack 4.11.2. The integration test code
> coverage [2] is at >85%.
>
> There are currently (only) 2 more members in the CloudStack team [3] in
> Ansible.
>
> Thanks again for all the support and appreciation I have received over
> the years.
>
> Ansible v2.8.0 is going to be released with the following, CloudStack
> related changes, thanks for all the contributors:
>
> David Passante (18):
>   Cloudstack: fix support for some VPC service capabilities (#45727)
>   cs_account: Implement role parameter support (#46166)
>   cs_account: add ability to bind accounts to LDAP (#46219)
>   Cloudstack: New module cs_vlan_ip_range (#51597)
>   cloudstack: streamline modules doc (#52509)
>   cloudstack: streamline modules doc (part 2) (#52730)
>   cloudstack: streamline modules doc (part 3) (#53412)
>   cs_iso: fix missing param "is_public" (#53740)
>   cs_network_offering: Add choice list for supported_services in
> arg_spec (#53901)
>   cloudstack: streamline modules doc (part 4) (#53874)
>   cs_volume: add volumes extraction and upload features (#54111)
>   cs_instance_facts: add a "nic" fact to return VM networking
> information (#54337)
>   cs_service_offering: update params in arg spec and documentation
> (#54511)
>   cs_network_offering: add a for_vpc parameter (#54551)
>   cloudstack: streamline modules doc (part 5) (#54523)
>   cs_service_offering: Implement customizable compute offers (#54597)
>   cloudstack: streamline modules doc (part 6) (#54641)
>   cs_vlan_ip_range: Update return values documentation (#54677)
>
> Gregor Riepl (1):
>   Cloudstack: Add password reset module (#47931)
>
> Patryk D. Cichy (5):
>   Add new Cloudstack module cs_image_store (#53617)
>   Add new CloudStack module cs_physical_network (#54098)
>   Add a new CloudStack module - cs_traffic_type (#54451)
>   Enable adding VLAN IP ranges for Physical Networks (#54576)
>   Proper handling of lower case name for InternalLbVm Service
> Provider (#55087)
>
> Rene Moser (13):
>   cs_loadbalancer_rule_member: fix error handling (#46012)
>   cs_instance: fix host migration without volume (#46115)
>   cs_instance: doc: fix typo in examples (#46035)
>   cs_staticnat: fix sanity (#46037)
>   cs_ip_address: use query_api, fixes error handling (#46034)
>   cs_resourcelimit: use query_api for error handling (#46036)
>   cs_ip_address: fix vpc and network mutually exclusive (#47846)
>   cs_network_acl_rule: fix doc and sanity (#47835)
>   cs_template: fix KeyError on state=extracted (#48675)
>   cs_instance: fix typos in defaults for ip/ip6_ipaddress (#49064)
>   cs_physical_network: use name as param for network (#54602)
>   cloudstack: fix E326 (#54657)
>
> This will be my last announcement and I most probably leaving the
> cloudstack mailing lists in the next couple of days.
>
> Best wishes
> René
>
> [1] https://github.com/ansible/cloudstack-test-container
> [2]
>
> https://codecov.io/gh/ansible/ansible/tree/devel/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/cloudstack
> [3]
>
> https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/0e0735f10ecb64634a4a1c9ac78a36743295417d/.github/BOTMETA.yml#L1471
>

Re: [ANNOUNCE] New Committer: Dennis Konrad

[Ian Rae]

Bravo!

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On Mon, Mar 18, 2019 at 11:40 AM Simon Weller 
wrote:

> Congrats Dennis!
>
> 
> From: Tutkowski, Mike 
> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 10:32 AM
> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: [ANNOUNCE] New Committer: Dennis Konrad
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache CloudStack
> has invited Dennis Konrad to become a committer and I am pleased
> to announce that he has accepted.
>
> Please join me in congratulating Dennis on this accomplishment.
>
> Thanks!
> Mike
>
>

Re: New VP of CloudStack: Paul Angus

[Ian Rae]

Congratulations Paul much deserved! Thanks for your leadership, in advance!

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On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 11:16 AM Tutkowski, Mike 
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> As you may know, the role of VP of CloudStack (Chair of the CloudStack
> PMC) has a one-year term. My term has now come and gone.
>
> I’m happy to announce that the CloudStack PMC has elected Paul Angus as
> our new VP of CloudStack.
>
> As many already know, Paul has been an active member of the CloudStack
> Community for over six years now. I’ve worked with Paul on and off
> throughout much of that time and I believe he’ll be a great fit for this
> role.
>
> Please join me in welcoming Paul as the new VP of Apache CloudStack!
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>

Re: John Kinsella and Wido den Hollander now ASF members

[Ian Rae]

Hear, hear!!

On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 5:58 PM David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> As noted in the press release[1] John Kinsella and Wido den Hollander
> have been elected to the ASF's membership.
>
> Members are the 'shareholders' of the foundation, elect the board of
> directors, and help guide the future of the ASF.
>
> Congrats to both of you, very well deserved.
>
> --David
>
> [1] https://s.apache.org/ysxx
>
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Re: Welcoming Mike as the new Apache CloudStack VP

[Ian Rae]

Wido, thanks for your leadership and effort in the last year!

Mike, congratulations and look forward to next one working with you.

Ian

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 7:11 AM, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> It's been a great pleasure working with the CloudStack project as the
> ACS VP over the past year.
>
> A big thank you from my side for everybody involved with the project in
> the last year.
>
> Hereby I would like to announce that Mike Tutkowski has been elected to
> replace me as the Apache Cloudstack VP in our annual VP rotation.
>
> Mike has a long history with the project and I am are happy welcome him
> as the new VP for CloudStack.
>
> Welcome Mike!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wido



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Re: New committer: Dag Sonstebo

[Ian Rae]

Great stuff Dag!!

On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 3:21 PM, Syed Ahmed <sah...@cloudops.com> wrote:
> Welcome Dag
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 11:12 AM Khosrow Moossavi <kmooss...@cloudops.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Congratulations Dag!
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 6:57 AM, Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > hey Dag, keep up the good work, thanks and welcome
>> >
>> > On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 9:21 PM, Simon Weller <swel...@ena.com.invalid>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Congrats Dag, much deserved!
>> > >
>> > > 
>> > > From: John Kinsella <jlkin...@gmail.com>
>> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 8:58 AM
>> > > To: <dev@cloudstack.apache.org>
>> > > Subject: New committer: Dag Sonstebo
>> > >
>> > > The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache CloudStack has
>> > > invited Dag Sonsteboto become a committer and we are pleased to
>> > > announce that he has accepted.
>> > >
>> > > I’ll take a moment here to remind folks that being an ASF committer
>> > > isn’t purely about code - Dag has been helping out for quite a while
>> > > on users@, and seems to have a strong interest around ACS and the
>> > > community. We welcome this activity, and encourage others to help
>> > > out as they can - it doesn’t necessarily have to be purely
>> code-related.
>> > >
>> > > Being a committer enables easier contribution to the project since
>> > > there is no need to go via the patch submission process. This should
>> > > enable better productivity.
>> > >
>> > > Please join me in welcoming Dag!
>> > >
>> > > John
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Daan
>> >
>>



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Re: [ANNOUNCE] Syed Mushtaq Ahmed has joined the PMC

[Ian Rae]

Hear hear!

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 6:55 AM, Nux! <n...@li.nux.ro> wrote:

> Congrats :)
>
> --
> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology!
>
> Nux!
> www.nux.ro
>
> - Original Message -
> > From: "Sigert GOEMINNE" <sigert.goemi...@nuagenetworks.net>
> > To: "dev" <dev@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > Cc: "users" <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, 11 October, 2017 10:20:50
> > Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Syed Mushtaq Ahmed has joined the PMC
>
> > Congratulations Syed!
> >
> > *Sigert Goeminne*
> > Software Development Engineer
> >
> > *nuage*networks.net <http://nuagenetworks.net>
> > Copernicuslaan 50
> > 2018 Antwerp
> > Belgium
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 10:41 AM, Nitin Kumar Maharana <
> > nitinkumar.mahar...@accelerite.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Congratulations Syed!!!
> >> On 09-Oct-2017, at 4:56 PM, Paul Angus <paul.an...@shapeblue.com<
> mailto:
> >> paul.an...@shapeblue.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Fellow CloudStackers,
> >>
> >> It gives me great pleasure to say that Syed has be invited to join the
> PMC
> >> and has gracefully accepted.
> >> Please joining me in congratulating Syed!
> >>
> >>
> >> Kind regards,
> >>
> >> Paul Angus
> >>
> >>
> >> paul.an...@shapeblue.com<mailto:paul.an...@shapeblue.com>
> >> www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com>
> >> 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London  WC2N 4HSUK
> >> @shapeblue
> >>
> >>
> >>
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Re: Welcoming Wido as the new ACS VP

[Ian Rae]

+1 re: beer

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 3:45 AM, Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@shapeblue.com>
wrote:

> You know that means for beer, right?
>
> On 19/03/17 18:45, "Wido den Hollander" <w...@widodh.nl> wrote:
>
> Thank you Will and all!
>
> I'll be present at CCC in Miami this year for a 'official' initiation
> as VP of the CloudStack project :)
>
> Wido
>
> > Op 16 maart 2017 om 18:00 schreef Will Stevens <sw...@apache.org>:
> >
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> > It has been a pleasure working with you as the ACS VP over the past
> year.
> > I would like to say Thank You to everyone who has supported me in
> this role
> > and have supported the project as a whole.
> >
> > It is my pleasure to announce that Wido den Hollander has been voted
> in to
> > replace me as the Apache Cloudstack VP in our annual VP rotation.
> Wido has
> > a long history with the project and we are happy welcome him into
> this new
> > role.
> >
> > Be sure to join us at CCC in Miami [1] so we can initiate him
> correctly
> > over many beers.  :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > *Will Stevens*
> >
> > ​[1] http://us.cloudstackcollab.org/​
>
>
>
> daan.hoogl...@shapeblue.com
> www.shapeblue.com
> 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London  WC2N 4HSUK
> @shapeblue
>
>
>
>


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Re: Welcoming Wido as the new ACS VP

[Ian Rae]

Great to hear Wido, congrats and see you in Miami!

On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 1:45 PM Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> wrote:

> Thank you Will and all!
>
> I'll be present at CCC in Miami this year for a 'official' initiation as
> VP of the CloudStack project :)
>
> Wido
>
> > Op 16 maart 2017 om 18:00 schreef Will Stevens <sw...@apache.org>:
> >
> >
> > Hello Everyone,
> > It has been a pleasure working with you as the ACS VP over the past year.
> > I would like to say Thank You to everyone who has supported me in this
> role
> > and have supported the project as a whole.
> >
> > It is my pleasure to announce that Wido den Hollander has been voted in
> to
> > replace me as the Apache Cloudstack VP in our annual VP rotation.  Wido
> has
> > a long history with the project and we are happy welcome him into this
> new
> > role.
> >
> > Be sure to join us at CCC in Miami [1] so we can initiate him correctly
> > over many beers.  :)
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > *Will Stevens*
> >
> > ​[1] http://us.cloudstackcollab.org/​
>
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Re: Welcoming Simon Weller & Paul Angus to the PMC

[Ian Rae]

Bravo!

On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 9:49 AM, Glenn Wagner
<glenn.wag...@shapeblue.com> wrote:
> Congratulations guys, well done to you both.
>
> Glenn
>
>
> glenn.wag...@shapeblue.com
> www.shapeblue.com
> First Floor, Victoria Centre, 7 Victoria Street, Somerset West, Cape Town  
> 7129South Africa
> @shapeblue
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Will Stevens 
> <sw...@apache.org<mailto:will%20stevens%20%3csw...@apache.org%3e>>
> Reply-to: <dev@cloudstack.apache.org>
> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org 
> <dev@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:%22...@cloudstack.apache.org%22%20%3c...@cloudstack.apache.org%3e>>,
>  us...@cloudstack.apache.org 
> <us...@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:%22us...@cloudstack.apache.org%22%20%3cus...@cloudstack.apache.org%3e>>
> Subject: Welcoming Simon Weller & Paul Angus to the PMC
> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 11:30:20 -0500
>
>
> Join me in welcoming Simon Weller and Paul Angus to the Apache CloudStack
> PMC.  Both have been dedicated members of the community and it is with
> great pleasure that we welcome them to the PMC.
>
> Next time you see either of them, buy them a drink.  :)
>
> Welcome guys...
>



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Re: Migrating CloudStack content from download.cloud.com

[Ian Rae]

AM, "Paul Angus" <paul.an...@shapeblue.com> wrote:
>>>>Raja,
>>>>
>>>>I've just picked up on this.
>>>>
>>>>There are a number of URLs which are hardcoded into the CloudStack database 
>>>>for the small built-in templates.  These are in just about every copy of 
>>>>CloudStack out there.
>>>>
>>>>http://download.cloud.com/templates/builtin/f59f18fb-ae94-4f97-afd2-f8
>>>>4
>>>>755767aca.vhd.bz2
>>>>http://download.cloud.com/releases/2.2.0/eec2209b-9875-3c8d-92be-c001b
>>>>d
>>>>8a0faf.qcow2.bz2
>>>>http://download.cloud.com/templates/builtin/centos56-x86_64.vhd.bz2
>>>>http://download.cloud.com/releases/4.3/centos6_4_64bit.vhd.bz2
>>>>http://download.cloud.com/releases/2.2.0/CentOS5.3-x86_64.ova
>>>>http://download.cloud.com/templates/builtin/centos-7-x86_64.tar.gz
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>These will need copying and the CloudStack code updating to the new 
>>>>location.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I don't think that you can deprecate download.cloud.com or it's contents 
>>>>for some time, without causing a lot of issues for users.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Short Term - all the content has moved to cloudstack.apt-get.eu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Which sections to be modified?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>The Install Guide needs to be modified.  Sample links/details are
>>>>mentioned below for 4.6 and same needs to be updated for other
>>>>Released versions of Cloudstack documentation:
>>>>
>>>>http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack-installation/en/
>>>>4 .6/management-server/#downloading-vhd-util
>>>>
>>>>Section - Downloading vhd-util¶
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>What to do modified ?
>>>>
>>>>modify URL from
>>>>http://download.cloud.com.s3.amazonaws.com/tools/vhd-util to
>>>>http://cloudstack.apt-get.eu/tools/vhd-util
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>@Rajsekhar can you please update the sections ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>Raja
>>>>
>>>>Senior Manager, Product Development
>>>>
>>>>Accelerite,
>>>>
>>>>2055, Laurelwood Road,  Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA
>>>>
>>>>Phone: 1-408-216-7010,  www.accelerite.com, @accelerite
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Kind regards,
>>>>
>>>>Paul Angus
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>
>>>>Paul Angus
>>>>
>>>>paul.an...@shapeblue.com
>>>>www.shapeblue.com
>>>>53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London  WC2N 4HSUK @shapeblue
>>>
>>>
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Re: CaaS in CloudStack with Kubernetes

[Ian Rae]

Great stuff Seb, Skippbox and ShapeBlue! Look forward to tire kicking...

On Friday, 22 April 2016, Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I have been quite silent this past few weeks because aside from voting in
> a new VP (soon to be announced), I  have been hard at work for my new
> endeavors with Skippbox.
>
> I am quite excited that today we could not wait and Skippbox together with
> Shapeblue announced a preview of a Kubernetes/CloudStack integration:
>
> http://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/16/04/g7872516/shapeblue-harness-the-power-of-kubernetes-and-apache-cloudstack-to-give
>
> This is currently still a by request preview, but once we are done with
> much better testing and even tighter integration, the code will be open
> sourced as a CloudStack plugin.
>
> I wouldn’t mind couple supportive tweets and if you want a demo before you
> can run it yourself, ping me.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Sebastien



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Re: Multithreaded Builds

[Ian Rae]

Ok ok, point made, we can buy you new hardware Will ;)

On Saturday, 23 April 2016, Will Stevens <williamstev...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the reports guys. :)
> On Apr 23, 2016 7:22 AM, "Paul Angus" <paul.an...@shapeblue.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > My local builds (Centos6 on VMware Workstation) run happily using 4
> cores.
> > The speed itself is down to my overclocked processor, but still, it runs
> > stably on 4 cores running at 25% over there stock speed.
> >
> > mvn -T 4.0C -Dnoredist install
> >
> > [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS
> > [INFO]
> > 
> > [INFO] Total time: 03:20 min (Wall Clock)
> >
> >
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Paul Angus
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Paul Angus
> >
> > paul.an...@shapeblue.com <javascript:;>
> > www.shapeblue.com
> > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London  WC2N 4HSUK
> > @shapeblue
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Wido den Hollander [mailto:w...@widodh.nl <javascript:;>]
> > Sent: 22 April 2016 07:57
> > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;>
> > Subject: Re: Multithreaded Builds
> >
> >
> >
> > > Op 22 apr. 2016 om 00:03 heeft Will Stevens <williamstev...@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> > het volgende geschreven:
> > >
> > > Well the multithreaded build did complete successfully and it took.
> > >
> > > real7m3.933s
> > > user25m31.969s
> > > sys 3m2.880s
> > >
> > > Which compares to a non-multithreaded build on the same machine which
> > takes.
> > >
> > > real10m8.288s
> > > user18m23.564s
> > > sys 1m19.215s
> > >
> > > It is not a huge improvement, but for CI runs I will take any minutes
> > > I can shave.  :)
> > >
> >
> > Indeed! Locally I always run with 2C, works fine for me. Takes about 6
> > minutes to build.
> >
> > Wido
> >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Will
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 5:44 PM, Will Stevens
> > > <williamstev...@gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Is it a reasonable expectation for ACS to be able to be built using
> > >> the `-T 1C` flag?  I am trying it now, but if it works once, it may
> > >> not mean that it would always work.
> > >>
> > >> I see a lot of messages like this:
> > >>
> > >> [WARNING]
> > *
> > >> [WARNING] * Your build is requesting parallel execution, but project
> >   *
> > >> [WARNING] * contains the following plugin(s) that have goals not
> > marked   *
> > >> [WARNING] * as @threadSafe to support parallel building.
> >   *
> > >> [WARNING] * While this /may/ work fine, please look for plugin updates
> >   *
> > >> [WARNING] * and/or request plugins be made thread-safe.
> >*
> > >> [WARNING] * If reporting an issue, report it against the plugin in
> >   *
> > >> [WARNING] * question, not against maven-core
> >   *
> > >> [WARNING]
> > >> *
> > >> [WARNING] The following plugins are not marked @threadSafe in Apache
> > >> CloudStack Framework - Spring Life Cycle:
> > >> [WARNING] org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:3.1
> > >> [WARNING] Enable debug to see more precisely which goals are not
> > >> marked @threadSafe.
> > >> [WARNING]
> > >> *
> > >> [WARNING]
> > *
> > >> [WARNING] * Your build is requesting parallel execution, but project
> >   *
> > >> [WARNING] * contains the following plugin(s) that have goals not
> > marked   *
> > >> [WARNING] * as @threadSafe to support parallel building.
> >   *
> > >> [WARNING] * While this /may/ work fine, please look for plugin updates
> >   *
> > >> [WARNING] * and/or request plugins be made thread-safe.
> >*
> > >> [WARNING] * If reporting an issue, report it against the plugin in
> >   *
> > >> [WARNING] * question, not against maven-core
> >   *
> > >> [WARNING]
> > >> *
> > >> [WARNING] The following plugins are not marked @threadSafe in Apache
> > >> CloudStack API:
> > >> [WARNING] org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-site-plugin:3.1
> > >> [WARNING] Enable debug to see more precisely which goals are not
> > >> marked @threadSafe.
> > >> [WARNING]
> > >> *
> > >>
> > >> Thoughts?
> > >>
> > >> Will
> > >>
> >
>


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Re: Introduction

[Ian Rae]

Heartily agree, and welcome Rashmi!!

On Friday, 8 April 2016, Erik Weber <terbol...@gmail.com> wrote:

> That's why I added 'or someone else' :-)
>
> Anyway, it's great to see the increased activity in the community these
> days, not just from Accelerite, but from everyone!
>
> --
> Erik
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Will Stevens <williamstev...@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > While I know we all want these answers, I doubt the 'new guy' is going to
> > be able to speak to that. :P
> >
> > Welcome. I look forward to working with you.
> > On Apr 8, 2016 1:58 AM, "Erik Weber" <terbol...@gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 6:58 AM, Rashmi Dixit <
> rashmi_di...@accelerite.com <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I am Rashmi Dixit and have recently joined the CloudPlatform team in
> > > Accelerite. I have worked on a hybrid cloud management solution
> > supporting
> > > hypervisors such as KVM, Xen, VMware, HyperV and public clouds such as
> > EC2.
> > > My areas of interest are User Interface, networking.
> > >
> > > I am really looking forward to contributing on CloudStack.
> > >
> > >
> > Welcome!
> >
> > We see a lot of Accelerite people contributing on the mailing list, with
> > PRs etc. these days, but I guess I am not the only one wondering what
> > Accelerite is planning for the future.
> >
> > Is this something you, or someone else, could say something about?
> >
> > Where do you see ACP/ACS in five years? Any specific major
> > plans/feature/improvements you could share? Will the majority (or all?)
> of
> > new features/improvements you develop be upstreamed or are we going to
> see
> > diverged products?
> >
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Erik
> >
>


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Re: [ACP Doctor] What is it?

[Ian Rae]

I would wait to hear from Accelerite on their intentions. I am not sure why
it is publicly accessible since it was a tool for Citrix CCP support.

Agreed on the value of such tools. We should add that as a topic for Collab
Montreal.

On Thursday, 7 April 2016, Erik Weber <terbol...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I downloaded it, but I believe the license restricts me from redistributing
> it.
>
> There's not a whole lot of stuff it does, here is a screenshot of the help
> [1]
> I tried passing '--tune' and '--troubleshoot', but it didn't do anything
> besides creating a rather empty log
>
> That said, I believe there is a use case for such tooling to help users
> tune, troubleshoot and manage their CloudStack installations.
>
> [1]
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/9jskksl5dcjn7v9/Screenshot%202016-04-07%2012.02.38.png?dl=0
>
>
> --
> Erik
>
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > except that there is no link on that page to the scripts
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 6:32 AM, ilya <ilya.mailing.li...@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > > Wow, a whole one page site dedicated to this endeavor :)
> > >
> > > On 4/6/16 9:22 PM, Will Stevens wrote:
> > > > FYI, It does still seem to be freely available:
> http://ccpdoctor.com/
> > > >
> > > > *Will STEVENS*
> > > > Lead Developer
> > > >
> > > > *CloudOps* *| *Cloud Solutions Experts
> > > > 420 rue Guy *|* Montreal *|* Quebec *|* H3J 1S6
> > > > w cloudops.com *|* tw @CloudOps_
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 12:11 AM, ilya <ilya.mailing.li...@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Thanks for explanation Ian and Will.
> > > >>
> > > >> Much appreciated.
> > > >>
> > > >> On 4/5/16 8:33 PM, Ian Rae wrote:
> > > >>> I don't believe this is freely available, rather is a tool Citrix
> > > >> developed
> > > >>> for helping troubleshoot CCP customer deployments. I would imagine
> > that
> > > >>> Accelerite owns this tool now and it is likely available if you are
> > an
> > > >> ACP
> > > >>> customer, but not necessarily for ACS users.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Probably best for Accelerite to comment.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> On Tuesday, 5 April 2016, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com
> <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> > > >>>
> > > >>>> It used to be CCP Doctor and it is not in ACS from my
> understanding.
> > > >> It is
> > > >>>> a set of scripts that will do basic validation of a CloudStack
> > setup.
> > > >> It
> > > >>>> does things like verify the system VMs are running and the
> > > connectivity
> > > >> is
> > > >>>> working between all of the systems.  It also does some checking to
> > > make
> > > >>>> sure the versions of software is correct and checks some things in
> > the
> > > >> DB
> > > >>>> as well.  It also collects a whole crap ton of logs and database
> > dumps
> > > >> (i
> > > >>>> think) and zips them up for easy transfer to support so they can
> > get a
> > > >>>> solid feel for your setup.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> It also has 'suggestions' for things you can do to fix different
> > > >> aspects of
> > > >>>> your setup.  Things like setting 'ulimit' to 'unlimited' and will
> > give
> > > >> you
> > > >>>> the command to run.  It also lets you pass a 'fix' flag and it
> will
> > > >>>> automagically make all the changes for you.  I am too paranoid to
> > have
> > > >>>> actually used the fix flag because I was always using this in
> > > production
> > > >>>> environments and I am a little too risk averse to let a script do
> > > >> anything
> > > >>>> for me (unless I wrote it).
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Does that answer your question?  It should be freely available and
> > you
> > > >>>> should be able to run it against ACS, so you should be able to try
> > it
> > > >>>> out...
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> It is a pretty useful tool to be honest.  Especially if you are
> > > >>>> troubleshooting an environment you didn't setup.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> *Will STEVENS*
> > > >>>> Lead Developer
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> *CloudOps* *| *Cloud Solutions Experts
> > > >>>> 420 rue Guy *|* Montreal *|* Quebec *|* H3J 1S6
> > > >>>> w cloudops.com *|* tw @CloudOps_
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 5:28 PM, ilya <
> ilya.mailing.li...@gmail.com <javascript:;>
> > > >>>> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>> Saw ACP Doctor in CCP release notes from Accelerite.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Curious what it is, is it integrated into cloudstack or
> collection
> > of
> > > >>>>> shell scripts?
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Thanks
> > > >>>>> ilya
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Daan
> >
>


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Re: [ACP Doctor] What is it?

[Ian Rae]

I don't believe this is freely available, rather is a tool Citrix developed
for helping troubleshoot CCP customer deployments. I would imagine that
Accelerite owns this tool now and it is likely available if you are an ACP
customer, but not necessarily for ACS users.

Probably best for Accelerite to comment.

On Tuesday, 5 April 2016, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com> wrote:

> It used to be CCP Doctor and it is not in ACS from my understanding.  It is
> a set of scripts that will do basic validation of a CloudStack setup.  It
> does things like verify the system VMs are running and the connectivity is
> working between all of the systems.  It also does some checking to make
> sure the versions of software is correct and checks some things in the DB
> as well.  It also collects a whole crap ton of logs and database dumps (i
> think) and zips them up for easy transfer to support so they can get a
> solid feel for your setup.
>
> It also has 'suggestions' for things you can do to fix different aspects of
> your setup.  Things like setting 'ulimit' to 'unlimited' and will give you
> the command to run.  It also lets you pass a 'fix' flag and it will
> automagically make all the changes for you.  I am too paranoid to have
> actually used the fix flag because I was always using this in production
> environments and I am a little too risk averse to let a script do anything
> for me (unless I wrote it).
>
> Does that answer your question?  It should be freely available and you
> should be able to run it against ACS, so you should be able to try it
> out...
>
> It is a pretty useful tool to be honest.  Especially if you are
> troubleshooting an environment you didn't setup.
>
> *Will STEVENS*
> Lead Developer
>
> *CloudOps* *| *Cloud Solutions Experts
> 420 rue Guy *|* Montreal *|* Quebec *|* H3J 1S6
> w cloudops.com *|* tw @CloudOps_
>
> On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 5:28 PM, ilya <ilya.mailing.li...@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > Saw ACP Doctor in CCP release notes from Accelerite.
> >
> > Curious what it is, is it integrated into cloudstack or collection of
> > shell scripts?
> >
> > Thanks
> > ilya
> >
>


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Re: Migrating CloudStack content from download.cloud.com

[Ian Rae]

Does Apache provide such hosting services? It seems that the Apache
infrastructure is very restrictive, perhaps we should ask whether they can
provide reliable hosting for templates and other downloads.

If Apache is ruled out as an option I recommend we have the community
contribute the hosting (happy to volunteer) but the URL should be a
community URL and not specific to a commercial vendor. It should probably
be mirrored geographically as well.

Ian

On Saturday, 26 March 2016, Ian Duffy <i...@ianduffy.ie> wrote:

> I could be completely wrong here, but wasn't there some specific closed
> source citrix magic added to the templates at downloads.cloud.com that was
> Cloud Platform specific?
>
> Ideally, this stuff should be hosted on an Apache Cloudstack
> infrastructure or atleast the main community source (
> cloudstack.apt-get.eu, shapeblue repo, etc.).
>
> On 25 March 2016 at 15:00, Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> >
> > > On Mar 25, 2016, at 10:24 AM, Raja Pullela <
> raja.pull...@accelerite.com <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > @Sebastien,  thanks for the feedback.  please note that the goal of
> this
> > exercise was not to impact any users during this migration and hence the
> > efforts to place the content at a location where we could move it to.
> > Since Wido is ok with hosting the content on 'cloudstack.apt-get.eu', it
> > is even better.  I will work with Wido on the next steps.
> > >
> >
> > Ok cool.
> >
> > We had other threads about avoiding company specific URL in docs. So
> let’s
> > definitely avoid that.
> >
> >
> > > @Ilya,  'cloud.com' is not getting transferred.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > > Raja
> > > Senior Manager, Product Development
> > > Accelerite,
> > > www.accelerite.com
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Sebastien Goasguen [mailto:run...@gmail.com <javascript:;>]
> > > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2016 1:57 PM
> > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <javascript:;>
> > > Subject: Re: Migrating CloudStack content from download.cloud.com
> > >
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Citrix has been hosting   "download.cloud.com"  for  quite  some
> > time  now
> > >>>> and  it holds  the  System Templates for all the releases and  some
> > tools.
> > >>>> Going forward,  this  content  needs  to  be  moved  from
> > >>>> "download.cloud.com".So, we will be moving  this content  to
> > >>>> "cloudstack.accelerite.com".I  will also be  updating  the
> > links in the
> > >>>> documentation  to reflect
> > >
> > > Raja, I am going to give this a strong -1
> > >
> > > We talked about these sorts of things before and it is not appropriate.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>>> these  changes and will provide an update  once the  content  move
> > >>>> is complete.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> @Wido, if you could also copy this content to
> > >>>> "cloudstack.apt-get.eu"  that will be great.  I can provide you the
> > details in a separate email.
> > >>>
> > >>> Super! If you have a rsync source I will set it up.
> > >>>
> > >
> > > @Wido, I think we need to host the sysVM on apt-get.eu and let that be
> > the primary source and links in the docs.
> > >
> > >
> > >>> Wido
> > >>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Best,
> > >>>> Raja
> > >>>> Senior Manager, Product Development, Accelerite,
> > >>>> www.accelerite.com<http://www.accelerite.com>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
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Re: External fork of Cloudstack (was Re: [GitHub] cloudstack pull request: Is the project attempting a fork on Githu...)

[Ian Rae]

Good to know that we have the right people talking with the right people.
For the reasons I outlined, I'm confident we will sort this out because
everyone's interests should be aligned on this and I'm sure ASF understands
that in the age of infrastructure-as-code the ability to test myriad
permutations of infrastructure in an automated fashion, in a way that is
integrated efficiently into the developer workflow, is critical to the
viability of a project and not simply a "nice to have".

Thanks!

Ian

On Saturday, 19 March 2016, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Ian Rae <i...@cloudops.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Sam,
> >
> > Thanks for this context, I found it very helpful. We have an
> > interesting situation where no large companies are involved, and
> > really this is all about the needs of open source users. As you know
> > Apache CloudStack is highly user driven, and is perhaps thankfully off
> > the radar of the large industry players who have a tendency to subvert
> > community interests in the interest of short term gain (and good
> > governance comes in handy at such times, so we all understand the
> > value of CloudStack being part of the ASF in that sense). Apache
> > CloudStack also has some sophisticated reads related to CI/CD that are
> > perhaps not common, and therefore require special consideration.
> >
> > I don’t know the Apache Foundation well enough to understand whether
> > the large government style bureaucracy including poor communication is
> > a normal thing, or whether the fact that there aren’t big players with
> > sophisticated lobbying capabilities involved is the reason the
> > community’s needs aren’t being addressed (not that I would even know
> > if the ASF is susceptible to that).
> >
> > Trying to understand the cause behind the symptoms aside, the health
> > and success of the Apache CloudStack project should be in the
> > interests of both the ASF and CloudStack users and contributors. The
> > community values the governance of the ASF and the ASF should value an
> > engaged and motivated community, so why we are mired in such innuendo
> > is beyond me (conspiracy theories!). Unless some of us are actually
> > not here to build great open source software in the interest of users.
> >
> > So this appears to be the kind of time when leadership combined with
> > clarity of thought and communication are important to avoid
> > conversation devolving into simply “people being wrong on the
> > internet”. I think I understand that the PMC leads the community. Who
> > represents the ASF leadership on this topic? I think they should be
> > engaged on this issue.
>
> At the ASF, leadership is generally bottoms up.  To the extent that
> you need access to a 'top", no less than three current ASF board
> members have directly participated in this thread:
>
> http://www.apache.org/foundation/board/
>
> Whether I remain a Director or not (there are elections coming up this
> week), feel free to reach out to me directly.  And I'm confident that
> each and every one of the current Directors would make exactly this
> same offer.
>
> > Ian
>
> - Sam Ruby
>
> > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> That sounds like a cop-out to me related to what's really going
> >>>> on.
> >>>
> >>> Jim, I am not a native english speaker and this remark has no meaning
> to
> >>> me. It sounds somewhat hostile, can you explain what you mean?
> >>
> >> I think there was a misunderstanding and history involved, and I'm
> >> working to clean that up.
> >>
> >> The history involved is not unique to CloudStack.  It often comes up
> >> when large projects or large companies are involved.  I work for a
> >> large company (IBM), and often when IBM contemplates donating a
> >> project to the ASF, the people involved are referred to me.  The most
> >> extreme example I recall was when a high level executive told me he
> >> wanted to take a project to Apache, but wanted a different license, to
> >> be able to control who got commit access, and to run the project on
> >> different hardware.  My response was simply: "then you don't want to
> >> c

Re: External fork of Cloudstack (was Re: [GitHub] cloudstack pull request: Is the project attempting a fork on Githu...)

[Ian Rae]

Sam,

Thanks for this context, I found it very helpful. We have an
interesting situation where no large companies are involved, and
really this is all about the needs of open source users. As you know
Apache CloudStack is highly user driven, and is perhaps thankfully off
the radar of the large industry players who have a tendency to subvert
community interests in the interest of short term gain (and good
governance comes in handy at such times, so we all understand the
value of CloudStack being part of the ASF in that sense). Apache
CloudStack also has some sophisticated reads related to CI/CD that are
perhaps not common, and therefore require special consideration.

I don’t know the Apache Foundation well enough to understand whether
the large government style bureaucracy including poor communication is
a normal thing, or whether the fact that there aren’t big players with
sophisticated lobbying capabilities involved is the reason the
community’s needs aren’t being addressed (not that I would even know
if the ASF is susceptible to that).

Trying to understand the cause behind the symptoms aside, the health
and success of the Apache CloudStack project should be in the
interests of both the ASF and CloudStack users and contributors. The
community values the governance of the ASF and the ASF should value an
engaged and motivated community, so why we are mired in such innuendo
is beyond me (conspiracy theories!). Unless some of us are actually
not here to build great open source software in the interest of users.

So this appears to be the kind of time when leadership combined with
clarity of thought and communication are important to avoid
conversation devolving into simply “people being wrong on the
internet”. I think I understand that the PMC leads the community. Who
represents the ASF leadership on this topic? I think they should be
engaged on this issue.

Ian

On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 8:24 PM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That sounds like a cop-out to me related to what's really going
>>> on.
>>
>> Jim, I am not a native english speaker and this remark has no meaning to
>> me. It sounds somewhat hostile, can you explain what you mean?
>
> I think there was a misunderstanding and history involved, and I'm
> working to clean that up.
>
> The history involved is not unique to CloudStack.  It often comes up
> when large projects or large companies are involved.  I work for a
> large company (IBM), and often when IBM contemplates donating a
> project to the ASF, the people involved are referred to me.  The most
> extreme example I recall was when a high level executive told me he
> wanted to take a project to Apache, but wanted a different license, to
> be able to control who got commit access, and to run the project on
> different hardware.  My response was simply: "then you don't want to
> come to the ASF".
>
> Here we had the CloudStack PMC make a reasonable request to ASF
> infrastructure team (i.e., for more granular permissions), and were
> not only told no, but that their request was placed on the back
> burner.  I'm not proud of that response.  A technical solution to the
> problem was developed (kudos!) and a proof of concept was deployed
> (cool!).  Unfortunately, the proof of concept was poorly communicated,
> and many (not just Jim!) saw this as an unfriendly act.  And to be
> very clear, the optics were very bad: within 5 days of opening a JIRA
> that was rejected, the CloudStack team looked like they were
> unilaterally moving off of the ASF provided GitHub repository.
>
> I don't think that there are any easy answers.  In particular, I don't
> think that projects should ever have to simply take no for an answer.
> And the fact that the board didn't provide a response to the top issue
> listed in the December board report, and didn't reply to the attempt
> to provide an out-of-cycle report last month didn't help.
>
> Despite this clear failure of the board, I would suggest that the
> CloudStack team alert the board before taking such an action again.
>
> - Sam Ruby



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Re: External fork of Cloudstack (was Re: [GitHub] cloudstack pull request: Is the project attempting a fork on Githu...)

[Ian Rae]

 to ask to use it too and for others to start thinking that
> capability
> is anything near operational. David Nalley can fill in more.
>
>>
>>> There are not any approved policies for external forks being the
>>>canonical
>>> repo, especially those in another GitHub organization not managed by the
>>> ASF. There is an experiment in the Apache Whimsy PMC to experiment with
>>> GitHub as the canonical repo for an apache/* org project. That is still
>>>an
>>> experiment and not widely offered by ASF infra to all PMCs.
>>>
>>
>>Are other projects than Whimsy being allowed to experiment ?
>
> Not at this time.
>
>>[..snip..]
>>>
>>
>>And just to clarify, you are acting here as “the board” ? Meaning the
>>board asked you to get on dev@ and talk with our community after seeing
>>our report ?
>>I am asking because the PMC has not received an official response from
>>the board based on our report (and annexed interim report).
>
> I am one of 9 Directors, but I believe if you’d like to test the waters
> that
> I have support of other board members in asking these questions based on
> the
> meetings yesterday. And as one of the Directors of the board and a
> long-time
> ASF’er, I’m here also as a concerned member since some actions that I have
> seen
> by Cloudstack related to this GitHub external organization imply to me
> that there
> is something more than meets the eye here.
>
> Let’s keep discussing, hopefully with more participation from the
> community besides
> the two of us.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
>
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com>
>>> Reply-To: "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" <dev@cloudstack.apache.org>
>>> Date: Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 3:15 AM
>>> To: "dev@cloudstack.apache.org" <dev@cloudstack.apache.org>
>>> Subject: Re: External fork of Cloudstack (was Re: [GitHub] cloudstack
>>>pull
>>> request: Is the project attempting a fork on Githu...)
>>>
>>>> Hi Chris,
>>>>
>>>> We have never met but i recognize your name from members only ASF
>>>>threads.
>>>>
>>>> For the benefit of others on this list it is useful to mention that you
>>>> are a member of the ASF board.
>>>>
>>>> The PMC has filed its quarterly report  for march, as well as an
>>>>interim
>>>> report about a month ago. The interim report was acknowledged by Sam
>>>>Ruby
>>>> couple days ago only.
>>>>
>>>> I am assuming that the board will discuss it at its monthly meeting and
>>>> that we will hear from the board then.
>>>>
>>>> Other than that the discussions are active on dev@ , but roughly we
>>>>feel
>>>> that we are being hurt by lack of access to github facilities.
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> -Sebastien
>>>>
>>>>> On 17 Mar 2016, at 00:04, Chris Mattmann <mattm...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry about my crude way of filing a PR for this, but I heard
>>>>> information about the Apache Cloudstack PMC actively
>>>>> discussing managing the project with GitHub as the primary source
>>>>> in a different organization than the github.com/apache/ org.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone clarify this for me? Clearly wearing my board hat,
>>>>> this is not something we allow for any of our ASF projects.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> Chris “board hat on” Mattmann
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>



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Re: possible missing emails on dev

[Ian Rae]

Got it :)

On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 9:55 AM, Jan-Arve Nygård <jan.arve.nyg...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I saw it too!
>
> 2016-03-14 13:52 GMT+01:00 Tutkowski, Mike <mike.tutkow...@netapp.com>:
>
> > I saw the original one, as well.
> >
> > I'm looking forward to attending.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Mar 14, 2016, at 8:46 AM, Simon Weller <swel...@ena.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Giles,
> > >
> > > I saw the original email from Marco as well.
> > >
> > > - Si
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > 
> > > From: Alex Hitchins <a...@alexhitchins.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, March 14, 2016 4:53 AM
> > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
> > > Subject: Re: possible missing emails on dev
> > >
> > > I saw it from Marco.
> > >
> > > Alex Hitchins
> > > --
> > > a...@alexhitchins.com
> > > alexhitchins.com
> > > 07788 423 969
> > > 01892 523 587
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Mon, Mar 14, 2016, at 09:48 AM, Giles Sirett wrote:
> > >> All
> > >> I’m pursuing a theory that **some** emails on dev may not be getting
> > >> sent to all subscribers
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Friday 11 March Marco sent this email to dev@:
> > >>
> > >> Subject: [CCCBR] CCC Sao Paulo
> > >> Text : Hello community,
> > >> I have a pleasure to announce the CCC São Paulo will be realized in
> > >>
> > >> 29-30 September in São Paulo – Brazil in an  great auditorium at USP.
> > >>
> > >> This auditorium has capacity to 1000 attendants and we are planning
> > >>
> > >> to use 3 rooms for parallel tracks….
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Could I do a quick poll of who received that original email from the
> > >> dev list ?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> The email shows in Markmail, here
> > >> http://markmail.org/message/4q4fv7mduqk2fn6q
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> I know somebody has seen it, because I’ve since seen a reply from Erik
> > >> , but I’m pretty sure that I never saw Marcos original email on dev@
> > >> (I say pretty sure I’ve got some complex filters and there **could**
> > >> be a local issue for
> > > me)
> > >> Marco is subscribed to Dev
> > >>
> > >> Markmail says it was sent on Mar 11, 2016 5:55:23 am
> > >> However, looking at the thread with Erik it says it was sent on Fri,
> > Mar 11, 2016 at 6:34 PM
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Kind Regards
> > >> Giles
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> ShapeBlue Giles Sirett CEO , ShapeBlue
> > >> d:*+44  20 3603 0541 | s: +44 203 603 0540*[1]
> > >> |
> > >> m:*+44 7961112055*[2]
> > >> e:*giles.sir...@shapeblue.com | t: *[3]
> > >> |
> > >> w:*www.shapeblue.com*
> > >> a:53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden London WC2N 4HS UK
> > >>
> > >> Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue
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> > > registered by The Republic of South Africa and is traded under license
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> > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are
> > > intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed.
> > > Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do
> > > not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related
> > > companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you
> > > must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show
> > > it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have
> > > received this email in error.
> > >>
> > >> Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related
> > services:
> > >> IaaS Cloud Design & Build[4] | CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment
> > >> framework[5]
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> > >> CloudStack Infrastructure Support[8] |
> > > CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses[9]
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > >  1. tel:+44%20%2020%203603%200541%20|%20s:%20+44%20203%20603%200540
> > >  2. tel:+44%207961112055
> > >  3. mailto:giles.sir...@shapeblue.com%20|%20t:
> > >  4. http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//
> > >  5. http://shapeblue.com/csforge/
> > >  6. http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/
> > >  7. http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-software-engineering/
> > >  8. http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/
> > >  9. http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/
> >
>



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Re: [Propose][New Feature] Storage Snapshots

[Ian Rae]

 out load here, but if
> a
> > > > given
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>> CloudStack cloud doesn't actually need to provide
> > both
> > > > the
> > > > > > > > ability
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>> to take a SAN snapshot and export it to NFS (if
> just
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>> taking a SAN snapshot is OK), then we might be able
> > to
> > > > get
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>> away with no new
> > > > > > > > API
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>> calls and simply implement a new custom snapshot
> > > strategy
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>> and
> > > > > > > > data
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>> motion strategy to handle the case where the
> > CloudStack
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>> cloud
> > > > > > > > does
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>> want both a SAN snapshot and exported-to-NFS
> backup.
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>> In other words, the "default" behavior would be to
> > use
> > > > the
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>> snapshot strategy and data motion strategy that we
> > > > already
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>> have (the one that only takes a SAN snapshot).
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > > > > > > >>>>> If your CloudStack cloud, however, wants to take a
> > SAN
> > > > > > > > > > >

Re: [Propose][New Feature] Storage Snapshots

[Ian Rae]

I would hope that default behaviour in CloudStack is the traditional volume
snapshot moved to secondary storage. A global setting to change that
behaviour is probably ok if it is not default, but the user would want to
in certain cases make copies of those snapshots to secondary storage in
addition to taking the snapshot on the primary storage.

On Monday, February 8, 2016, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com> wrote:

> I don't think a global setting is a good option because we need both
> functionality to be available at the same time and for different use cases
> to be able to pick which they choose.
>
> *Will STEVENS*
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>
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>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 1:48 PM, Mike Tutkowski <
> mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com <javascript:;>
> > wrote:
>
> > Now that I re-read your e-mail, it dawned on me: The end-user doesn't
> care
> > where the snapshot is.
> >
> > If that's true, then we should perhaps control this via Global Settings
> or
> > something.
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Mike Tutkowski <
> > mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote:
> >
> > > It's not ideal - true, but it does allow us to be backward compatible.
> > >
> > > If you have other ideas, though, about how to maintain backward
> > > compatibility, I'm definitely open to hear them.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Syed Mushtaq <syed1.mush...@gmail.com
> >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hi Mike,
> > >>
> > >> Adding a flag to createSnapshot was the first and the most obvious
> thing
> > >> that came to our minds. The problem that I had with this was that:
> > >>
> > >> 1) I feel it is exposing something to the end user that is internal to
> > the
> > >> cloud.
> > >>
> > >> 2) We have to follow two different ways of restore/deletion in the
> same
> > >> code path depending on where the Snapshot resides which I find kind
> of a
> > >> bad design.
> > >>
> > >> But if exposing a archive flag to the end user is acceptable then we
> can
> > >> definitely use this instead of adding the StorageSnapshot API
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> -Syed
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Mike Tutkowski <
> > >> mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com
> > >> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Hi Pierre-Luc,
> > >> >
> > >> > My recommendation would be this:
> > >> >
> > >> > Add an "archive" flag to the current volume-snapshot API. Its
> default
> > >> would
> > >> > be "false" because that would be backward compatible with how 4.6
> has
> > >> > volume snapshots implemented (i.e. they stay on the SAN in 4.6, 4.7,
> > and
> > >> > 4.8).
> > >> >
> > >> > If you set archive=true, then we would perform a background
> migration
> > of
> > >> > the snapshot from the SAN to the secondary storage (then delete the
> > SAN
> > >> > snapshot).
> > >> >
> > >> > That archive parameter would only be valid for managed storage.
> > >> >
> > >> > Sound reasonable?
> > >> >
> > >> > Also, a VM snapshot that includes disks provided by managed storage
> > >> should
> > >> > work.
> > >> >
> > >> > Talk to you later,
> > >> > Mike
> > >> >
> > >> > On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Pierre-Luc Dion <pd...@cloudops.com
> >
> > >> > wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > Mike,
> > >> > >
> > >> > > In terms of API's, would you prefer introducing a parameter to the
> > >> > existing
> > >> > > VolumeSnapshot, example:   extract={true|false}  with a default
> > value
> > >> of
> > >> > > true  which would extract snapshot into the secondary storage,
> which
> > >> is
> > >> > the
> > >> > > current default behavior. Then for SAN snapshot that remain on the
> > >> SAN we
> > >> > > would just set "extract=false" ?  as oppose to create a new
> > >

Re: Accelerite's acquisition of CloudPlatform - the Accelerite viewpoint

[Ian Rae]

Welcome to the community Accelerite!!!

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 3:49 PM, ilya <ilya.mailing.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Accelerite Team,
>
> Welcome to Apache CloudStack Community!
>
> Looking forward to working with you in the future.
>
>
> Feel free to reach out to this channel if you need any help related to ACS.
>
> Thanks
> ilya
>
> On 1/26/16 12:49 AM, Wido den Hollander wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 26-01-16 09:22, Samir Agarwal wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> This is a wide distribution. I hesitate to spam, but I do want to introduce 
>>> Accelerite to the Apache CloudStack community - who we are, how we do 
>>> things, and what is our thinking on CloudStack. If you missed the 
>>> announcement about Accelerite acquiring CloudPlatform from Citrix, you can 
>>> find it 
>>> here<https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2016/01/11/a-new-home-accelerite-to-acquire-cloudplatform/>.
>>>
>>> My name is Samir Agarwal, and I manage products at Accelerite. Our company 
>>> strives to be a preferred, premier provider of IT solutions to companies 
>>> around the globe. The company has three key business lines - Mobility and 
>>> endpoint management, IoT, and Cloud Solutions. This last business line is 
>>> where our acquisition of CloudPlatform fits, and complements our already 
>>> existing self-service and disaster recovery & business continuity solutions.
>>>
>>> In addition to building products from scratch, Accelerite regularly 
>>> acquires assets from other companies - much like CloudPlatform from Citrix. 
>>> Almost always the first thing we do is bring a strong focus on support to 
>>> make sure our customers' needs are being met. In parallel we look to 
>>> significantly increase our investments in R We want to make sure our 
>>> existing and future customers see our commitment to the product, and an 
>>> exciting roadmap to go with it. This is exactly what we are planning to do 
>>> with CloudPlatform as well.
>>>
>>> So, what does all of this mean for CloudStack? I can tell you that our 
>>> commitment to CloudStack is rock solid. You should fully expect to see us 
>>> contributing to the CloudStack code base, and owning even more items on the 
>>> roadmap. We will be in meetups and CloudStack events to further promote the 
>>> cause of CloudStack and CloudPlatform. To say we are thrilled about the 
>>> possibilities doesn't do justice to our level of excitement. My colleague, 
>>> Lianghwa Jou, and I met Ilya H, John K and Animesh C - all members of the 
>>> CloudStack PMC - the other day over lunch. We learned a great deal from 
>>> them, and left with a resolve to further engage with the community, and 
>>> explore how we can make meaningful contributions. We are firmly of the 
>>> belief that the success of CloudPlatform lies in the success of CloudStack. 
>>> Put more plainly, without CloudStack, there is no CloudPlatform!
>>>
>>> We look forward to an exciting relationship with the CloudStack community.
>>>
>>
>> Great to hear! Looking forward to seeing what the future brings :)
>>
>> Wido
>>
>>> Samir
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Re: Quick note about $dayjob

[Ian Rae]

See - thanks for all your service, hard work, patience and above all,
collaboration!!!

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> As some of you might have guessed I am changing $dayjob.
>
> This is an exciting time for me, but it also means that I will become less
> involved with CloudStack. ( I said *less* involved, did not say I was going
> to disappear). I have informed the PMC and offered to stop my VP role ahead
> of the March deadline. As you know we have a one-year rotation for the VP
> role. However if the PMC does not see a problem with it I will gladly
> continue until March.
>
> I will keep this brief but I wanted to let you know so that you don’t
> wonder why my involvement in recent releases and votes has decreased.
>
> It is an exciting time for CloudStack as well, with ever greater releases
> ( in large part to Remi, Wilder and a few others), a strong proposal to
> offer LTS and the commitment from Accelerite.
>
> Change is good, challenges are opportunities says Sensei Wu from Ninjago :)
>
> PS:
> If you wonder, I am launching my own container startup called Skippbox. I
> will grant myself a shameless plug, and if you know anyone interested in
> containers and kubernetes I sure could use some help (
> https://github.com/skippbox , http://www.skippbox.com/blog/), github
> stars and PRs :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Sebastien




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Re: [DISCUSSION] Collab for Spring 2016

[Ian Rae]

Happy to host in Montreal. We should have enough space at our offices, and
I have some other locations we could use if we are more than 100.

Ian

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com> wrote:

> I like this idea as well because it gets more of the participants focusing
> on the actual code.  I think it will make the hackathon more useful for the
> project this way.
>
> *Will STEVENS*
> Lead Developer
>
> *CloudOps* *| *Cloud Solutions Experts
> 420 rue Guy *|* Montreal *|* Quebec *|* H3J 1S6
> w cloudops.com *|* tw @CloudOps_
>
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Mike Tutkowski <
> mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote:
>
> > So you're thinking a Hackathon day and a day of presentations?
> >
> > That seems reasonable.
> >
> > On Monday, January 18, 2016, Pierre-Luc Dion <pd...@cloudops.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 2 days or more so we could have an hackathon or a day where we could
> > spend
> > > collaborative time working on cloudstack ?
> > > I liked the hackathon of previous events but they were usually during
> > time
> > > of interesting talks so I  think it would be nice to split them but
> > within
> > > the same event.
> > >
> > > PL
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Mike Tutkowski <
> > > mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'd be interested in a couple events this year pretty much wherever
> > they
> > > > are. I have a couple ideas for new presentations that I think will be
> > of
> > > > interest to people.
> > > >
> > > > It's typically easier for me to get permission for longer-distance
> > trips
> > > if
> > > > the event is longer (I expect that is common). We might want to
> > consider
> > > > two-day events for these get-togethers this year.
> > > >
> > > > Talk to you later,
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 6:19 AM, Pierre-Luc Dion <pd...@cloudops.com
> > > <javascript:;>>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I can't recall the thread about having a Collab this spring. Not
> sure
> > > > > either if a place has been selected yet, Does anyone would be
> > > interested
> > > > to
> > > > > participate if we organise something in Canada? or because of the
> > > Bresil
> > > > > edition it would be preferable to have it in europe?
> > > > >
> > > > > I wouldn't go with a full CCC style has we might not have enough
> > budget
> > > > but
> > > > > we could do hackathon and open discussions?
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Pierre-Luc
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > *Mike Tutkowski*
> > > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
> > > > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com <javascript:;>
> > > > o: 303.746.7302
> > > > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud
> > > > <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™*
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > *Mike Tutkowski*
> > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
> > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com
> > o: 303.746.7302
> > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud
> > <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™*
> >
>



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Re: [DISCUSSION] Collab for Spring 2016

[Ian Rae]

I think we would put together a summary of what we are going to do, pick
the dates, and send out a signup form.

If we take a lean approach it should not be expensive to run. I will get
this on my marketing team’s list of things to do in the next week or two.

Ian

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Mike Tutkowski <
mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote:

> Yeah, I'd love to pursue the idea of having a CloudStack conf in Montreal
> if we feel there's enough interest.
>
> Ian - Aside from e-mails to dev, users, etc. (which is definitely good to
> do), any thoughts on how we might go about finding the answer to that
> question?
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Ian Rae <i...@cloudops.com> wrote:
>
> > Happy to host in Montreal. We should have enough space at our offices,
> and
> > I have some other locations we could use if we are more than 100.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Will Stevens <wstev...@cloudops.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I like this idea as well because it gets more of the participants
> > focusing
> > > on the actual code.  I think it will make the hackathon more useful for
> > the
> > > project this way.
> > >
> > > *Will STEVENS*
> > > Lead Developer
> > >
> > > *CloudOps* *| *Cloud Solutions Experts
> > > 420 rue Guy *|* Montreal *|* Quebec *|* H3J 1S6
> > > w cloudops.com *|* tw @CloudOps_
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Mike Tutkowski <
> > > mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > So you're thinking a Hackathon day and a day of presentations?
> > > >
> > > > That seems reasonable.
> > > >
> > > > On Monday, January 18, 2016, Pierre-Luc Dion <pd...@cloudops.com>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > 2 days or more so we could have an hackathon or a day where we
> could
> > > > spend
> > > > > collaborative time working on cloudstack ?
> > > > > I liked the hackathon of previous events but they were usually
> during
> > > > time
> > > > > of interesting talks so I  think it would be nice to split them but
> > > > within
> > > > > the same event.
> > > > >
> > > > > PL
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 1:52 PM, Mike Tutkowski <
> > > > > mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I'd be interested in a couple events this year pretty much
> wherever
> > > > they
> > > > > > are. I have a couple ideas for new presentations that I think
> will
> > be
> > > > of
> > > > > > interest to people.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > It's typically easier for me to get permission for
> longer-distance
> > > > trips
> > > > > if
> > > > > > the event is longer (I expect that is common). We might want to
> > > > consider
> > > > > > two-day events for these get-togethers this year.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Talk to you later,
> > > > > > Mike
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 6:19 AM, Pierre-Luc Dion <
> > pd...@cloudops.com
> > > > > <javascript:;>>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I can't recall the thread about having a Collab this spring.
> Not
> > > sure
> > > > > > > either if a place has been selected yet, Does anyone would be
> > > > > interested
> > > > > > to
> > > > > > > participate if we organise something in Canada? or because of
> the
> > > > > Bresil
> > > > > > > edition it would be preferable to have it in europe?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I wouldn't go with a full CCC style has we might not have
> enough
> > > > budget
> > > > > > but
> > > > > > > we could do hackathon and open discussions?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Pierre-Luc
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > *Mike Tutkowski*
> > > > > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
> > > > > > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com <javascript:;>
> > > > > > o: 303.746.7302
> > > > > > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud
> > > > > > <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™*
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > *Mike Tutkowski*
> > > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
> > > > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com
> > > > o: 303.746.7302
> > > > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud
> > > > <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™*
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ian Rae
> > CEO | PDG
> > c: 514.944.4008
> >
> > CloudOps | Cloud Infrastructure and Networking Solutions
> > www.cloudops.com | 420 rue Guy | Montreal | Canada | H3J 1S6
> >
>
>
>
> --
> *Mike Tutkowski*
> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
> e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com
> o: 303.746.7302
> Advancing the way the world uses the cloud
> <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™*
>



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Re: Thoughts on Citrix announcement yesterday

[Ian Rae]

 transparency and respect (the Apache way).
> >
> > I do want to mention that I think this may be an opportunity for
> CloudStack.
> > Observers might think that our project is dead because of Citrix selling
> its
> > business, but they would be mis-informed about the nature of ASF
> projects. I
> > actually believe the contrary and think this will be a time where more
> users
> > and potentially companies will engage more actively. They will see that
> the
> > route to a successful Cloud is through engaging and becoming part of our
> > community. They will also finally stop thinking that CloudStack is a
> Citrix
> > product and that might be the kicker that brings them on board.
> >
> > Finally, being a technical guy, I like to focus on technical things. We
> have
> > done some great strides over the past 8 months, we have stabilized
> CloudStack
> > and are now releasing faster than ever, we have dockerized, we have
> pluginized,
> > we have had several events... In september we will go to Brazil for CCC.
> Brazil
> > is seeing a huge growth in CloudStack adoption.
> >
> > We still have a ton to do, from removing technical debt, fixing security
> issues,
> > improving packaging, making CloudStack ever more easier to develop and
> use.
> > This has not changed. We have some very important discussions going on
> around
> > LTS and GitHub hosting. If anything I think the container movement is a
> bigger
> > threat to our project than Citrix’s announcement. As companies start to
> embrace
> > the container ecosystem and building containerized applications, what
> happens
> > to CloudStack ? How does CloudStack work in a container world ? The same
> > question are valid for OpenStack by the way, I just don’t buy into the
> Magnum
> > effort, but I digress :)
> >
> > So thank you Citrix, we hope to welcome Accelerite and let’s keep on
> Stacking,
> >
> > [1]
> >
> https://www.citrix.com/blogs/2016/01/11/a-new-home-accelerite-to-acquire-cloudplatform/
> >
> > -Sebastien
> > VP Apache CloudStack
>



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Re: Results of a IPv6 brainstorm day

[Ian Rae]

Great to hear, next time I am happy to commit an engineer from CloudOps to
participate. We have done quite a bit of work around VPC and also need to
solve for IPv6 soon.

Thanks for sharing, great initiative/goal and I will make sure the CloudOps
team reviews and supports this.

On Friday, December 18, 2015, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Yesterday we from PCextreme, Leaseweb and Schuberg Phillis sat down for
> a IPv6 brainstorm session.
>
> We asked a good IPv6 consultant (Sander Steffann) to join us to help us
> identify some glitches in our ideas.
>
> We had two ideas:
> -
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/IPv6+in+Basic+Networking
> -
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/IPv6+in+VPC+Router
>
> Overall, our ideas looked good, our main concern was security grouping.
> How to prevent clients from spoofing and such.
>
> I updated the spec for the Basic Networking with those ideas.
>
> A few things worth noting:
> - Link-Local traffic should be allowed for specific ICMPv6-only. No UDP
> or TCP!
> - A DUID can not be trusted. We need a tagger on the HV which adds the
> MAC address as DHCPv6 option 37.
> - SLAAC can not be used. DHCPv6+IA only
> - We can assign multiple IPs and Prefixes via DHCPv6
> - ISC Kea seems very nice as a DHCPv6 server: http://kea.isc.org/wiki
>
> A few RFCs which might be worth reading:
> - https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4890.txt
> - https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6939
> - https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4861
>
> We will start to work on this, but the CloudStack core is still very,
> very, very IPv4 minded and this will need a lot of refactoring.
>
> However, once you understand IPv6 better it is much more simple then
> IPv4 imho.
>
> The end goal is that CloudStack can run on IPv6-only without ANY IPv4.
>
> What also resulted from this day:
> - Basic Networking can probably be merged with Advanced Networking with
> Direct Attached
> - Isolated Networks are about the same as a VPC
> - We might be able to ditch the SSVM in most situations
>
> Any way, enough work to do!
>
> Wido
>


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Re: Remi Bergsma joins the PMC

[Ian Rae]

Fantastic, well deserved Remi!

On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 4:10 PM, Boris Schrijver bo...@pcextreme.nl wrote:

 Congrats Remi!

 Best regards,

 Boris Schrijver

 TEL: +31633784542
 MAIL: bo...@pcextreme.nl

 
  On August 10, 2015 at 8:57 PM Somesh Naidu somesh.na...@citrix.com
  wrote:
 
 
  Congratulations Remi!
 
  Regards,
  Somesh
 
 
  -Original Message-
  From: Erik Weber [mailto:terbol...@gmail.com]
  Sent: Monday, August 10, 2015 2:13 PM
  To: dev
  Subject: Re: Remi Bergsma joins the PMC
 
  On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Daan Hoogland 
 daan.hoogl...@gmail.com
  wrote:
 
   LS,
  
   Today the PMC has invited Remi Bergsma to join its ranks. I am
 happy to
   say
   that he accepted. Please join me in congratulating Remi.
  
  
  Congratulations Remi :-)
 
  --
  Erik
 




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Re: [ANNOUNCE] New committer: Remi Bergsma

[Ian Rae]

Much deserved, keep it up Remi!

On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 1:52 AM, Remi Bergsma r...@remi.nl wrote:

 Thanks all for the kind words :-) Looking forward to continue working with
 you and making CloudStack even better!

 Regards, Remi

  On 01 May 2015, at 14:24, Pierre-Luc Dion pd...@cloudops.com wrote:
 
  Congrats Remi!
 
 
  On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Mike Tutkowski 
 mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com
  wrote:
 
  Congratulations, Remi!
 
  On Friday, May 1, 2015, Daan Hoogland daan.hoogl...@gmail.com wrote:
 
  The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache CloudStack
  has asked Remi Bergsma to become a committer and we are pleased to
  announce that he has accepted.
 
  Remi has reported and helped in investigating and solving many bugs. He
  has
  given talks on managing clouds on several occasions.
 
  Being a committer allows many contributors to contribute more
  autonomously. For developers, it makes it easier to submit changes and
  eliminates the need to have contributions reviewed via the patch
  submission process. Whether contributions are development-related or
  otherwise, it is a recognition of a contributor's participation in the
  project and commitment to the project and the Apache Way.
 
  Please join me in congratulating Remi
 
  --Daan Hoogland
  on behalf of the CloudStack PMC
 
 
  --
  *Mike Tutkowski*
  *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
  e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com
  o: 303.746.7302
  Advancing the way the world uses the cloud
  http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play*™*
 




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Re: [CLOUDSTACK DAYS AUSTIN] Schedule is Live

[Ian Rae]

Hey Karen,
Any possibility of CloudOps providing some sponsorship?

Look forward to seeing you in Austin!
Ian

On Monday, April 6, 2015, Karen Vuong karenvuon...@gmail.com wrote:

 Hi all,


 The schedule for CloudStack Days Austin is now live:
 http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/cloudstack-austin/program/schedule


 Help spread the word about CloudStack Days Austin:


 Click to tweet: http://ctt.ec/5u_GM - The agenda for #CloudStack Days
 Austin is now LIVE: clds.co/1c0Y5Wr Hope to see you there next week!


 Thanks,


 Karen



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Re: [ANNOUNCE] New PMC Member: Lucian (Nux)

[Ian Rae]

Awesome! Well deserved Lucian.

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On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 11:42 PM, Rajani Karuturi raj...@apache.org wrote:

 The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache CloudStack has asked
 Lucian to join the PMC and we are pleased to announce that he has accepted.

 Join me in congratulating Lucian!

 On behalf of the Apache CloudStack PMC

 ~Rajani

Re: [Announce] - New VP Apache Cloudstack

[Ian Rae]

Awesome Sebastien! Much deserved!

Thanks very much Hugo for your service to the community!

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On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 7:40 AM, Giles Sirett giles.sir...@shapeblue.com
wrote:

 All
 The Apache Cloudstack PMC is delighted to announce that on March 18 an ASF
 board resolution was passed to make Sebastien Goasguen the new Chair/VP of
 Apache CloudStack.

 Sebastien replaces Hugo in this role


 I'm sure you'll all join me in wishing Sebastien all the best for the next
 12 months and also in thanking Hugo for all of his hard work over the last
 year.

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Re: Thoughts on CloudStack while starting as new VP

[Ian Rae]

Great overview of important priorities Seb and proof positive of your
qualification in the VP role.

Development process, marketing/`communications, refactoring of secondary
storage and networking, support for Docker/CloudFoundry, Hadoop/Spark and
AWS/OpenStack APIs are on my mind. Sorting through the existing JIRAs and
associated housekeeping will be important to moving forward.

Interested in having CloudOps contribute where we are well positioned to
add value, and definitely up for meeting in Austin!

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On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:15 AM, Sebastien Goasguen run...@gmail.com
wrote:

 Dear members of the CloudStack community,

 Last week the Apache Software Foundation board unanimously voted a
 resolution to make me the new VP of Apache CloudStack. This came after a
 unanimous vote of the CloudStack PMC and is regular process of our
 community as described in our bylaws.

 I am excited to take on this new role after two amazing VP (Chip and Hugo)
 since CloudStack came to the ASF. Many thanks to them and especially Hugo
 for the work he has done in the past year.

 The ASF is setup so that the governance of a project really belongs to the
 community itself. CloudStack is what we all make it to be, we all have
 equal footing when time comes to develop the code, create events, take
 decisions and so on. As VP I do not have a special say in our direction.
 This governance model is in stark contrast with other open source project
 that follow more of a benevolent dictator model. I mention this as a bit of
 disclaimer and to re-enforce the fact that while I have views about what we
 should do, they are my personal views and that they do not represent any
 sorts of official roadmaps, and that anyone is welcome to disagree :)

 In Budapest, we had a great conference. Chip and I showed several
 CloudStack use cases. Our user base is strong with over 300 production
 deployments. Our community is large and diverse with 2000 people on the
 mailing lists, but we need to keep advocating for CloudStack, make it an
 even greater software and grow our community. At the very least this helps
 us learn from each other, better our own skills and our employers IT
 infrastructure. At the very best AWS switches to CloudStack :)

 So here are some food for thoughts that will hopefully excite you, want to
 get engage, talk about CloudStack and bring on board your friends:

 On the code:
 -
 - Keep improving quality, remove dead code, cleanup JIRA, cleanup Review
 Board
 We have successfully moved to GitHub pull requests, we should stop using RB
 - Simplify the dev process and adopt a new committing system to avoid
 regressions at all costs.
 We have talked about this for a long time but have failed had doing
 something concrete. It is time.
 - Remove the AWSAPI (there is a branch without it right now), we should
 merge it in master
 I am going to push for IP clearance of ec2stack and gstack to get them
 under ASF governance.
 - Several Cloud Providers have unveiled new CloudStack UI, maybe it’s time
 we do the same.
 - Solidify the testing infrastructure, keep Jenkins builds running
 - Brainstorm on the future of CloudStack and IaaS in general. What should
 CloudStack be in 10 years ?
 While CloudStack is what it is now, nothing prevents us to re-architect,
 re-think, re-code it within the current framework.
 - Finally, package the mgt server and the KVM agent as Docker containers
 Docker is a great portability mechanism. We should embrace Docker as a
 packaging tool (first) and provide container images for our mgt server (at
 a minimum).
 This could become a type of release artifact that could be easily
 continuously built.


 On the ecosystem:
 -
 We have a really strong ecosystem. From configuration management tools,
 API wrappers, PaaS plugins etc.
 We need to feature our ecosystem clearly on our website, support it and
 keep on growing it as new technologies emerge.

 Things that come to mind:
 - Push to get our Ansible module into the Ansible core
 - Publish “official” chef recipes to deploy CloudStack
 - Identify and publish “official” Puppet recipes
 - Build Docker native templates (coreOS, rancherOS, Snappy, Atomic)
 - Finally cleanup cloud-init support for CloudStack, this is preventing us
 from having upstream centOS templates.
 - Publish playbooks/recipes to deploy workloads on CloudStack (think
 Hadoop, Spark, Kubernetes)
 - Work actively on up to date integration with CloudFoundry

 On documentation:
 -
 I and couple others successfully moved our docs to the Read The Docs
 service. This was a first great move but we need to finish the job.
 We need to rethink our documentation tree, maybe merge all guides in one,
 correct the docs, create a new theme for it.
 This is an easy area

Re: or website

[Ian Rae]

Yep thanks Will. As a formerly-quite-technical founder I'm always amazed at
the difference between what is actually true and what the market perceives.
Cloud computing as a whole suffers greatly from this challenge (primarily
thanks to cloud washing). Sometimes I refer to CloudStack as the dark
matter of cloud computing, vitally important but not too easy to detect
with all the other heat and light happening. There is a big opportunity in
making it more accessible, that said it doesn't mean we have to compromise
on what it is.

On Thursday, March 5, 2015, Will Stevens wstev...@cloudops.com wrote:

 I don't think that Ian was suggesting that we get rid of that wording
 completely.  I think he was saying that we could supplement that message
 with some more interesting marketing that will better illustrate the value
 proposition of ACS and how it is differentiated.

 Will


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 On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Sally Khudairi 
 sallykhuda...@yahoo.com.invalid wrote:

  NOT SO FAST.
  Whilst it's old hat to us, it's still relevant.
  Per the 2015 Linux Jobs Report published yesterday:
  The rise of open cloud platforms is creating even more demand for Linux
  professionals with the right expertise. Forty-two percent of hiring
  managers say that experience in OpenStack and CloudStack will have a
 major
  impact on their hiring decisions...
 
  So I think it _is_ important that we keep Open Source Cloud Computing,
  but perhaps augment to more closely align with our Just Works and
 related
  campaigns/taglines.
  Whilst we may need a bit of Botox, it's not necessary to have a complete
  overhaul.
  Thanks for including us in the dialogue, Ian g
  Cheers,Sally
From: Ian Rae i...@cloudops.com javascript:;
   To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org javascript:; 
 dev@cloudstack.apache.org javascript:;
  Cc: us...@cloudstack.apache.org javascript:; 
 us...@cloudstack.apache.org javascript:;; 
  market...@cloudstack.apache.org javascript:; 
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   Subject: Re: or website
 
  Recommend we start with the purpose of the website. If only informational
  and logistics, documentation and code then perhaps it doesn't matter.
 But I
  think there is a greater purpose.
  I would argue it not only represents our project and community, but
  communicates our project and community to the rest of the world and to
 some
  extent aligns the community itself.
  So I agree with Seb that having a modern, professional, ideally
 attractive
  design is very important. Equally important that the vision, mission of
 the
  community be clear and accessible, and ideally, exciting! What problem
 does
  CloudStack solve better than anything else? Does it solve it in the way
 the
  market is looking for (i.e. costs nothing for a complete product that
 works
  out of box, vendor neutral, runs easily and reliably and can be upgraded
  for long term supportability).
  Today if you glance at the site you see Open Source Cloud Computing.
 I'm
  not sure that's very helpful in an age where everything is moving to open
  source and cloud computing no longer seems to mean in the market what it
  did in 2008 (pretty much every web or mobile app or hosting services
 seems
  to be cloud).
  Cross posting this discussion to marketing, hopefully this can intersect
  with renewed investment by the community members to make CloudStack more
  accessible to the rest of the world and thus bring more participants to
 the
  community.
  Ian
  On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 11:22 AM, Rohit Yadav rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com
 javascript:;
  wrote:
 
  Hi Sebastien,
 
  I really like the initiative, while cms.apache.org is handy I think the
  gh-pages repo looks neat plus we can continue to use git and not archaic
  svn :)
 
  I think we can then perhaps have an automated way to build the gh-pages
  branch and copy the htmls to cms etc. Should we also use Jekyll based
  website since the link (http://apache.github.io/cloudstack/) will be
  built automatically by Github (need to confirm, if it allows for
 non-master
  branches)? I’ve some Jekyll based experience, my website too is hosted on
  Github and uses Jekyll.
 
   On 05-Mar-2015, at 8:01 pm, Sebastien Goasguen run...@gmail.com
 javascript:; wrote:
  
   Hi,
  
   The website has been bugging me greatly, it's not up to par with
 today's
  website and does not portray our project in a good way.
  
   I decided to try something quick. I created a gh-pages branch in our
  repo, orphaned from the rest of the code based and pushed that.
   It shows up on github due to the mirroring:
  
   https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/tree/gh-pages
  
   And it builds:
  
   https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/tree/gh-pages
  
   I believe that's nice, it allows us to keep the website under ASF root
  repo

Re: Your thoughts on using Primary Storage for keeping snapshots

[Ian Rae]

 or hundreds
  concurrent
snapshots taking place you will have a bunch of timeouts and
  errors,
   your
network becomes clogged, etc. In addition, using these
 snapshots
  for
creating new volumes or reverting back vms also slow and
   inefficient. As
above, when you have tens or hundreds concurrent operations it
  will
   not
succeed and you will have a majority of tasks with errors or
   timeouts.
   
At the moment, taking a single snapshot of relatively small
  volumes
   (200GB
or 500GB for instance) takes tens if not hundreds of minutes.
  Taking
   a
snapshot of the same volume on ceph primary storage takes a
 few
   seconds at
most! Similarly, converting a snapshot to a volume takes tens
 if
  not
hundreds of minutes when secondary storage is involved;
 compared
  with
seconds if done directly on the primary storage.
   
I suggest that the CloudStack should have the ability to keep
  volume
snapshots on the primary storage where this is supported by
 the
   storage.
Perhaps having a per primary storage setting that enables this
functionality. This will be beneficial for Ceph primary
 storage
  on
   KVM
hypervisors and perhaps on XenServer when Ceph will be
 supported
  in
   a near
future.
   
This will greatly speed up the process of using snapshots on
 KVM
  and
   users
will actually start using snapshotting rather than giving up
 with
frustration.
   
I have opened the ticket CLOUDSTACK-8256, so please cast your
  vote
   if you
are in agreement.
   
Thanks for your input
   
Andrei
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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Re: Your thoughts on using Primary Storage for keeping snapshots

[Ian Rae]

Totally agreed that there is high value in having both the ability to do
rapid, lightweight snapshots on primary storage as well as the ability to
transfer those snapshots to secondary storage for highly durable long-term
use, template creation etc... Glad to hear that others see a distinction
between these use cases, will ask the CloudOps team and Mike T to engage on
this.

On Monday, February 16, 2015, Andrei Mikhailovsky and...@arhont.com wrote:

 Hello guys,

 I was hoping to have some feedback from the community on the subject of
 having an ability to keep snapshots on the primary storage where it is
 supported by the storage backend.

 The idea behind this functionality is to improve how snapshots are
 currently handled on KVM hypervisors with Ceph primary storage. At the
 moment, the snapshots are taken on the primary storage and being copied to
 the secondary storage. This method is very slow and inefficient even on
 small infrastructure. Even on medium deployments using snapshots in KVM
 becomes nearly impossible. If you have tens or hundreds concurrent
 snapshots taking place you will have a bunch of timeouts and errors, your
 network becomes clogged, etc. In addition, using these snapshots for
 creating new volumes or reverting back vms also slow and inefficient. As
 above, when you have tens or hundreds concurrent operations it will not
 succeed and you will have a majority of tasks with errors or timeouts.

 At the moment, taking a single snapshot of relatively small volumes (200GB
 or 500GB for instance) takes tens if not hundreds of minutes. Taking a
 snapshot of the same volume on ceph primary storage takes a few seconds at
 most! Similarly, converting a snapshot to a volume takes tens if not
 hundreds of minutes when secondary storage is involved; compared with
 seconds if done directly on the primary storage.

 I suggest that the CloudStack should have the ability to keep volume
 snapshots on the primary storage where this is supported by the storage.
 Perhaps having a per primary storage setting that enables this
 functionality. This will be beneficial for Ceph primary storage on KVM
 hypervisors and perhaps on XenServer when Ceph will be supported in a near
 future.

 This will greatly speed up the process of using snapshots on KVM and users
 will actually start using snapshotting rather than giving up with
 frustration.

 I have opened the ticket CLOUDSTACK-8256, so please cast your vote if you
 are in agreement.

 Thanks for your input

 Andrei






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Re: [PROPOSAL] Bridge functionality

[Ian Rae]

Hugo,

This is a common request from our SP customers but most have balked at the
cost of developing a custom solution. It is an important feature for hybrid
architectures, let us know how we can help. Certainly we will give feedback
on the functional spec.

Ian

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On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Hugo Trippaers h...@trippaers.nl wrote:

 Hey all,

 I've been working on adding Bridge support to CloudStack. The use case is
 that with the introduction of SDN there is a need for us to link logical
 networks to physical hosts or physical networks. A typical use case would
 be to connect legacy infrastructure to cloud infrastructure, or to support
 cloud bursting from an existing infrastructure to a network in the cloud.

 Routing can sometimes be used to accomplish the same effect (for example
 the private gateway option in a VPC), but in some cases a L2 connection is
 preferred.

 The functionality would a central bridge manager in CloudStack. The bridge
 manager would have a number of admin only commands that link a number of
 networks to a specified domain or account. The user commands would allow an
 account to link a logical network to an external physical network. This
 separation is done to ensure users are never able to configure a bridge to
 a network they shouldn't have access to. Admins will have to make an
 external network available as a bridge destination and a user can select it.

 The network implementation will consists of a BridgeProvider element
 extension which elements can implement. It's up to the elements to
 configure the particulars of their bridge implementation.

 Initial implementation will cover the admin commands, user commands and an
 implementation in the VMware NSX  plugin. UI is out of scope for the first
 implementation.

 Any feedback is welcome :D

 Cheers,

 Hugo