Hi, David: I am speaking as a CloudStack user/admin/operator here.
Here is an issue which really really drives me crazy, but should be relatively easy for a java developer to work on: improving error log messages! Here is a specific example: when deploying a VM instance fails, often the error message simply says “InsufficientServerCapacityException: Unable to create a deployment” along with a stack trace, but without any easily understandable information. I have encountered this error for at least a dozen different reasons. This message really can be improved to provide more context and human understandable output to help CloudStack admins to troubleshoot the real problem. Good luck. Yiping On 10/27/15, 3:27 PM, "Erik Weber" <terbol...@gmail.com> wrote: >On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 10:34 PM, David Willard <dwillard...@gmail.com> >wrote: > >> Hi B. Prakash, Daan, Erik, >> >> I have emailed many time requesting a mentor and still no responses. I >> have been following cloudstack for a few months. I am entry-level java >> completed a Java class as I have earned my bachelor in IT from Northeastern >> University. I earned a 4.0 for the Java course. Even if I have to start >> troubleshooting code I am a quick learner and in a few months be able to >> code. I am a member of the OSI and my ultimate goal is to obtain a job in >> information security. >> >> >Hi David, > >I am sorry that your efforts to get into the community hasn't given the >wanted results yet. > >Coding CloudStack is beyond my skill set, so I can't really offer any >mentoring, but if you are looking for simple tasks to carry out to get more >familiar with the project I am sure we could come up with some issues for >you :-) > >Your first matter of business should be to get a CloudStack cloud up and >running so that you can test any changes you do. >This can be done on a single machine if needed. > >-- >Erik