Thanks for such detailed reply I will start with playing around with libcloud api first and goig through amazon rds and rackspace rds service
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 8:02 PM, Tomaz Muraus <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Before providing more details I just need to give a short disclaimer. > > We (Apache as an organization and Libcloud as a project) haven't been > accepted in GSoC 2014, but we will apply and hope we get a spot. > > Now onto the details. > > 1. Getting familiar with the library > > If you aren't familiar with Libcloud yet, I would recommend to first get > familiar with the library from the end user perspective. This means > installing and playing with it. > > If you don't have a cloud account which you can use, you can Google for > DigitalOcean coupon or for a Rackspace developer discount which allows you > to use this services for free for a while. > > 2. Getting familiar with the code base > > After you are familiar with the external API, I would recommend checking > the code (https://github.com/apache/libcloud). > > To get some real life experience with the code base, usually the best thing > to start with is to add / contribute some extension methods (with tests) to > one of the providers we support. > > 3. DBaaS API > > To get started with the DBaaS API, I would recommend checking and getting > familiar with the Amazon RDS and Rackspace RDS service. > > IIRC, in 2012 one of the Rackspace interns in Blacksburg was working on > this as part of his intern project, but I don't know how much progress he > made (I wasn't his mentor). I will try to to find his Github fork. > > After you are familiar with the API, you can start drafting a proposal. > Here are some examples: > > - > > https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/libcloud-dev/201109.mbox/%3ccajmhemlfwki5awuqzl9znsrpjfkhnhae00vs5seajxkmwsx...@mail.gmail.com%3E > - > > https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/libcloud-dev/201312.mbox/%3CCAJMHEmKOsFYJZDZQLb_Z2q1Rs8Ke%2B%2BxUNnqqEbPjyTccTgPYHQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E > - > > https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/libcloud-dev/201401.mbox/%3CCAJMHEmKKqhEhW2c1n3eroqCn-QXkc_G1gLnap60FO3DS_TLuzQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E > (ugh, > this thread seems to be messed up and I can't link or view the first > message) > > (I also plan to update JIRA ticket with more information some time this > week). > > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 5:33 AM, kumar rishabh <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I am Kumar Rishabh a third year undergraduate student from India. I would > > like to participate in GSOC this year as a participant under libcloud > > project. I am pretty interested in Database As a Service API project. > > > > Please guide me how I can proceed with the same and give me some pointers > > to easy bugs so that I can get familiar with the code. > > > > Thanks > > > > -- > > Kumar Rishabh > > UG3, BTech CS+MS > > IIIT-Hyderabad > > > -- Kumar Rishabh UG3, BTech CS+MS IIIT-Hyderabad
