Anywhere is just fine. You will have to work harder for discoverability, but the Foundation has never mandated on-our-hardware for community interactions.
On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 11:02 PM, Seb Kiureghian <sebou...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Greg! Just want to clarify, if the community intends to use the > forum as a primary mode of handling user support, does it need to be hosted > on the VM provided by Apache, or can we host it elsewhere? > > Thanks, > Seb > > On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 8:57 PM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 6:30 PM, Seb Kiureghian <sebou...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > >... > > > > > Discourse is open source so we can host it on Apache infrastructure and > > > include it on our site. > > > > > > To be clear: each community gets a single VM, and they are responsible > for > > running that VM (we provide a base level system, with appropriate > > monitoring, updates, etc; we do not handle apps). You can choose to run > > Discourse on that, if you like. Or you may want to reserve the VM for > other > > services/demos/testing. The Infrastructure team will *not* > > run/manage/operate a Discourse instance. Your community will be > responsible > > for the operation and maintenance of Discourse. > > > > The Apache Software Foundation does not require you to use ASF resources, > > except for version control, and your project web site. But there is a > > "discoverable" issue, which leads all of our communities to follow a > > standard pattern, built around an apache.org website and mailing lists. > > > > But if you'd like to run Discourse, that will require an ongoing > commitment > > from the MXNet community, in perpetuity. Discuss with your Mentors, and > if > > that is your decision, then have a Mentor file a ticket for a VM. > > > > Cheers, > > Greg Stein > > Infrastructure Administrator, ASF > > >
