+1 I think it makes a lot of sense to have blocks that depict the cartridge category together with examples. That way it will help users to clearly understand that we support the mentioned cartridge categories.
*@Devs* When updating [1], I was told that we do not support cartridges that belong to the "application" category anymore, as we now use composite applications. Have things changed again? Can someone please clarify this, so that I can update [1] if needed. [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/STRATOS/4.1.0+Customizing+Cartridges#id-4.1.0CustomizingCartridges-Customizationbasedontype Regards, Mariangela *--* *Mariangela Hills* PMC Member & Committer of Apache Stratos Senior Technical Writer WSO2, Inc. lean.enterprise.middleware. w: http://wso2.com On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Gayan Gunarathne <gay...@wso2.com> wrote: > We have cartridges of four category > types(data|application|framework|load-balancer). Shall we block our > cartridge according to that category in that diagram.With in the block we > can give the example cartridges. > Eg :data cartridges : mysql > framework cartridges : Java etc.. > > IMO that will give more descriptive view of the cartridges that can be > used with Stratos. > > Thanks, > Gayan > > > On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Vishanth Balasubramaniam < > vishan...@wso2.com> wrote: > >> Hi Mari, >> >> Yes that is what I meant, by wrapping those 2 as sub-blocks in 1 block. >> >> Regards, >> Vishanth >> >> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Mariangela Hills <mariang...@wso2.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Vishanth, >>> >>> I think the main reason behind having two blocks for load balancer was >>> to depict that Stratos has a load balancer, and if required third-party >>> load balancers can be used as well with Stratos. >>> How about having one main block that has two sub-blocks inside named >>> 'Stratos >>> load balancer' and 'Other load balancers', so that we can get our story >>> across to the user. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Mariangela >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *--* >>> *Mariangela Hills* >>> PMC Member & Committer of Apache Stratos >>> Senior Technical Writer >>> WSO2, Inc. >>> lean.enterprise.middleware. >>> m: +94 773 500185 >>> w: http://wso2.com >>> <http://wso2.com/events/> >>> >>> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Vishanth Balasubramaniam < >>> vishan...@wso2.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Devs, >>>> >>>> We can wrap the 'Stratos load balancer' and 'other load balancers' into >>>> 1 block and call it "Load Balancer", WDYT? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Vishanth >>>> >>>> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Lakmal Warusawithana <lak...@wso2.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yes, we can group ADC, Metadata service into Stratos Manager. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Mariangela Hills <mariang...@wso2.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Lakmal, >>>>>> >>>>>> What do you think about Chamila's and Lahiru's suggestions, which I >>>>>> have highlighted below? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Mariangela >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> *--* >>>>>> *Mariangela Hills* >>>>>> PMC Member & Committer of Apache Stratos >>>>>> Senior Technical Writer >>>>>> WSO2, Inc. >>>>>> lean.enterprise.middleware. >>>>>> w: http://wso2.com >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:34 PM, Lahiru Sandaruwan <lahi...@wso2.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> @Mari, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Great work with new diagram! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> @Chamila, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I think you raised the concern since the Stratos manager is >>>>>>> mentioned separately. Thinking further, I feel like we should remove >>>>>>> "Stratos Manager" box here. It is better to have different conceptual >>>>>>> functions in separate boxes such as logging, artifact distribution, Rest >>>>>>> API etc. >>>>>>> Having "Stratos Manager", alone, doesn't add any value to the >>>>>>> diagram. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Or we should wrap Rest API and ADC in a box called Stratos Manager, >>>>>>> and have Stratos clients in a separate box. It would be fine to have ADC >>>>>>> inside Stratos Manager, since the coordination part happens at Stratos >>>>>>> Manager, and ADC carry "Coordinator" in it's name. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 8:06 PM, Chamila De Alwis <chami...@wso2.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Mary, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This diagram looks great, however I'm not sure if Artifact >>>>>>>> Distribution Coordinator should be illustrated as a separate component. >>>>>>>> Functionality wise it's important however component wise it's divided >>>>>>>> among >>>>>>>> the Cartridge Agent and Stratos Manager. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Devs, WDYT? >>>>>>>> On May 7, 2015 6:24 PM, "Mariangela Hills" <mariang...@wso2.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi All, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The Stratos layered architecture diagram in [1] needs to be >>>>>>>>> changed for the Stratos 4.1.0 release. I have attached the draft of >>>>>>>>> the new >>>>>>>>> architecture diagram that Lakmal came up with in an offline >>>>>>>>> discussion. >>>>>>>>> Please let me know whether any further changes are needed. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> [1] >>>>>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/STRATOS/4.0.0+Architecture >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> Mariangela >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *--* >>>>>>>>> *Mariangela Hills* >>>>>>>>> PMC Member & Committer of Apache Stratos >>>>>>>>> Senior Technical Writer >>>>>>>>> WSO2, Inc. >>>>>>>>> lean.enterprise.middleware. >>>>>>>>> m: +94 773 500185 >>>>>>>>> w: http://wso2.com >>>>>>>>> <http://wso2.com/events/> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Lahiru Sandaruwan >>>>>>> Committer and PMC member, Apache Stratos, >>>>>>> Senior Software Engineer, >>>>>>> WSO2 Inc., http://wso2.com >>>>>>> lean.enterprise.middleware >>>>>>> >>>>>>> phone: +94773325954 >>>>>>> email: lahi...@wso2.com blog: http://lahiruwrites.blogspot.com/ >>>>>>> linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/pub/lahiru-sandaruwan/16/153/146 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Lakmal Warusawithana >>>>> Vice President, Apache Stratos >>>>> Director - Cloud Architecture; WSO2 Inc. >>>>> Mobile : +94714289692 >>>>> Blog : http://lakmalsview.blogspot.com/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> *Vishanth Balasubramaniam* >>>> Software Engineer >>>> WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com >>>> lean.enterprise.middleware >>>> >>>> mobile: *+94771737718* >>>> about me: *http://about.me/vishanth <http://about.me/vishanth>* >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Vishanth Balasubramaniam* >> Software Engineer >> WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com >> lean.enterprise.middleware >> >> mobile: *+94771737718* >> about me: *http://about.me/vishanth <http://about.me/vishanth>* >> >> > > > -- > > Gayan Gunarathne > Technical Lead > WSO2 Inc. (http://wso2.com) > email : gay...@wso2.com | mobile : +94 766819985 > >
