+1 from me (binding). G'luck!
Cheers, Chris On 3/2/13 3:35 PM, "Andrei Savu" <as...@apache.org> wrote: >Hi Guys, > >I'd like to call a VOTE for acceptance of Provisionr into the Apache >Incubator. > >The vote will close on March 8. > >[] +1 Accept Provisionr into the Apache incubator >[] +0 Don't care. >[] -1 Don't accept Provisionr into the incubator because... > >Full proposal is pasted at the bottom on this email, and the corresponding >wiki is http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/ProvisionrProposal > >Only VOTEs from Incubator PMC members are binding, but all are welcome to >express their thoughts. > >Thanks, >Andrei Savu > >---------- >Provisionr Proposal > >== Abstract == > >Provisionr is an effort to develop a service that can be used to create >and >manage pools of virtual machines on multiple clouds. Our focus is on >semi-automated workflows and cloud portability. > >== Proposal == > >Provisionr solves the problem of cloud portability by hiding completely >the >APIs and only focusing on building a cluster that matches the same set of >assumptions on all clouds, assumptions like: running a specific operating >system (e.g. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS), having the same set of pre-installed >packages and binaries, sane dns settings (forward & reverse ip resolution >- >as needed for Hadoop), ntp settings, networking settings, firewall, ssh >admin access, vpn access etc. > >As a secondary goal Provisionr should also provide primitives for building >automatic or semi-automatic workflows for configuring services, workflows >that assume that all the machines share a common set of characteristics as >described above. > >== Background == > >Creating clusters on cloud infrastructure is non-trivial because careful >orchestration is required. To make it easy to deploy services we need to >start from a foundation that matches a common set of assumptions on >multiple providers. > >== Rationale == > >This project started as a re-write of the core of Apache Whirr but has a >different target being more focused on semi-automated workflows and cloud >portability. > >== Initial Goals == > > * Build a community > * Provide an excellent user experience for semi-automatic workflows (e.g. >using Rundeck) > * Implement a REST service and a Web Console > * Add support for more providers > >== Current Status == > >Provisionr had four releases on [[ >https://github.com/axemblr/axemblr-provisionr/wiki|GitHub]] and it's used >to deploy Hadoop clusters on-demand at Axemblr and infrastructure for >testing / QA. > >=== Meritocracy === > >We plan to invest in supporting a meritocracy. We will discuss the >requirements in an open forum. Several companies have already expressed >interest in this project, and we intend to invite additional developers to >participate. We will encourage and monitor community participation so that >privileges can be extended to those that contribute. > >=== Community === > >The community interested in cloud service infrastructure is currently >spread across many smaller projects, and one of the main goals of this >project is to build a vibrant community to share best practices and build >common infrastructure. > >=== Core developers === > >Core developers are very experienced in the Apache ecosystem. To achieve >more diversity of developers, we will be eager to recruit developers from >diverse companies. > > * Andrei Savu - asavu at apache dot org (Apache Whirr PMC) > * Ioan Eugen Stan - ieugen at apache dot org (Apache James PMC) > * Alex Ciminian - alex.ciminian at gmail dot org > >=== Alignment === > >Provisionr complements Apache Whirr and later on it should provide a >robust >foundation for more advanced functionalities. > >== Known Risks == > >=== Orphaned products === > >The contributors have significant open source experience and the project >is >being used as part of a commercial product, so the risk of being orphaned >is relatively low. We plan to mitigate this risk by recruiting additional >committers. > >=== Inexperience with Open Source === > >Most of the initial committers have experience working on open source >projects. Andrei Savu and Ioan Eugen Stan have experience as committers >and >PMC members on other Apache projects. > >=== Homogenous Developers === > >We are committed to recruiting additional committers from other companies >based on their contributions to the project. > >=== Reliance on Salaried Developers === > >It is expected that Provisionr development will occur on both salaried >time >and on volunteer time, after hours. The majority of initial committers are >paid by their employer to contribute to this project. However, they are >all >passionate about the project, and we are confident that the project will >continue even if no salaried developers contribute to the project. We are >committed to recruiting additional committers including non-salaried >developers. > >=== Relationships with Other Apache Products === > >Provisionr is closely integrated with CloudStack, Karaf, CXF, BigTop in a >numerous ways. We look forward to collaborating with those communities, as >well as other Apache communities (like Apache Helix). > >=== A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand === > >We think that Provisionr will benefit from the community sharing ideas and >best practices for running cloud services. The ASF does a great job at >building communities, which is why we want to build Provisionr at Apache. > >== Documentation == > > * https://github.com/axemblr/axemblr-provisionr/wiki > * >https://github.com/axemblr/axemblr-provisionr/wiki/Axemblr-Provisionr-in-5 >-Minutes > * >https://github.com/axemblr/axemblr-provisionr/wiki/Starting-an-HDFS-cluste >r-on-EC2-with-Provisionr-and-Rundeck > * >http://www.slideshare.net/savu.andrei/creating-pools-of-virtual-machines-a >pachecon-na-2013 > >== Initial Source == > >Available on GitHub: https://github.com/axemblr/axemblr-provisionr > >== Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan == > >We are going to prepare a software grant as needed. The source code is >already available under the Apache 2.0 license. > >== External Dependencies == > >The existing external dependencies all have Apache compatible licenses: >Activiti (Apache 2.0), AWS SDK (Apache 2.0), jclouds (Apache 2.0), Google >Guava (Apache 2.0). > >== Cryptography == > >Provisionr uses standard APIs and tools for SSH and SSL. > >== Required Resources == > >=== Mailing lists === > > * provisionr-private > * provisionr-dev > >=== Version Control === > >Git repository > >=== Issue Tracking === > >JIRA Provisionr (PROVISIONR) > >=== Other Resources === > >The existing code already has unit and integration tests so we would like >a >Jenkins instance to run them whenever a new patch is submitted. This can >be >added after project creation. > >== Initial Committers == > > * Andrei Savu - asavu at apache dot org > * Ioan Eugen Stan - ieugen at apache dot org > * Alex Ciminian - alex.ciminian at gmail dot org > * Amandeep Khurana - amansk at gmail dot com > * Roman Shaposhnik - rvs at apache dot org > * Eric Sammer - esammer at apache dot org > >== Sponsors == > >=== Champion === > >Tom White - tomwhite at apache dot org > >=== Nominated Mentors === > > * Roman Shaposhnik - rvs at apache dot org > * Tom White - tomwhite at apache dot org > * Mohammad Nour - mnour at apache dot org > >=== Sponsoring === > >Incubator PMC --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
