...two minutes later ... "Apache CloudStack is a significant part of our Cloud portfolio right now – we run large deployments all over the world, often supporting critical customer applications. CloudMonkey is an invaluable tool for interacting with CloudStack-based clouds, and it's the go-to tool that we recommend to our customers when they want to use command-line interaction with our CloudStack platforms." --Robert van der Meulen, Product Strategy Lead, Leaseweb Global B.V.
:-D I've got a draft at https://docs.google.com/document/d/14ER9WcNpHjsZBjHV0dL0J6InTDPfhFZmhHFnpr1XyV8/edit?usp=sharing Is Andrija a member of the PMC? We can work around this, possibly. Many thanks. - - - Vice President Marketing & Publicity Vice President Sponsor Relations The Apache Software Foundation Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 11:17, Sally Khudairi wrote: > Thank you, but we also need some diversity here, please. > > The ASF is vendor-neutral and does not include multiple quotes from a single > vendor. Right now we only have testimonials from folks employed by ShapeBlue. > > How is it that we cannot find a single other user to participate? > > @Rohit, I'd like us to consider holding off on announcing this until Monday. > Let's give folks a chance to respond to the request. > > Is there a reason to rush this out for tomorrow? It's not CloudStack itself, > and it's been a few years since the last major release, so there *should* be > a bit of wiggle room here. > > Your thoughts on this? > > Thanks, > Sally > > - - - > Vice President Marketing & Publicity > Vice President Sponsor Relations > The Apache Software Foundation > > Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 11:14, Rohit Yadav wrote: >> Thanks Andrija. (add Sally on the thread) >> >> Kindly include Andrija's quote as well, for reference see the quote below. >> Thanks. >> >> Regards, >> Rohit Yadav >> >> [email protected] >> www.shapeblue.com >> @shapeblue >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Andrija Panic <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, March 19, 2019 6:26:45 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* RE: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review >> request >> >> Hi Sally, >> >> Incoming.... : >> >> Andrija Panic, who recently joined ShapeBlue as a Cloud Architect, said: >> "After many years of managing a production CloudStack deployments, I >> consider CloudMonkey a core tool in anyone's CloudStack toolkit, and now >> also being available for Windows makes me really happy. I can certainly see >> a major speed improvements, but also having backward compatibility is what >> is so great with this new release." >> >> >> >> [email protected] >> www.shapeblue.com >> Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK >> @shapeblue >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >> Sent: 19 March 2019 13:33 >> To: Giles Sirett <[email protected]>; Apache CloudStack Marketing >> <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review request >> >> Thanks, Giles. This is great. >> >> Ideally we'll have a quote from at least one other user... :-D >> >> I can ask someone from the CloudStack community if they can help. Not sure >> of their availability due to time zones, but I'll keep you posted. >> >> Warm regards, >> Sally >> >> - - - >> Vice President Marketing & Publicity >> Vice President Sponsor Relations >> The Apache Software Foundation >> >> Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] >> >> On Tue, Mar 19, 2019, at 05:23, Giles Sirett wrote: >> > Guys, if you want/need a quote: >> > >> > >> > Giles Sirett, CEO of ShapeBlue commented "Cloudmonkey is a effective >> > tool for the operators of Cloudstack environments and it becomes >> > essential in large-scale Cloudstack deployments. Its great to see this >> > new version of cloudmonkey: having a CLI that can run on Windows >> > desktops as well as linux and Mac is important as we see more enterise >> > adoption of Apache Cloudstack" >> > >> > >> > >> > Kind regards >> > Giles >> > >> > [email protected] >> > www.shapeblue.com >> > Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK @shapeblue >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Rohit Yadav <[email protected]> >> > Sent: 19 March 2019 07:37 >> > To: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Apache >> > CloudStack Marketing <[email protected]>; >> > [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review >> > request >> > >> > Hi Sally, >> > >> > >> > Thanks for reviews, please proceed with the changes you've advised. >> > >> > While I've requested people already for their quotes, we don't have >> > any so far. I've reached out to PMCs again today, so please include >> > any quotes if they do arrive on this thread (on marketing@ ML). >> > >> > >> > I think let's lock on the date, 20th March 2019. After you can confirm >> > the announcement, I'll send the email to various lists and put the >> > same on cloudstack asf blog. >> > >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Rohit Yadav >> > >> > Software Architect, ShapeBlue >> > >> > https://www.shapeblue.com >> > >> > ________________________________ >> > From: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2019 5:46:17 AM >> > To: Rohit Yadav; [email protected]; Apache CloudStack >> > Marketing; [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: [Review] CloudMonkey v6.0.0 release announcement review >> > request >> > >> > Hello again, Rohit --following up on this: >> > >> > - we need a headline and subhead; how about >> > >> > The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache(r) CloudMonkey(r) v6.0 >> > >> > Popular Open Source Command Line Interface Tool Simplifies Apache >> > CloudStack Configuration and Management >> > >> > >> > - we'll need to update the ASF boilerplate. I can do that on my end. >> > >> > If we're aiming to announce on 20 March, we'll need to lock in the >> > copy no later than 6PM ET (UTC -5) on Tuesday 19 March. Do you have >> > additional testimonials to include? >> > >> > Are there any outstanding issues that I can help with? >> > >> > Kind thanks, >> > Sally >> > >> > - - - >> > Vice President Marketing & Publicity >> > Vice President Sponsor Relations >> > The Apache Software Foundation >> > >> > Tel +1 617 921 8656 | [email protected] >> > >> > >> > >> > [email protected] >> > www.shapeblue.com >> > Amadeus House, Floral Street, London WC2E 9DPUK @shapeblue >> > >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Mar 14, 2019, at 04:56, Rohit Yadav wrote: >> > >> > All, >> > >> > >> > Kindly review the release announcement for CloudMonkey v6.0.0, and >> > also share your quotes/comments that we can use in the release wrt >> > cloudmonkey v6.0: >> > >> > >> > ### START ### >> > >> > >> > >> > <Date: 20 March 2019> - The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the >> > all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of more than 350 >> > Open Source projects and initiatives, announced today Apache(r) >> > CloudStack(r) CloudMonkey v6.0, the latest version of the turnkey >> > enterprise Cloud orchestration platform's command line interface tool. >> > >> > Apache CloudStack is the proven, highly scalable, and easy-to-deploy >> > IaaS platform used for rapidly creating private, public, and hybrid >> > Cloud environments. Thousands of large-scale public Cloud providers >> > and enterprise organizations use Apache CloudStack to enable billions >> > of dollars worth of business transactions annually across their clouds. >> > Apache CloudMonkey v6.0.0 is the latest major release since the >> > previous major 5.x release in September 2013. CloudMonkey v6.0.0 is a >> > rewrite of the original tool in Go programming language, and can be >> > used both as an interactive shell and as a command line tool that >> > simplifies CloudStack configuration and management. >> > >> > Some of the new features and major changes include: >> > >> > >> > * Rewrite in Go, ships as single binary for Linux, Mac, and Windows >> > * Drop-in replacement for legacy Python-based cloudmonkey >> > * About 5-20x faster than legacy Python-based cloudmonkey >> > * Interactive UX for parameter and arg completion and selection >> > * JSON is the default output format >> > * New column based output >> > * Enable debug mode using set debug true option, file-based logging >> > removed >> > * Per server profile based API cache >> > * New syntax arg=@/path/to/file to pass the content of file as API >> > argument value similar to curl >> > * Improve help docs using -h argument >> > * Removed: XML output, coloured output, several set options >> > >> > "This release is the work of over one year of effort and driven by the >> > people operating CloudStack clouds," said Rohit Yadav, Apache >> > CloudStack CloudMonkey v6.0 author, and release manager. "I would like >> > to thank the contributors across all of these organizations for >> > supporting this release, which reflects both the user-driven nature of >> > our community and the Apache CloudStack project's commitment to >> > continue to be the most stable, easily deployable, scalable Open >> > Source platform for IaaS. Along with ease of installation, usage and >> > availability of cross-platform dependency-free builds including >> > Windows builds, v6.0 brings many changes and optimizations such as >> > more interactive shell for parameter completion, faster API requests >> > processing, server profile specific API caching, improved API help >> > docs and a new syntax to pass content of files as API parameter argument." >> > The background and story of v6.0 effort was recently blogged here: >> > https://www.shapeblue.com/whats-coming-in-the-new-cloudmonkey-6-0/ >> > >> > <stick more quotes from community members, kindly share your >> > comments!> >> > >> > >> > Downloads and Documentation >> > >> > The official source code for CloudMonkey v6.0.0 can be downloaded from >> > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html. The community-maintained >> > builds are available at the project's Github release page at >> > https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/releases >> > >> > CloudMonkey's usage is documented at >> > https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-cloudmonkey/wiki >> > >> > Availability and Oversight >> > >> > Apache CloudStack software is released under the Apache License v2.0 >> > and is overseen by a self-selected team of active contributors to the >> > project. A Project Management Committee (PMC) guides the Project's >> > day-to-day operations, including community development and product >> > releases. For downloads, documentation, and ways to become involved >> > with Apache CloudStack, visit http://cloudstack.apache.org/ and >> > https://twitter.com/CloudStack >> > >> > About The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) >> > >> > Established in 1999, the all-volunteer Foundation oversees more than >> > 350 leading Open Source projects, including Apache HTTP Server --the >> > world's most popular Web server software. Through the ASF's >> > meritocratic process known as "The Apache Way," more than 680 >> > individual Members and 6,500 Committers across six continents >> > successfully collaborate to develop freely available enterprise-grade >> > software, benefiting millions of users worldwide: thousands of >> > software solutions are distributed under the Apache License; and the >> > community actively participates in ASF mailing lists, mentoring >> > initiatives, and ApacheCon, the Foundation's official user conference, >> > trainings, and expo. The ASF is a US 501(c)(3) charitable >> > organization, funded by individual donations and corporate sponsors >> > including Aetna, Alibaba Cloud Computing, ARM, Baidu, Bloomberg, >> > Budget Direct, Capital One, Cash Store, Cerner, Cloudera, Comcast, >> > Facebook, Google, Hortonworks, Huawei, IBM, Inspur, iSIGMA, ODPi, >> > LeaseWeb, Microsoft, PhoenixNAP, Pivotal, Private Internet Access, Red >> > Hat, Target, Union Investment, and Yahoo. For more information, visit >> > http://apache.org/ and https://twitter.com/TheASF >> > >> > (c) The Apache Software Foundation. "Apache", "CloudStack", "Apache >> > CloudStack", and "ApacheCon" are registered trademarks or trademarks >> > of the Apache Software Foundation in the United States and/or other >> > countries. All other brands and trademarks are the property of their >> > respective owners. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ### END ### >> > >> > >> > >> > Regards, >> > >> > Rohit Yadav >> > >> > Software Architect, ShapeBlue >> > >> > https://www.shapeblue.com >> > >> > >> > [email protected] >> > www.shapeblue.com >> > @shapeblue >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >
