Thank you, Rohit --very comprehensive! I'll review and forward any adjustments this weekend.
Kind regards, Sally - - - Vice President Marketing & Publicity Vice President Sponsor Relations The Apache Software Foundation Tel +1 617 921 8656 | s...@apache.org 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® CloudStack® > 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 > > © 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 > > rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > @shapeblue > >
