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Subject: Re: [VOTE] Accept Provisionr into the Apache Incubator
From: Alan Cabrera <list@toolazydogs.com>
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+1 - binding


Regards,
Alan

On Mar 2, 2013, at 3:35 PM, Andrei Savu wrote:

> Hi Guys,
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> I'd like to call a VOTE for acceptance of Provisionr into the Apache
> Incubator.
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> The vote will close on March 8.
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> [] +1 Accept Provisionr into the Apache incubator
> [] +0 Don't care.
> [] -1 Don't accept Provisionr into the incubator because...
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> Full proposal is pasted at the bottom on this email, and the =
corresponding
> wiki is http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/ProvisionrProposal
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> Only VOTEs from Incubator PMC members are binding, but all are welcome =
to
> express their thoughts.
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> Thanks,
> Andrei Savu
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> ----------
> Provisionr Proposal
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> =3D=3D Abstract =3D=3D
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> 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.
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> =3D=3D Proposal =3D=3D
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> =3D=3D Background =3D=3D
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> 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.
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> =3D=3D Rationale =3D=3D
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> 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.
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> =3D=3D Initial Goals =3D=3D
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> * 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
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> =3D=3D Current Status =3D=3D
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> 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.
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> =3D=3D=3D Meritocracy =3D=3D=3D
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> 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.
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> =3D=3D=3D Community =3D=3D=3D
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> 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.
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> =3D=3D=3D Core developers =3D=3D=3D
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> 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.
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> * 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
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> =3D=3D=3D Alignment =3D=3D=3D
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> Provisionr complements Apache Whirr and later on it should provide a =
robust
> foundation for more advanced functionalities.
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> =3D=3D Known Risks =3D=3D
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> =3D=3D=3D Orphaned products =3D=3D=3D
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> 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.
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> =3D=3D=3D Inexperience with Open Source =3D=3D=3D
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> 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.
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> =3D=3D=3D Homogenous Developers =3D=3D=3D
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> We are committed to recruiting additional committers from other =
companies
> based on their contributions to the project.
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> =3D=3D=3D Reliance on Salaried Developers =3D=3D=3D
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> 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.
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> =3D=3D=3D Relationships with Other Apache Products =3D=3D=3D
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> 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).
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> =3D=3D=3D A Excessive Fascination with the Apache Brand =3D=3D=3D
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> 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.
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> =3D=3D Documentation =3D=3D
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> * 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
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> =3D=3D Initial Source =3D=3D
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> Available on GitHub: https://github.com/axemblr/axemblr-provisionr
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> =3D=3D Source and Intellectual Property Submission Plan =3D=3D
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> We are going to prepare a software grant as needed. The source code is
> already available under the Apache 2.0 license.
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> =3D=3D External Dependencies =3D=3D
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> 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).
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> =3D=3D Cryptography =3D=3D
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> Provisionr uses standard APIs and tools for SSH and SSL.
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> =3D=3D Required Resources =3D=3D
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> =3D=3D=3D Mailing lists =3D=3D=3D
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> * provisionr-private
> * provisionr-dev
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> =3D=3D=3D Version Control =3D=3D=3D
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> Git repository
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> =3D=3D=3D Issue Tracking =3D=3D=3D
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> JIRA Provisionr (PROVISIONR)
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> =3D=3D=3D Other Resources =3D=3D=3D
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> 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.
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> =3D=3D Initial Committers =3D=3D
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> * 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
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> =3D=3D Sponsors =3D=3D
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> =3D=3D=3D Champion =3D=3D=3D
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> Tom White - tomwhite at apache dot org
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> =3D=3D=3D Nominated Mentors =3D=3D=3D
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> * Roman Shaposhnik - rvs at apache dot org
> * Tom White - tomwhite at apache dot org
> * Mohammad Nour - mnour at apache dot org
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> =3D=3D=3D Sponsoring =3D=3D=3D
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> Incubator PMC


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