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From: Tom White <tomwhite@apache.org>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 18:17:57 +0000
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Subject: Re: [VOTE] Accept Provisionr into the Apache Incubator
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+1

Tom

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Andrei Savu <asavu@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-cluster-on-EC2-with-Provisionr-and-Rundeck
>  *
> http://www.slideshare.net/savu.andrei/creating-pools-of-virtual-machines-apachecon-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

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