cloudstack hyderabad meetup: how the apache community works

Apache CloudStack (incubating)

Prasanna Santhanamtsp@apache.orgPrasanna.Santhanam@citrix.com

How the Apache community works

The Apache Foundation● Open collaborative projects developed under

the umbrella of the ASF● Provide legal guidance, advice to the

foundation's projects● Promote Meritocracy

Projects● Top Level Projects

○ Apache HTTP Webserver○ Apache Tomcat○ Apache Cassandra○ Apache Hadoop

● Incubator○ Apache CloudStack

● Labs● Attic

Roles● User● Developer● Committer● PPMC - Member and Chair● ASF Members● Project Management Committee (PMC)

Many Hats!

Yes! the ASF is great!

Apache CloudStack status● In incubation for around 6 months now● Apache CloudStack 4.0 - Imminent first

release! ● Bugtrackers and Wiki moving to ASF Infra● Code repos moved to Apache GIT● Many non-Citrix contributors, committers,

and PPMC members

Who's participating● Caringo contributes object store plugin● Nicira controller by Hugo● Ceph/RBD support by Wido● CLVM for KVM by MarcusMore ...● CloudEra (Hadoop backed Object Store)● Midokura (SDN Controller)● Basho - Object store● Interests from CloudByte

Working towards 4.1● Improved package management● DevCloud improvements● Re-arch, Event handling,● Storage Re-arch work● Auto Provisioning via Kickstarts● Expanding test coverage ● Documentation for all this and more!

How to contribute?● It's not just about code!

○ Discussions - Design, Use Cases, Deployments○ Documentation○ Bug Reports and Feature Requests○ Code Review○ Feedback○ Wiki and Website management○ Build, Tools and Infrastructure○ Helping out on the IRC○ Spreading the word

● It's your voice!

● Project website:○ http://incubator.apache.org/projects/cloudstack.html○ www.cloudstack.org

● Mailings Lists (cloudstack-dev-subscribe@incubator.apache.org,

cloudstack-users-subscribe@incubator.apache.org)

○ All decision making, consensus - [DISCUSS | RFC]○ Democratic / Voting - [VOTE]

● IRC ○ irc.freenode.net : (#cloudstack, #cloudstack-dev, #cloudstack-

meeting)

○ Wednesday - 10:30 PM IST, 5:00 UTC

The future needs you!

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