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#fedora-cloud: Cloudy Docs Sprint
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Meeting started by rbergeron at 17:11:21 UTC. The full logs are
available at
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-cloud/2011-09-15/cloudy_docs_sprint.2011-09-15-17.11.log.html
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Meeting summary
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* BoxGrinder  (rbergeron, 17:13:45)
  * IDEA: Boxgrinder basics - what it is, how it works, etc.
    (rbergeron, 17:15:03)
  * IDEA: Using BoxGrinder to create a Fedora image  (rbergeron,
    17:15:19)
  * IDEA: Using the BoxGrinder/Fedora AMI on EC2 to create a Fedora
    instance on Amazon  (rbergeron, 17:15:42)
  * LINK: http://boxgrinder.org/   (rbergeron, 17:16:16)
  * LINK:
    http://boxgrinder.org/tutorials/boxgrinder-build-usage-instructions/
    (rbergeron, 17:16:37)
  * LINK: http://boxgrinder.org/tutorials/   (rbergeron, 17:16:55)
  * IDEA: go into some of the details about OS options, platform
    plugins, delivery plugsins  (rbergeron, 17:17:54)
  * Some of this info may be well-written out already in BG
    documentation  (rbergeron, 17:18:08)
  * OS plugins - rhel, fedora, centos (various version)  (rbergeron,
    17:18:48)
  * Platform plugins - virtualbox, vmware, ec2  (rbergeron, 17:19:04)
  * Delivery platforms (where it can get delivered AUTOMAGICALLY) - EBS,
    cloudfront for S3, sftp, ami for s3, local filesystem, s3 for s3
    (rbergeron, 17:20:15)
  * IDEA: Connive spevack into writing up some documentation or
    something about What All These Different Amazon Things Are
    (rbergeron, 17:20:33)
  * LINK:
    https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/Cloud_Guide/index.html
    (Sparks, 17:23:12)
  * BG guys hang in #boxgrinder  (rbergeron, 17:23:54)

* HekaFS  (rbergeron, 17:31:54)
  * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/HekaFS   (Sparks, 17:33:16)
  * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SimpleHekaFS ksa  (kkeithley,
    17:33:52)
  * hekafs is a layer on top of glusterfs  (rbergeron, 17:40:59)

* OpenStack  (rbergeron, 17:45:12)
  * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/OpenStack
    (rbergeron, 17:47:34)
  * LINK:
    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_started_with_OpenStack_Nova
    (rbergeron, 17:47:53)
  * OpenSTack has a few individual pieces that we have right now that
    can be documented individually if we want - Nova, Swift, and Glance
    (rbergeron, 17:48:36)
  * Nova is management/UI/deploying of things, Swift is object storage,
    and Glance is image creation  (rbergeron, 17:49:20)
  * LINK: http://docs.openstack.org/   (rbergeron, 17:50:06)
  * LINK:
    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_started_with_OpenStack_Nova
    (gholms, 17:53:11)
  * LINK:
    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_started_with_OpenStack_Nova
    (Sparks, 17:53:42)
  * openstack getting started guide needs to tell you wheree to get the
    euca-* commands from  (rbergeron, 17:53:44)
  * IDEA: Having at least some basic info about what is euca2ools might
    be useful, at least WRT sections on AWS and Nova  (rbergeron,
    17:56:55)
  * gholms can answer euca-related questions if needed.  (rbergeron,
    17:57:38)

* Aeolus  (rbergeron, 17:57:44)
  * LINK: http://aeolusproject.org/use_it.html   (rbergeron, 17:58:11)
  * Aeolus is made up of a bunch of different pieces - Audrey,
    Conductor, Configure, ImageFactory, Image Warehouse, Oz, Spherical.
    (rbergeron, 17:58:46)
  * Pieces of Aeolus used in Fedora are Conductor, Configure,
    ImageFactory, Image Warehouse, Oz.  (rbergeron, 18:03:08)
  * LINK: OZ Documentation - http://aeolusproject.org/oz.html
    (rbergeron, 18:05:16)
  * jclift (justin clift, aeolus comm. mgr) is probably the right person
    to ask.  (rbergeron, 18:05:49)

* Sheepdog  (rbergeron, 18:07:26)
  * LINK: http://www.osrg.net/sheepdog/   (rbergeron, 18:07:48)
  * LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Sheepdog   (rbergeron,
    18:08:07)
  * LINK: https://github.com/collie/sheepdog/wiki   (rbergeron,
    18:08:33)
  * LINK: https://github.com/collie/sheepdog/wiki/Getting-Started
    (rbergeron, 18:09:11)

* Anything else?  (rbergeron, 18:10:40)
  * LINK:
    http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/Cloud_Guide/index.html
    (rbergeron, 18:13:45)
  * LINK: http://matahariproject.org/manual/   (russellb, 18:14:44)
  * LINK: http://matahariproject.org/manual/   (Sparks, 18:14:53)
  * Matahari would be good for "tools you can use to manage fedora
    systems deployed in a cloud"  (rbergeron, 18:15:00)
  * Still outstanding - need info from Ian Main (slower on irc) re:
    condor cloud  (rbergeron, 18:18:34)

* How to get Fedora for use on EC2  (rbergeron, 18:19:13)
  * We have AMIs for Fedora (knock on wood) published to EC2.
    (rbergeron, 18:20:45)
  * IDEA: How do we find them, where do we get the information?
    (rbergeron, 18:20:55)
  * IDEA: How do I get a vm started, what can i use it for, what are all
    these various AWS services  (rbergeron, 18:21:32)
  * IDEA: Troll Max Spevack at all possible opportunities  (rbergeron,
    18:21:55)

Meeting ended at 18:40:15 UTC.




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* gholms (47)
* clalance (29)
* russellb (12)
* zoglesby (9)
* kkeithley (8)
* ke4qqq (6)
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