+1 here. It would be a great addition in order to use oVirt for testing without users writing their own API scripts.

On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Vojtech Szocs <vszocs@redhat.com> wrote:

+1

I agree with Barak's point. Plus it would make people (who use Vagrant) aware of oVirt.

Vojtech

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barak Korren" <bkorren@redhat.com>
> To: "Sandro Bonazzola" <sbonazzo@redhat.com>
> Cc: board@ovirt.org, "devel" <devel@ovirt.org>
> Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 6:12:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [ovirt-devel] [Call for Vote] Proposal for new Incubator Project
>
> +1
> I think oVirt had been missing from the list of Vagrant providers for too
> long.
>
> On 21 November 2016 at 19:09, Sandro Bonazzola < sbonazzo@redhat.com > wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Il 21/Nov/2016 17:55, "Brian Proffitt" < bproffit@redhat.com > ha scritto:
> >
> > All:
> >
> > This project was initially proposed for review on Oct. 9. It has been
> > reviewed for major issues and having heard no objections, it's now time to
> > formally vote on accepting this as an official oVirt incubator subproject.
> >
> > The last time we voted on one of these was during an IRC weekly meeting, so
> > I believe it is appropriate to post a Call for Vote on the Devel and Board
> > lists.
> >
> > Voting will be open until 1200 UTC Nov. 28, 2016. A net total of +5 votes
> > should be received to formalize this project as an incubator subproject.
> > Please use the following vote process:
> >
> > +1
> > Yes, agree, or the action should be performed. On some issues, this vote
> > must only be given after the voter has tested the action on their own
> > system(s).
> >
> > ±0
> > Abstain, no opinion, or I am happy to let the other group members decide
> > this issue. An abstention may have detrimental affects if too many people
> > abstain.
> >
> > -1
> > No, I veto this action. All vetos must include an explanation of why the
> > veto is appropriate. A veto with no explanation is void.
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Brian Proffitt
> >
> >
> > ---
> >
> > Project Proposal - Vagrant Provider
> >
> > A vagrant provider for oVirt v4
> >
>
>
> My vote is +0. I have no strong opinion on this and I'm not using vagrant so
> I would be happy to leave other to decide.
> Using the + because I am happy to see the contribution ☺
>
>
>
>
>
> > Abstract
> >
> > This will be a provider plugin for the Vagrant suite that allows
> > command-line ease of virtual machine provisioning and lifecycle
> > management.
> >
> > Proposal
> >
> > This Vagrant provider plugin will interface with the oVirt REST API
> > (version 4 and higher) using the oVirt provided ruby SDK
> > 'ovirt-engine-sdk-ruby'. This allows users to abstract the user
> > interface and experience into a set of command line abilities to
> > create, provision, destroy and manage the complete lifecycle of
> > virtual machines. It also allows the use of external configuration
> > management and configuration files themselves to be committed into
> > code.
> >
> > Background
> >
> > I have previously forked and maintained the 'vagrant-ovirt' gem as
> > 'vagrant-ovirt3' due to Gems requiring unique names. The original
> > author has officially abandoned the project. For the last few years
> > all code to maintain this project has been maintained by myself and a
> > few ad-hoc github contributors. This provider interfaced directly with
> > oVirt v3 using fog and rbovirt. The new project would be a fresh start
> > using the oVirt provided ruby SDK to work directly with version 4.
> >
> > Rationale
> >
> > The trend in configuration management, operations, and devops has been
> > to maintain as much of the development process as possible in terms of
> > the virtual machines and hosts that they run on. With software like
> > Terraform the tasks of creating the underlying infrastructure such as
> > network rules, etc have had great success moving into 'Infrastructure
> > as code'. The same company behind Terraform got their reputation from
> > Vagrant which aims to utilize the same process for virtual machines
> > themselves. The core software allows for standard commands such as
> > 'up', 'provision', 'destroy' to be used across a provider framework. A
> > provider for oVirt makes the process for managing VMs easier and able
> > to be controlled through code and source control.
> >
> > Initial Goals
> >
> > The initial goal is to get the base steps of 'up', 'down' (halt), and
> > 'destroy' to succeed using the oVirt provided ruby SDK for v4.
> > Stretch/followup goals would be to ensure testability and alternate
> > commands such as 'provision' and allow configuration management suites
> > like puppet to work via 'userdata' (cloud-init).
> >
> > Current Status
> >
> > The version 3 of this software has been heavily utilized. The original
> > fork known as 'vagrant-ovirt' has been abandoned with no plans to
> > communicate or move forward. My upstream fork has had great success
> > with nearly 4x the downloads from rubygems.org . Until my github fork
> > has more 'stars' I cannot take over it completely so the gem was
> > renamed 'vagrant-ovirt3'. This is also true for rubygems.org since
> > gems are not namespaced, therefore could not be published without a
> > unique name. The v4 provider is still pending my initial POC commit
> > but there are no current barriers except initial oVirt hosting. The
> > hosting of oVirt v3 for testing is a laptop on a UPS at my home, and
> > v4 is also a different pc attached to a UPS.
> >
> > External Dependencies
> >
> > RHEVM/oVirt REST API - This provider must interact with the API itself
> > to manage virtual machines.
> >
> > Initial Committers
> >
> > Marcus Young ( 3vilpenguin at gmail dot com )
> >
> > --
> > Brian Proffitt
> > Principal Community Analyst
> > Open Source and Standards
> > @TheTechScribe
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