[ovirt-devel] [Call for Vote] Proposal for new Incubator Project

Mon Nov 21 18:23:44 UTC 2016

+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 at 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 at redhat.com>
> > To: "Sandro Bonazzola" <sbonazzo at redhat.com>
> > Cc: board at ovirt.org, "devel" <devel at 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 at redhat.com >
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Il 21/Nov/2016 17:55, "Brian Proffitt" < bproffit at 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
> > > 574.383.9BKP
> > >
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> > bkorren at redhat.com
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