• Proposed name for the project: Apex
• Proposed name for the repository: apex
• Project Category: Integration and testing

Apex will serve as the natural continuation of the Foreman/QuickStack involvement in the former BGS project. Apex will continue to support Foreman/QuickStack from Arno release along with moving to a new installer platform, RDO Manager, based on TripleO. The goal of this project is to create a stable platform for OPNFV while meeting all of the requirements put forth for the target system.

• Integrate into CI environment for virtual and baremetal deployments
• Work closely with FuncTest to facilitate debugging and integration testing of components
• Purpose of this project is to encourage collaboration. Will help to integrate all SDN controllers
• TripleO based implementation of deployment (OpenStack used to deploy OPNFV)
• Continuation of Foreman/QuickStack support post Arno
• All code changes will be made as upstream as possible into respective projects

• Relies on Octopus project for CI and testing
• Uses upstream projects RDO (vanilla OpenStack), RDO Manager (TripleO derivative) and OpenDaylight
• Other upstream SDN controller projects
• Identify any specific development be staged with respect to the upstream project and releases

Committers:

• Tim Rozet (Red Hat): trozet@redhat.com
• Dan Radez (Red Hat): radez@redhat.com

Contributors:

• Daniel Farrell (Red Hat): dfarrell@redhat.com
• Randy Levensalor (CableLabs): R.Levensalor@cablelabs.com

• Deployment tool to deliver OPNFV Target System
• Meets all OPNFV requirements of OPNFV platform
• Plugins to CI for deployment
• Multi-SDN Controller integration
• Documentation and User Guide
• Virtual and Baremetal Support

• Releases will be part of OPNFV release cycle
• Next release will be OPNFV R2 release

Project Name: Apex
Repo name: apex
Project Category: Integration and testing
Lifecycle State: Proposal
Primary Contact: Tim Rozet (trozet@redhat.com)
Project Lead: Tim Rozet (trozet@redhat.com)
Jira Project Name: Apex
Jira Project Prefix: APEX
mailing list tag: [Apex]
Committers:
Tim Rozet (trozet@redhat.com)
Dan Radez (radez@redhat.com)
Link to TSC approval: http://ircbot.wl.linuxfoundation.org/meetings/opnfv-meeting/2015/opnfv-meeting.2015-07-14-14.00.html
Link to approval of additional submitters: