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Apex OPNFV installer project proposal
Project Name:
- Proposed name for the project: Apex
- Proposed name for the repository: apex
- Project Category: Integration and testing
Project description:
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.
Scope:
- 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
Dependencies:
- 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 and Contributors:
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
Planned deliverables
- 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
Proposed Release Schedule:
- Releases will be part of OPNFV release cycle
- Next release will be OPNFV R2 release
Key Project Facts
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:
