ACA Side Topic - Proposal: templates.aeolusproject.org

Andrew Fitzsimon afitzsim at redhat.com
Fri Jun 8 10:21:41 UTC 2012


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> On 08/06/2012, at 4:15 PM, Dan Macpherson <dmacpher at redhat.com> wrote:
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> Sounds a whole lot like http://www.susegallery.com
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>> Similar, yes.
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>>> Some thoughts:
>>> Firstly; there is a serious financial cost to hosting something like
>>> this which is probably why we aren't attempting it.
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>> True, it does come down to the $$$, but if it's in the name of building Aeolus' reputation and enhancing the community, I'd consider it more of an investment than a cost. Plus, this feeds into my next point...
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>>> Secondly; It's actually an excellent idea to bring other open source
>>> projects and software products in on our development process (as
>>> stakeholders) and it would give us boatloads of handy analytical
>>> metrics for what customers are seeking / what aspects they are
>>> utilising….
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>> Exactly. I'd like to eventually see cross-overs with other communities/organizations in terms of:
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>> 1. Linux groups (Fedora, Ubuntu, Mint, Arch, etc) release basic image template types for Aeolus
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>> 2. Open source projects release image and deployable templates for their applications. For example, CMS groups release deployables for basic Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress, etc installs
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>> 3. Red Hat releases templates for an uber-JBoss App Server Stack running on RHEL than you can easily launch on your private RHEV cloud and automagically connect with RHN or distribution proxies (Satellite, SAM, System Engine, etc)
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>> 4. Other commercial enterprises join in, design Aelous templates for users wanting to easily launch their app into a cloud.
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>> While points 1 + 2 are goals to help us build our community, 3 + 4 are the goals to make the project financially worthwhile because there's an enterprise interest in template creation.
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>> And like I said previously, there might be things that users/organizations can do with Aeolus beyond points 1-4.


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