Open Stack

Perhaps I can clarify a bit:

When we proposed RefStack at the OpenStack board meeting in 2013, we divided the effort into several parts:

 - A test-based mechanism for improving interop of OpenStack clouds (this is part of the DefCore effort and the current RefStack codebase)
 - A publishing mechanism so that the user/operator community would have visibility into this capability matrix (also a target for the refstack.org website)
 - A *running* reference openstack environment (with a documented method of installation and configuration) that the tools ecosystem could test their software against.

The 3rd item is what you’re discussing; it ended up being (if that’s possible) even more politically complicated than the first two, simply because there’s no consensus within OpenStack as to whether or not the OpenStack framework should include an installer.

The closest thing to this right now is TryStack (at least conceptually) - it’s likely that we’ll make it a deliverable of the DefCore committee in a future cycle, however.

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On Apr 14, 2014, at 8:07 AM, matt <matt at nycresistor.com> wrote:

> well in hardware engineering, when you are buying a part, from small parts like a 555 timer to big parts like an SOC ( system on chip ) such as a bluetooth transceiver, the datasheets will generally include what's called a reference design.
> 
> so in addition to gobs of infortmation about the component, including thermal variances, pin outs, and anything else you might need to know, it will also generally include a simple circuit design that makes full use of the part.  
> 
> so that the person intending to use the part, has a basic working environment to test with before they do their own development.  Or just to see how it might fit into a circuit.  usually this is pretty easy to do since most new chips also have development boards designed for them as well.  you can usually just take chunks from the development board to turn into a reference design.
> 
> a reference stack architecture would likely be similar to this. 
> 
> -matt
> 
> 
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Zhidong Yu <zdyu2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> The refstack.org website says RefStack is "A reference OpenStack environment for tools developer". What does it mean exactly?
> 
> I am getting started with DefCore/RefStack. While I can understand RefStack is "a proof of the certified APIs" and "a certification process" (also from the homepage of the website), it is not clear to me what "a reference environment" means exactly.
> 
> Thanks, Zhidong
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