[openstack-dev] [UX] [Heat] [Mistral] Merlin project PoC update: shift from HOT builder to Mistral Workbook builder

Renat Akhmerov rakhmerov at mirantis.com
Tue Sep 30 07:06:02 UTC 2014


Timur,

For us, undoubtedly, it’s a great news. Visualization of any kind is really important for Mistral for a number of reasons. You can count on any help(including code contribution) from our side.

Thanks

Renat Akhmerov
@ Mirantis Inc.



On 26 Sep 2014, at 04:04, Steve Baker <sbaker at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 26/09/14 05:36, Timur Sufiev wrote:
>> Hello, folks!
>> 
>> Following Drago Rosson's introduction of Barricade.js and our discussion in ML about possibility of using it in Merlin [1], I've decided to change the plans for PoC: now the goal for Merlin's PoC is to implement Mistral Workbook builder on top of Barricade.js. The reasons for that are:
>> 
>> * To better understand Barricade.js potential as data abstraction layer in Merlin, I need to learn much more about its possibilities and limitations than simple examining/reviewing of its source code allows. The best way to do this is by building upon it.
>> * It's becoming too crowded in the HOT builder's sandbox - doing the same work as Drago currently does [2] seems like a waste of resources to me (especially in case he'll opensource his HOT builder someday just as he did with Barricade.js).
> 
> Drago, it would be to everyone's benefit if your HOT builder efforts were developed on a public git repository, no matter how functional it is currently.
> 
> Is there any chance you can publish what you're working on to https://github.com/dragorosson or rackerlabs for a start?
> 
>> * Why Mistral and not Murano or Solum? Because Mistral's YAML templates have simpler structure than Murano's ones do and is better defined at that moment than the ones in Solum.
>> 
>> There already some commits in https://github.com/stackforge/merlin and since client-side app doesn't talk to the Mistral's server yet, it is pretty easy to run it (just follow the instructions in README.md) and then see it in browser at http://localhost:8080. UI is yet not great, as the current focus is data abstraction layer exploration, i.e. how to exploit Barricade.js capabilities to reflect all relations between Mistral's entities. I hope to finish the minimal set of features in a few weeks - and will certainly announce it in the ML.
>> 
>> [1] http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-September/044591.html
>> [2] http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-August/044186.html
>> 
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