Open Stack

On 12/6/2018 12:10 PM, Melvin Hillsman wrote:
> After many discussions it seems SDK validation essentially should be 
> about confirming cloud state pre/post SDK interaction rather than API 
> support. An example is that when I use pkgcloud and ask that a VM be 
> created, does the VM exist, in the way I asked it exist, rather than are 
> there specific API calls that are being hit along the way to creating my VM.
> 
> I am putting this email out to keep the community informed of what has 
> been discussed in this space but also and most importantly to get 
> feedback and support for this work. It would be great to get a set of 
> official and community SDKs, get them setup with CI testing for 
> validation (not changing their current CI for unit/functional/acceptance 
> testing; unless asked to help do this), and connect the results to the 
> updated project navigator SDK section. A list of scenarios has been 
> provided as a good starting point for cloud state checks.[2]
> 
> Essentially the proposal is to deploy OpenStack from upstream (devstack 
> or other), stand up a VM within the cloud, grab all the SDKs, run 
> acceptance tests, report pass/fail results, update project navigator. Of 
> course there are details to be worked out and I do have a few questions 
> that I hope would help get everyone interested on the same page via this 
> thread.
> 
>  1. Does this make sense?

Makes sense to me. Validating the end result of some workflow makes 
sense to me. One thing I'm wondering about is what you'd start with for 
basic scenarios. It might make sense to start with some of the very 
basic kinds of things that openstack interoperability certification 
requires, like create a VM, attach a volume and port, and then delete it 
all. Then I guess you'd build from there?

> 
>  2. Would folks be interested in a SDK SIG or does it make more sense to
>     request an item on the API SIG's agenda?

No opinion.

> 
>  3. Bi-weekly discussions a good cadence?

Again no opinion but I wanted to say thanks for communicating this for 
others less involved in this space - it's good to know *something* is 
going on.

> 
>  4. Who is interested in tackling this together?

Again, no real opinion from me. :) Hopefully that other person that I 
just saw run away over there...

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Thanks,

Matt