From d077debc19993fa6fcf8638129120ff5d6dcf5bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gal Sagie Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 16:52:12 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add Gal Sagie PTL candidancy to Kuryr Change-Id: I75c1c66d5070770881ddf8cc1df56e09dfd8e5ad --- candidates/newton/Kuryr/Gal_Sagie.txt | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 79 insertions(+) create mode 100644 candidates/newton/Kuryr/Gal_Sagie.txt diff --git a/candidates/newton/Kuryr/Gal_Sagie.txt b/candidates/newton/Kuryr/Gal_Sagie.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5d3f9d58 --- /dev/null +++ b/candidates/newton/Kuryr/Gal_Sagie.txt @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +I would like to propose my candidacy for Kuryr PTL position. + +Kuryr has only recently joined OpenStack big-tent and i would like to +receive the official trust of the community and continue serving as the +PTL for a full release cycle. + +I think that Kuryr serve an important role in current OpenStack eco-system +and solve new problems that many users are facing starting to deploy +containers environments mixed with OpenStack. + +Kuryr is a relatively new project but i am proud to say that we already have +a very diverse community and feel that we operate openly and advancing in the +right direction. +I would like us to keep doing that and advance even faster in the next cycle, I +have and will continue to devote time to bring more new contributors and users +into Kuryr. + +Kuryr is at first a team effort, me and Toni (apuimedo) from Midokura are doing +this together all the way from the start and hopefully continue so in the future. +I would also like to thank all the great people and contributors helping and +working together with us on Kuryr, you guys are doing great job! + +My goals for Kuryr to the next release are: + +* Stability, Test coverage and benchmarking - This is important for every + project but especially for Kuryr that is facing and working with models and + frameworks that are experimental and changing quite often. + As more users considering deploying Kuryr, our quality assurance become more + and more critical but also our advantage over existing solutions. + +* Kubernetes Integration - This effort has already started and we already have + what seems to be a good design and a POC implementation of this, i would like + us to keep that great work from Antoni Segura Puimedon, Irena Berezovsky, + Taku Fukushima and Jaume Devesa. + We also need to start looking at providing extra enhancement and policy to the + deployments, working together with the Kubernetes and Neutron communities to + accomplish this. + +* Magnum and Nested containers - We have a great spec and proposal for this + done by Fawad Khaliq and i hope to soon be able to bring more interested resources + to work on this with him and hopefully myself as well. + To me, the goal is for Kuryr to be the default Magnum networking driver and + this is one big step in this direction which we do openly with the Magnum team. + +* Operators / users - I would like for us to be more involved and responsive for + users needs and requirements, Mike Spreitzer from IBM is helping us drive this effort. + I am working on providing more reference architecture of such mixed environments + which will help us prioritize and find the best use cases to focus on. + I am also working internally in Huawei trying to bring these operational requirements. + + I think packaging and Kolla integration are major part of this effort and makes the + process of deploying Kuryr simple and easy, we need to continue all the good work that + was done on this front and add support for more and more existing Neutron plugins + +* Containers storage - My plan is to expand Kuryr mission statement to also bridge between + containers orchestration engines and models and the various storage and backup projects + in OpenStack to provide simplified management and extra added value features for + containers deployment. + I hope that we will start these discussions, designs and work during the next + release and do it hand in hand with all of these projects. + +* Added value features - Like being able to attach to existing networks/ports, + a very use full feature for production use cases that i hear is needed quite a lot and is being + implemented by Mohammad Banikazemi. + We need to identify any other feature that simplify and improve containers networking + and work to provide it. + +* Increase visibility - Put focus on providing more documentation, blog posts and arrange + meetups and talks for all of us to spread the word about Kuryr. + I feel that operational documentation is very important for our first users. + +* New contributors - I personally hope that more companies (like RedHat and Mirantis) will + join our effort and share their vision with us in order to provide a better solution + to the community. + I am also working on more active involvement from Huawei and hopefully from other + companies just as well. + +Thanks +Gal.