[occi-wg] New cloud Interoperability testbed project on FutureGrid

[Alan Sill]

Hi Gary,

I see you are in and have already requested (and I have approved)  
membership.

To get started, see the overall FutureGrid "Getting Started"  
information at

https://portal.futuregrid.org/gettingstarted

The tutorials are a good method to get going quickly.

As time goes on, we may want to start up a community discussion board  
to exchange information among users within the group as to how to use  
and/or test each others implementations.  I'm open to other  
suggestions as to ways to share information.

Hope this helps,

Alan

On Dec 6, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Gary Mazz wrote:

> Congratulations !!!
>
> Quick question,  how do we on-ramp ?
>
> -gary
>
> On 12/6/2011 10:08 AM, Alan Sill wrote:
>> Dear folks interested in cloud standards testing:
>>
>> I have proposed and the organizers have approved the following  
>> project
>> in FutureGrid:
>>
>>  "Cloud Interoperability Testbed:"  https://portal.futuregrid.org/project/176
>>
>> Description:
>> The Cloud Interoperability Testbed will serve as a mechanism to host
>> interoperability tests for different machine control, data transfer,
>> resource reporting and usage agreement standards and implementations
>> of other new standards efforts. The primary purpose will be to give
>> developers an opportunity to try out implementations of code that
>> implements either server or client functionality for the use of
>> multiple standards from different standards development  
>> organizations.
>>
>> The initial effort for this project will be focused on  
>> implementations
>> of the Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI) from the Open Grid Forum
>> (OGF), Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) from the Storage  
>> Network
>> Industry Association (SNIA), the Cloud Infrastructure Management
>> Interface (CIMI) and the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) from the
>> Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). Other standards will be
>> added as the project proceeds.
>>
>>
>> Membership in this project is open to anyone working in the area of
>> cross-compatibility of cloud-related standards.  I have to approve
>> membership as project manager and project lead, but it is my intent  
>> to
>> approve all membership requests that are consistent with the above
>> goals.  Note this is NOT an OGF project, but is one in which OGF will
>> participate, and is closely associated with the OGF Cloud
>> Interoperability group and OGF/SNIA cloud plug-fest effort that is
>> also open to DMTF members.
>>
>> The purpose of the FutureGrid project is simply to provide an easily
>> accessed mechanism for obtaining access to virtual machines that can
>> be used for testing various aspects of implementations of cloud
>> standards protocols and clients.  It is NOT necessary to reveal the
>> inner workings of these implementations to other group members,
>> although some wpirit of sharing information will obviously be of
>> benefit to all group members.
>>
>> To become a member of this project, sign up for a FutureGrid account
>> at the portal:
>>
>> https://portal.futuregrid.org/
>>
>> Follow the link to the above project and become a member.
>>
>> Please read all aspects of the project description and terms of use  
>> of
>> FutureGrid.  This facility is not intended for hosting production
>> commercial services or providing any other long-term production non-
>> commercial service and is purely intended as a test bed.  Within  
>> these
>> fairly mild limits, it is our hope that this will prove to be a  
>> useful
>> service.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
>> Alan Sill, Ph.D
>> Senior Scientist, High Performance Computing Center
>> Adjunct Professor of Physics, TTU
>> Vice President of Standards, Open Grid Forum
>>
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>> :  Alan Sill, Texas Tech University  Office: Drane 162, MS 4-1167  :
>> :  e-mail: Alan.Sill at ttu.edu   ph. 806-834-5940  fax 806-834-4358  :
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Alan Sill, Ph.D
Senior Scientist, High Performance Computing Center
Adjunct Professor of Physics
TTU

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