Details on the documentation needs for ACS 4.1. Note this plan was written during transition into Apache infrastructure, so it may still contain outdated links to, for example, Functional Specs on an older wiki.

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Update for new features. The The Documentation plan is derived from the Apache CloudStack 4.1 QA Plan. The following table lists the new features and how they affect documentation.We We are committed to provide documentation for features marked P1 and P2.

Documentation plan is derived from the Apache CloudStack 4.1 QA Plan.

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	Feature	Engineering Contacts	Engineering Functional Spec	Writer	Status
1	AWS-Style Regions	Kishan Kavala	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/AWS-Style+Regions	JT
2	AWS-style Health Checks	Rajesh Battala	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Load+Balancer+Health+checks \\ ^{Image Modified}	JT
3	Netscaler LB on Shared VLANs	Rajesh Battala	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/LB+on+Shared+VLANs\\ https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/L4-L7+network+services+in+shared+network \\ ^{Image Modified}	Radhika
4	F5 & SRX inline mode	Sheng	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Network+inline+mode+functional+spec \\ &nbsp^{Image Modified} ;	Radhika
5	Optional Public IP assignment for EIP with Basic Zone	Murali	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/L4-L7+network+services+in+shared+network \\ ^{Image Modified} https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Optional+Public+IP+assignment+for+EIP+with+Basic+Zone\\^{Image Modified} https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-265 ^{Image Removed}	Radhika
6	AutoScale	Vijay	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Autoscaling \\ ^{Image Modified} https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-637 ^{Image Removed}
7	Advanced Search UI	Brian
8	L4-L7 network services in shared network	Murali	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/L4-L7+network+services+in+shared+network \\ ^{Image Modified} https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-312 ^{Image Removed}
9	S3-backed Secondary Storage	John Burwell	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-509 \\ ^{Image Modified}
10 User provided hostname to be specified in vCenter	instead of Cloud Platform generated name User provided hostname to be specified in vCenter instead of Cloud Platform generated name	Vijay B	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Allow+user+provided+hostname%2C+internal+VM+name+on+hypervisor+for+guest+VMs \\^{Image Removed} https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-778 ^{Image Removed}
11	EC2 Query API support	Likitha	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/EC2++-+Functional+Spec+for+Query+API+support \\ ^{Image Modified} https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-197 ^{Image Removed}
12	API Request Throttling	Min	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/API+Request+Throttling \\ ^{Image Modified} https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-618 ^{Image Removed}
13	Storage subsystem 2.0	Edison	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-629 \\ ^{Image Modified} https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Storage+subsystem+2.0 ^{Image Removed}
14	High Availability: EIP enhancements	Murali	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-652 ^{Image Removed}
15	High Availability: implement GSLB (Global Server Load Balancing) capability for ELB service	Murali	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-653^{Image Added}	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-653\\^{Image Modified} ] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/GSLB+%28Global+Server+Load+Balancing%29+Functional+specification+and+Design+DocumentX ^{Image Removed}
16	VM's base image update facility				(includes Reset a VM on reboot)	Harikrishna Patnala	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Base+Image+Updation+facility

17	Enhanced baremetal servers support on Cisco UCS	Frank zhang	6	nTier Apps 2.0 Requirements	Sheng + Kishan Kavala	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-621723\\^{Image Modified}https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/nTier+Apps+2.0+Requirements^{Image Removed}	Radhika	7	Support non-contiguous VLAN ranges	Bharat	Enhanced+Baremetal+support+on+Cisco+UCS\\^{Image Added}https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Support+non-contiguous+VLAN+ranges\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Support+non-contiguous+VLAN+ranges\	Radhika
8	Security Groups Isolation in Advanced Zone	Anthony		JT
Cisco+UCS+Integration+functional+spec\\^{Image Added}
18	Events framework to publish/subscribe to CloudStack events	Murali	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-820\\^{Image Added}
19	New Image based provisioning method for Baremetal	Frank zhang	9	Site-to-Site VPN 2.0		https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Site-to-Site+VPN+2.0\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Site-to-Site+VPN+2.0\	Radhika	CloudStack+Baremetal\\^{Image Added} https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-40\\^{Image Added}
20	OVS support in KVM	Hugo	10	Dedicated Resources	Likitha+ Deepti + Saksham+Devdeep	https://cwikiissues.apache.org/confluencejira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-101\\^{Image Added}	Hugo
21	XenServer updates notifications	Sanjay T	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-192\\^{Image Added}	JT
22	Reset SSH Key to access VM (similar to reset password)	Harikrishna Patnala	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-297^{Image Added}	JT
23	nTier Apps 2.0 Requirements	Sheng + Kishan Kavala	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-621^{Image Added} https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/nTier+Apps+2.0+Requirements	Radhika
24	Support non-contiguous VLAN ranges	Bharat	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Support+non-contiguous+VLAN+ranges\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Support+non-contiguous+VLAN+ranges\|\|\	Radhika
25	Security Groups Isolation in Advanced Zone	Anthony		JT
26	Site-to-Site VPN 2.0		https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Site-to-Site+VPN+2.0\|../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Dedicated+Resources+Public+IP+Addresses+and+VLANs+per+Tenant\|../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Site-to-Site+VPN+2.0\|\|\	Radhika
27	Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pod, Cluster or Host to a domain	Deepti	[https://issues.apache./../../..org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-681 ] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/DedicatedPrivate+ResourcesHost%2C+Public+IP+Addresses+and+VLANs+per+Tenant\Cluster%2C+Pod\
28	Dedicated Resources: Persistent Networks without running a VM	Likitha	[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-706] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/IP+Range+Reservation+within+a+Network\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/IP+Range+Reservation+within+a+Network\Persistent+Networks\
29	Dedicated Resources:	Sanjay Tripathi	[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-713] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Persistent+Networks\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Persistent+Networks\ Feature: Limit resources to domain/account http://mindtouch.citrite.net/Releases/Merlin/Features/CloudStack_and_AWS_Support/CloudStack_Feature_Requests Feature: Private host, cluster, pod Limit+Resources+to+domains+and+accounts\
30	Egress firewall rules for guest network	Jaypal Reddy	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-299^{Image Added}	Radhika
31	Health monitoring for load balanced instances	Rajesh	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-443\\^{Image Added} https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Load+Balancer+Health+checks
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11	IPv6 Support	Sheng		Radhika
12	Storage XenMotion/Migration	Devdeep	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-659 \\ ^{Image Modified} https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Enabling+Storage+XenMotion+for+XenServer ^{Image Removed}
13	VMWare Enhancements: Support for DRS, VM HA	Sateesh	Feature: VMWare Enhancements: Support for DRS, VM HA	Radhika
14	Support VMware DVSwitch	Sateesh	Feature: VMWare Enhancements: Support VMware DVSwitch	Radhika
15	VM Reset (Reset-on-boot)	Hari P	Feature: Specify VM shutdown behavior (destroy, restart with a new boot drive) http://mindtouch.citrite.net/Releases/Merlin/Features/CloudStack_and_AWS_Support/CloudStack_Feature_Requests	JT
16	Persistent Network Identity	Hari P	http://mindtouch.citrite.net/Releases/Merlin/Features/CloudStack_and_AWS_Support/CloudStack_Feature_Requests	JT
17	Multiple IP Address per NIC	Jaypal	https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-24 https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Multiple+IP+address+per+NIC ^{Image Removed}	Radhika
18	CPU/Memory OverCommit	Bharat (XS) Koushik (VMWare) Rohit (KVM)	Feature: CPU/Memory OverCommit	JT
19	Monitoring	Anshul Feature: SNMP Alerts Feature: Syslogs	[https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-680][https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/FS+for+Integrating+CS+alerts+via+SNMP+to+external+management+system]	JT
20	Limit API Queries (CLOUDSTACK-618)	Min Chen	Feature: Limit API Queries	JT
21	Improve API Performance / Add Search Capabilities (CLOUDSTACK-527)	Min Chen	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/CloudStack+API+refactoring\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/CloudStack+API+refactoring\|\|\	JT
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23	EBS Shared NFS Zone-wide (primary) Block Storage	Anthony	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Shared+NFS+Zone-wide+(primary)Block+Storage\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Shared+NFS+Zone-wide(primary)+Block+Storage\|\|\	JT
24	Raise cluster size limit to 16	Koushik	Feature: Raise cluster size limit to 16	JT
25	Dynamic Resource Scaling	Nitin Mehta	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Dynamic+scaling\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Dynamic+scaling\|\|\	JT
26	Events framework to publish/subscribe to CloudStack events	Murali	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Event+Notification+Framework+Proposal\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Event+Notification+Framework+Proposal\|\|\ https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Event+Notification+with+message+oriented+middleware+Proposal\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Event+Notification+with+message+oriented+middleware+Proposal\|\|\	JT
27	Integrate Cisco VSG in CloudStack	Koushik Das	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Integrate+Cisco+Virtual+Security+Gateway+%28VSG%29+into+CloudStack\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Integrate+Cisco+Virtual+Security+Gateway+%28VSG%29+into+CloudStack\|\|\
28	Integrate Cisco ASA 1000v into CloudStack	Koushik Das	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Integrate+Cisco+ASA+1000v+as+a+FW+for+CloudStack\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Integrate+Cisco+ASA+1000v+as+a+FW+for+CloudStack\|\|\
29	Zone-wide primary storage target	Anthony	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Zone-wide+primary+storage+target\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Zone-wide+primary+storage+target\|\|\	JT
30	IP Address reservation within a network	Saksham	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/IP+Range+Reservation+within+a+Network\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/IP+Range+Reservation+within+a+Network\|\|\	Radhika
31	Volume snapshot enhancements for VMware	Kelven Yang	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Volume+snapshot+enhancements+for+VMware\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Volume+snapshot+enhancements+for+VMware\|\|\	JT
32	Configurable setting to use linked clones or not on VMware	Vijay	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Configurable+setting+to+use+linked+clones+or+not+on+VMware\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Configurable+setting+to+use+linked+clones+or+not+on+VMware\|\|\	JT
33	VM's base image update facility	Hari P	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Base+Image+Updation+facility\|../../../../../../../../../display/CLOUDSTACK/Base+Image+Updation+facility\|\|\	JT

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In addition to the deliverables noted,additional activities are required during this timeframetime frame.

Set up documentation repos related to Apache project incubation for non-committers
Set up tools to build and publish documentation sets on a new doc website
Community outreach activities: presentations at professional gatherings, presence on mailing lists , etc.and social media, organizing CloudStack meetups,

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