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Details on the documentation needs for ACS Apache CloudStack 4.1.
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The Documentation plan is derived from the 4.1 Release Page and the Apache CloudStack 4.1 QA Plan. The following table lists the new features and how they affect documentation. We are committed to provide documentation for features marked P1 and P2.
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1 | AWS-Style Regions |
| Kishan Kavala | https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/AWS-Style+Regions aws-ec2-introduction.xml: add paragraph that gives an overview of the feature. | Kishan Kavala | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-815 | JT | API is documentation in the Dev Guide (radhika) |
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2 | F5 & SRX inline mode |
| Sheng | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-800 | Radhika | done | ||||||
3 | AutoScale |
| Vijay | https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Autoscaling | Radhika | done | ||||||
4 | Advanced Search UI | Not sure this really needs documentation. | Brian | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-827 |
| Parent eng bug marked Reopened 2/27 | ||||||
5 | S3-backed Secondary Storage |
| John Burwell | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-509878 |
| Parent eng bug Reopened 2/27 | ||||||
6 | EC2 Query API support |
| Likitha | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-829 | Sebastien | On Track. (When was this status written? Need to check in w/Sebastien) Parent eng bug is still open 2/27 | ||||||
7 | API Request Throttling |
| Min | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-866 | JT | Ready Feature is ready to document. Not started. | ||||||
8 | Enhanced baremetal servers support on Cisco UCS |
| Frank zhang | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-861 | Radhika | Parent eng bug marked In Progress 2/27 | ||||||
9 | Events framework to publish/subscribe to CloudStack events |
| Murali | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-1270 |
| Radhika | On Track Done. | |||||
10 | OVS support in KVM |
| Hugo | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-824 | Hugo | Done | ||||||
11 | Reset SSH Key to access VM (similar to reset password) |
| Harikrishna Patnala | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-830 | JT | done. Worth double-checking that the doc is in 4.1, not just master. | ||||||
12 | Security Groups Isolation in Advanced Zone |
| Anthony |
| JT | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-805 | JT | done. *ALERT* It appears the feature code was reverted, but the docs were not. Need to check into this! done | ||||
13 | Site-to-Site VPN: Monitoring of VPN Tunnels |
| Sheng | https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ Doc: CLOUDSTACK-806 | Radhika | done. *ALERT* The parent eng bug has been moved to 4.2. Need to check whether the docs were reverted. (Radhika: The sub task monitoring vpn tunnel is part of 4.1. Confirmed)(JT: Thanks Radhika. Then this is really "Done.") | ||||||
14 | Persistent Networks without running a VM |
| Likitha | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-852 | Radhika | done | ||||||
15 | Egress firewall rules for guest network |
| Jaypal Reddy |
| Radhika | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-1028 | Radhika | Done. | ||||
16 | Additional VMX Settings |
| Vijay B | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-811 |
| Radhika | done | |||||
17 | Resize volumes feature |
| Marcus Sorensen | https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-644 | Radhika | Radhika | done | |||||
18 | Add/remove network on VM |
| Marcus Sorensen | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-890 | Radhika | Done |
| Parent eng bug still open 2/27 | 9726/ | |||
19 | Limit API Queries (CLOUDSTACK-618)Queries |
| Min Chen | ? | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-866 | JT | Parent eng bug marked Fixed in 4.1 2/27 | |||||
20 | Improve API Performance / Add Search Capabilities |
| Min Chen | ? |
| JT | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-865 | JT | Parent eng bug marked Fixed in 4.1. This is not listed in the 4.1 Features List-- why not? Docs not started. 2/27 | |||
21 | Allow for same vlan on different physical nics |
| Marcus | https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ Doc: CLOUDSTACK-1221 |
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| Radhika | Done. Parent eng bug marked fixed for 4.1. (This is from the Improvements list on the 4.1 Release wiki page.) | |||
22 | BigSwitch network plugin |
| Kanzhe Jiang | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-1442 |
| JT | Parent eng bug marked In Progress 2/27 | |||||
23 | ApiDiscoverService: Implement a plugin mechanism that exposes the list of APIs through a discovery service on the management server |
| Rohit | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-1441 |
| Parent eng bug marked Fixed in 4.1 | ||||||
24 | Implement L3 Router functionality in Nicira Nvp Plugin |
| Hugo | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-862 | Hugo | Parent eng bug marked Fixed in 4.1 | ||||||
25 | Mash up marvin into an interactive auto-completing API shell for CloudStack (aka Cloudmonkey CLI) |
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| Doc: CLOUDSTACK-825 | Sebastien | Parent eng bug marked Fixed in 4.1. Doc bug still In Progress. There are some cloudmonkey docs in the wiki. 2/27 | ||||
26 | Baremetal kickstart |
| Frank | Doc: CLOUDSTACK-1478 | JT | Not started. (This is from the Improvements list on the 4.1 Release wiki page.) | ||||||
27 | Nicira NVP/KVM | Not sure whether this affects docs. | Hugo | Eng: CLOUDSTACK-727 |
| ?? (This is from the Improvements list on the 4.1 Release wiki page.) | ||||||
28 | Netscaler plugin | Not sure whether this is going in 4.1 | Vijay V. | Eng: CLOUDSTACK-716 |
| ?? (This is from the Improvements list on the 4.1 Release wiki page.) | ||||||
27 | Update Developer Guide | Add new/changed APIs to "What's New" lists | 26 | Update Developer Guide |
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27 28 | Release Notes 4.1 |
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28 29 | Update Installation Guides |
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30 | Documentation Bugs |
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31 | API changes for IPv6 Support |
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Installation Guides: Update
Each new releases release requires an update of the existing Installation Guide. A rewrite is required for "build from source" installation procedure. Looking for community contribution.
Hours: Up to 32 hours
Release Notes
Each new release requires an update of existing Release Notes. New features, Known issues, and Fixed issues sections require major rewrite.
Hours: Up to 32 hours including the review cycle.
API Reference: Update
Each new release requires an update of the existing API Reference man pages. These are auto-generated and require only posting to the website.
Hours: Up to 8 hours maximum if no rewrite is planned.
Documentation Bugs
It is assumed that bugs will be filed against documentation and some will be prioritized for this release. Currently known doc bugs per release can be obtained by querying the bugbase. Triage of existing bugs is needed to determine which are required in this release. The goal is to address as many as possible of the bugs that reflect inaccuracies in the documentation. Enhancement requests can be targeted to a later release.Hours: Dedicating up to 60 hours for defect closure.This might vary based on the feature requirements.
Translation
Publican can output .po files which we can use to translate documentation into any desired language. DECISIONS REQUIRED:
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We are using Transifex to obtain community contributed translations of the documentation. For more information, see http://www.slideshare.net/sebastiengoasguen/how-to-translate-apache-cloudstack-docs
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Additional Doc Activities
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Event Notification Framework: DoneMerged.
Resubmitted the patch https://reviews.apache.org/r/8636/
Allow for same vlan on different physical nics: Swamy reviewed. Merged to master n 4.1
IP Reservation (4.2 feature): sent for tech review
March 4-8
IP Reservation (4.2 feature): Review comments incorporated (3/5)
Add/Remove Network on VM : https://reviews.apache.org/r/9726/
AWS Style Regions: Dev Guide has been updated
IPv6 API: First draft shared with QA for review
March 11-15
dvSwitch: Documented the UI specific tasks, overview
IPv6: Done review with QA. Addition points have been added.
March 18-21
IPv6: Send for second round of technical review
Fixed CLOUDSTACK-1409
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