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1 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | Overview |
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2 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | ======== |
3 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | |
4 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | History |
5 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | ------- |
6 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | |
7 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | Kamaki was created in 2011 by the `Synnefo <http://www.synnefo.org>`_ |
8 | 16d7b9ff | Stavros Sachtouris | development team at the *Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET)*, |
9 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | initially as an internal project and later as a multipurpose tool for all |
10 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | users. |
11 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | |
12 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | Synnefo is open source cloud software used to create massively scalable IaaS |
13 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | clouds. It uses Google Ganeti for the low level VM management. It talks to |
14 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | the outside world through the OpenStack APIs with extensions for advanced |
15 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | operations. Synnefo is used by GRNET to power its |
16 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | `~okeanos <http://okeanos.grnet.gr>`_ service, providing cloud services to the |
17 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | whole Greek research and academic community. |
18 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | |
19 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | Kamaki was originally conceived as a handy tool for the developers of *Synnefo* |
20 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | and the administrators of *~okeanos*. The initial purpose of kamaki was to |
21 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | provide an easy to use command-line client for accessing the various ReST APIs |
22 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | of Synnefo. |
23 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | |
24 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | Kamaki has been designed to act as a command line client as well as a python |
25 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | library for client developers. It is widely used in various Synnefo and okeanos |
26 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | components. Third parties are also encouraged to use the kamaki library for |
27 | 16d7b9ff | Stavros Sachtouris | developing their own python-based cloud applications. |
28 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | |
29 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | As Synnefo became a full, scalable and stable cloud solution, kamaki also |
30 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | evolved to an intuitive, multipurpose tool, available to a wider user base. |
31 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | For example, it is used as the main Pithos+ client in Linux and other Unix-like |
32 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | environments. It can be easily set up in all popular platforms, including |
33 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | recent Linux, OS X and Windows releases. |
34 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | |
35 | cf49aa14 | Stavros Sachtouris | Who uses *kamaki*? |
36 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | ------------------ |
37 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | |
38 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | Kamaki is targeted to new and advanced users who need an intuitive |
39 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | command-line tool for managing a local or remote Synnefo deployment. |
40 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | |
41 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | *kamaki* is currently used |
42 | cf49aa14 | Stavros Sachtouris | |
43 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | * internally by the Synnefo development team to test the Synnefo software, |
44 | f5d9bc54 | Stavros Sachtouris | |
45 | 16d7b9ff | Stavros Sachtouris | * by the deployment team which operates GRNET ~okeanos service |
46 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | |
47 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | * as the main Pithos+ client in Linux and other Unix-like environments |
48 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | |
49 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | * by third-party Synnefo deployers for testing and debugging their setup |
50 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | |
51 | fa479dc3 | Stavros Sachtouris | * as an API library for other components in the Synnefo universe. |
52 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | |
53 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | Community & Support |
54 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | ------------------- |
55 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | |
56 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | The *kamaki* development team values your help and depends on community |
57 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | feedback for the evolution of new features. Any contributions and bug reports |
58 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | are highly appreciated. |
59 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | |
60 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | For any problems you may bump into while using *kamaki* or for help from the |
61 | abfaa6d9 | Vangelis Koukis | development team please contact us at:: |
62 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | |
63 | d8214a23 | Constantinos Venetsanopoulos | * Users list: synnefo@googlegroups.com |
64 | d8214a23 | Constantinos Venetsanopoulos | * Developers list: synnefo-devel@googlegroups.com |