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Overview

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History

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Kamaki was created in 2011 by the `Synnefo <http://www.synnefo.org>`_

development team at the *Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET)*,

initially as an internal project and later as a multipurpose tool for all

users.

Synnefo is open source cloud software used to create massively scalable IaaS

clouds. It uses Google Ganeti for the low level VM management. It talks to

the outside world through the OpenStack APIs with extensions for advanced

operations. Synnefo is used by GRNET to power its

`~okeanos <http://okeanos.grnet.gr>`_ service, providing cloud services to the

whole Greek research and academic community. 

Kamaki was originally conceived as a handy tool for the developers of *Synnefo*

and the administrators of *~okeanos*. The initial purpose of kamaki was to

provide an easy to use command-line client for accessing the various ReST APIs

of Synnefo.

Kamaki has been designed to act as a command line client as well as a python

library for client developers. It is widely used in various Synnefo and okeanos

components. Third parties are also encouraged to use the kamaki library for

developing their own python-based cloud applications.

As Synnefo became a full, scalable and stable cloud solution, kamaki also

evolved to an intuitive, multipurpose tool, available to a wider user base.

For example, it is used as the main Pithos+ client in Linux and other Unix-like

environments. It can be easily set up in all popular platforms, including

recent Linux, OS X and Windows releases.

Who uses *kamaki*?

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Kamaki is targeted to new and advanced users who need an intuitive

command-line tool for managing a local or remote Synnefo deployment.

*kamaki* is currently used

* internally by the Synnefo development team to test the Synnefo software,

* by the deployment team which operates GRNET ~okeanos service

* as the main Pithos+ client in Linux and other Unix-like environments

* by third-party Synnefo deployers for testing and debugging their setup

* as an API library for other components in the Synnefo universe.

Community & Support

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The *kamaki* development team values your help and depends on community

feedback for the evolution of new features. Any contributions and bug reports

are highly appreciated.

For any problems you may bump into while using *kamaki* or for help from the

development team please contact us at::

* Users list: synnefo@googlegroups.com

* Developers list: synnefo-devel@googlegroups.com