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1 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | Overview |
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2 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | ======== |
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4 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | History |
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6 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | |
7 | 7536c9bf | Stavros Sachtouris | Here, at the *Greek Research and Technology Network*, we have been developing an IaaS cloud management software called **synnefo** (or **+nefo**) that is accessed and managed via an extended OpenStack Compute API v1.1. Synnefo has been deployed in many environments to cover multiple needs. For example, the `~okeanos <http://okeanos.grnet.gr>`_ IaaS service, running in our data centers, is used to offer services for the Greek Research and Academic Community. |
8 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | |
9 | cf49aa14 | Stavros Sachtouris | From the early start, we needed a simple command-line tool to test the OpenStack API. That's why we developed *kamaki*, which proved to be powerful and intuitive enough, to be used not only for testing purposes but also as a complete Openstack Compute API v1.1 client, able to manage our cloud from the command line. |
10 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | |
11 | cf49aa14 | Stavros Sachtouris | Once it proved so useful to us, we decided to open the source, so the community can benefit from it, and *kamaki* can benefit from the community too. |
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13 | cf49aa14 | Stavros Sachtouris | Who uses *kamaki*? |
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16 | f5d9bc54 | Stavros Sachtouris | Kamaki is targeted to new and advanced users who need an intuitive managerial console tool to manage a local or remote synnefo cloud installation. |
17 | cf49aa14 | Stavros Sachtouris | |
18 | f5d9bc54 | Stavros Sachtouris | *kamaki* is currently used (i) internally in GRNET by the development team to test the synnefo software, (ii) by the deployment team which operates the ~okeanos service and (iii) by the testers using the ~okeanos service and want to access the service from the command line. |
19 | f5d9bc54 | Stavros Sachtouris | |
20 | f5d9bc54 | Stavros Sachtouris | What's more, (iv) *kamaki* clients API is used in synnefo as an API for accessing remote services as well as (v) for building manager tools of various synnefo functions (e.g. image registration). |
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23 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | Contributing and helping out |
24 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | ---------------------------- |
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26 | cf49aa14 | Stavros Sachtouris | The *kamaki* development team values your help and depends on community feedback for feature evolution. Any contributions and bug reports will be highly appreciated. Using *kamaki* and sending us feedback is also a good start. |
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29 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | Community & Support |
30 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | ------------------- |
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32 | 03d661d8 | Stavros Sachtouris | For any problems you may bump into while using *kamaki* or for help from the development team please contact us at:: |
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34 | d8214a23 | Constantinos Venetsanopoulos | * Users list: synnefo@googlegroups.com |
35 | d8214a23 | Constantinos Venetsanopoulos | * Developers list: synnefo-devel@googlegroups.com |
36 | fa0fa721 | Giorgos Verigakis | |
37 | d8214a23 | Constantinos Venetsanopoulos | Bug reports and feedback are also highly appreciated. |