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Overview |
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Kamaki was created on 2011 by the Synnefo (http://www.synnefo.org) development |
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team of the *Greek Research and Technology Network (GRNET)*, initially as an |
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internal project and later as a multipurpose tool for all users. |
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Synnefo is an IaaS system which is based on and extents OpenStack. |
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Synnefo has been deployed in many environments to cover multiple needs. The |
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most notable, deployment is probably the GRNET's |
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`~okeanos <http://okeanos.grnet.gr>`_ IaaS service, running in GRNET data |
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centers, is used to offer cloud services to the Greek Research and Academic |
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Community. |
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Kamaki was originally conceived as a handy tool for the developers of *Synnefo* |
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and the administrators of *Okeanos*. The initial purpose of kamaki was to |
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provide an easy to use command line client for accessing the various ReST APIs |
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of Synnefo. |
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Kamaki has been designed to act as a command line client as well as a python |
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library for client developers. It is widely used in various synnefo and okeanos |
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components. Third parties are also encouraged to use the kamaki library for |
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developing their own python-based cloud-client applications. |
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As Synnefo became a full, scalable and stable cloud solution, kamaki also |
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evolved to an intuitive, multipurpose tool, available to a wider user base. |
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For example, it is used as the main Pithos+ client at Linux and other Unix-like |
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environments. It can be easily set up in all popular platforms, including |
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recent Linux, OS X and Windows releases. |
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Who uses *kamaki*? |
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Kamaki is targeted to new and advanced users who need an intuitive managerial console tool to manage a local or remote synnefo cloud installation, without |
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excluding users who need to use just parts of the cloud system (e.g. only |
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Pihtos+ storage service or only Image services) |
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*kamaki* is currently used |
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* internally by the Synnefo development team to test the synnefo software, |
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* by the deployment team which operates the GRNET ~okeanos service |
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* as the main Pithos+ client at Linux and other Unix-like environments |
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* by third party Synnefo deploys who need to test and debug their cloud setup |
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* as an API library for other components in the Synnefo universe. |
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Contributing and helping out |
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The *kamaki* development team values your help and depends on community feedback for feature evolution. Any contributions and bug reports will be |
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highly appreciated. |
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Community & Support |
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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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* Users list: synnefo@googlegroups.com |
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* Developers list: synnefo-devel@googlegroups.com |
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Bug reports and feedback are also highly appreciated. |