From f01dcdf64b7c117057fadd795d2b7b97f1fa4d43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Stanley Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2017 17:09:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Adding Infra contributors is a top 5 opportunity Our community has pointed needs for systems and services to accelerate development and help ensure production of quality software. Maintenance of and support using this infrastructure risks falling victim to a tragedy of the commons, so inform those looking for somewhere to make a difference that this is a great place to do so. Change-Id: If344bb3862d0b54a37cd28933ef1f01ad075ba31 --- reference/top-5-help-wanted.rst | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) diff --git a/reference/top-5-help-wanted.rst b/reference/top-5-help-wanted.rst index 1646ffa44..de3a7ca1b 100644 --- a/reference/top-5-help-wanted.rst +++ b/reference/top-5-help-wanted.rst @@ -77,3 +77,54 @@ Glance PTL (rosmaita), the TC sponsor for this item (flaper87) or starting a new email thread on the ML using the tag `[glance]`. .. _`Glance`: https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/projects/glance.html + + +3. Community Infrastructure Sysadmins +===================================== + +The Infrastructure_ team is responsible for designing, building and +maintaining the systems that are used in the day to day operation of +the OpenStack project as a whole; this includes development, +testing, and collaboration tools. All of the software it runs is +open source, and under public configuration management so that +everyone in the community has the opportunity to participate. One +very effective way to get involved in OpenStack, gaining a deep +understanding of and visibility within the community, is by helping +operate this infrastructure. Attrition due to shifts in employment +or availability of personal time impacts the team's ability to +support the community effectively, and so there is a constant need +for new contributors who can commit to investing sufficient effort +to overcome the steep learning curve associated with these varied +technologies. + +Because our community is global, its support needs span most +timezones. Unfortunately, the bulk of long-term contributors to +Infrastructure are concentrated in the Americas and so this leaves +APAC and EMEA community members with far fewer options for immediate +assistance with urgent issues. Gaining more contributors who are +active during those times (whether they live in those parts of the +World or not) would provide a substantial benefit to the community. +This is not necessarily as easy as it sounds because it's harder to +get as much overlap with the current bulk of the team for shadowing +and knowledge transfer, but there are still some existing team +members in those timezones who can help mitigate that somewhat. + +In particular, the team seeks developers and systems administrators +with a background both in maintaining Unix/Linux servers and free +software, and places heavy emphasis on systems automation and +configuration management (primarily Ansible and Puppet at the +moment). Everything possible goes through code review, and gets +extensively documented and communicated with the rest of the +community over IRC and mailing lists. Server resources are donated +by companies operating OpenStack services, and the team also +operates a persistent deployment of OpenStack too, so there is +substantial opportunity both for people who have experience in those +technologies as well as anyone wishing to gain more familiarity with +them. + +Join the #openstack-infra channel on the Freenode IRC network or +reach out through the openstack-infra mailing lists on +lists.openstack.org if you would like to get involved. It's a +rewarding chance to learn and help others, but most of all it's fun! + +.. _Infrastructure: :ref:project-infrastructure