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Add link to CENGN mirror on home page, introduction, and consuming doc. This review supercedes review #617965 Change-Id: I1211e26e523ce75c954c8c7f5835c2228fc94baf Signed-off-by: Kristal Dale <kristal.dale@intel.com>
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Consuming StarlingX
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StarlingX is ready for you to use today, however, limitations exist regarding
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what you can do with the open source software. Software features like secure
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boot and live software update are not fully enabled by the community.
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The community does not provide signed software images, which are needed to enable
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features that depend on signed images to implement security features. Providing
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signed images is typically the responsibility of commercial vendors or the users
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themselves. Here are three ways in which you can consume StarlingX.
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Deploy the open source code
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You can use the open source software directly. Our community partner CENGN provides
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a StarlingX mirror with ready to run ISO images of the current StarlingX releases and
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daily builds. View the
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`CENGN StarlingX mirror <http://mirror.starlingx.cengn.ca/mirror/starlingx/>`_.
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As previously mentioned, these images are not signed and thus do not support
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secure boot or live software updates. You can also build your own images.
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The StarlingX community recommends that users planning to deploy the open source
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software use the release images, which have been tested and validated by the
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community. Developers planning to work against the tip of the source trees
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typically use the daily builds.
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Deploy an internal version of StarlingX
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If you are part of a company, the company itself can create a team to create
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their own version of StarlingX for internal use. Such a team can do acceptance
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testing of the open source software, customize it as needed, sign their own
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internal images, and use the features in StarlingX to enable secure boot and to
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develop and deliver live software updates (patches) to their internal users.
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Deploy code from a vendor
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You can consume a commercial vendor's StarlingX-based product or solution.
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Vendors provide signed images and signed software updates. They may also add
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features or content to the open source software and they may provide other
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services such as technical support.
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The StarlingX community expects several vendors to provide StarlingX-based products
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and solutions. We hope to see more as our community grows.
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