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NIST sessions on Real World Collaboration with Academia, Government, Industry & SDOs
by Alan Sill 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Hi Florian, The agenda for the NIST Cloud Forum IV has been posted now at the following link: http://www.nist.gov/itl/cloud/upload/CCWWIV_agenda.pdf Look for entries with the location "Flag Hallway" These are: DAY 1 – November 2, 2011 8:00 ‐ 9:00 am 1:15 ‐ 2:45 pm 3:20 ‐ 5:00 pm DAY 2 – November 3, 2011 8:00 ‐ 9:00 am 12:40 ‐ 2:00 pm 3:15 ‐ 5:00 pm For time zone conversion, see http://timeanddate.com I will bring along the screencast that you sent (a higher-resolution version would be nice, but this is OK), and if you can connect at any of those times by Skype, we can do some live screencasting / videoconferencing also. If anyone else would like to Skype in at one or more of those times, we can share the load. (Feel free to make this offer to others in the OCCI-WG). Thanks, Alan On Nov 1, 2011, at 5:35 PM, "Feldhaus, Florian" <florian.feldhaus(a)gwdg.de> wrote: > You mentioned, that it would be nice if I could connect to your meeting > and answer questions or do some live demonstration. If this is still the > case, could you send me the exact time?

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[cloudtwg] Groups - Event "Cloud Plugfest Meeting" modified
by Thomas Mancuso 02 Nov '11

02 Nov '11

Submitter's message Notes from today's meeting. -- Mr. Thomas Mancuso ----------------- Event Title: Cloud Plugfest Meeting Date: Tuesday, 01 November 2011, 09:00am - 10:00am MST Description DIal-in Detail: US- 1-866-252-0050 DE – 08 005 889 770 CH - +86 (0) 400 681 5437 PIN: 551 387 44# WebEx (if needed): http://snia.webex.com Topic: Cloud Plugfest Planning Password: cloud2011   View Details : https://members.snia.org/apps/org/workgroup/cloudtwg/event.php?event_id=452… ----------------- Agenda Preliminary Agenda: 1) Establish schedule for plugfest planning meetings 2) Recap of Cloud Plugfest at SDC (what worked and what did not) 3) Logistics for future plugfest(s) + Target date + Location(s) 4) Discuss cloud plugfest goals for 2012 5) Discuss options for formalizing cloud plugfests Minutes Attendees: Tom, Mark, Florian, David 1) Establish schedule for plugfest planning meetings - Future planning meetings will be set for 7 AM Pacific Time 2) Recap of Cloud Plugfest at SDC (what worked and what did not) + very glad with NetApp and how they organized everything + It was great option to participate remotely and everything was manageable in spite of different time zone + Presenting during the Cloud PlugFest helped interactions with the other participants and to understand their point of view for our solution - The 9h of Lag is hurting the communication - Have tighter agenda with some points that includes everyone in the testing process - It was sometimes hard to get in touch with the people in the US. This led to some problems in using their test instances - Amount of inter action between the EMEA people seemed quite low ... most attendees where from TU Dortmund Suggestions: - Provide a URL of chat and wiki a few days in advance - Test instances should be at least up and running a few days before the plugfest and run nonstop until a few days after the plugfest - There should be stable and experimental test instances to be able to separate client tests against stable servers from server tests - One organized sync up meeting per day where everyone is encouraged to report on problems and progress - It would be great if OVF could be included in the next plugfest - More organized plugfest agenda - have a tighter agenda with some points that includes everyone in the testing process 3) Logistics for future plugfest(s) - Target date - date options -- Earliest date would be January 3-5 or Feb 7-9 or Feb 28- Mar 1 -- AI: Tom will setup a doodle poll (Mark will forward to OVF & CIMI folks) --- Open a doodle poll for two weeks, then schedule next PF planning call the following Tuesday (22 November). - Potential participants: - Vision Cloud Project -- AI: David volunteered to develop a list of European target participants - Location(s) -- AI: Florian will look into other location options for Europe venue -- Agreed that Europe would be primary location (Mark & David are planning to attend) -- US location would be remote and may require Mark or David to be present --- If there is critical mass of US folks, then can look into an east coast location --- SNIA Tech Center not an option due to time zone deltas 4) Discuss cloud plugfest goals for 2012 - Could organize mini virtual plugfests leading up to main plugfests - schedule 3-4 plugfest per year spaced 3-4 mos apart. - Keep plugfests sequentially numbered, PF #1...n - helps demonstrate maturity of activity -- Plan to have plugfest T-shirts given out at some point -- AI: Setup doodle polls for each future plugfest after initial plugfest is set - Tom will look into schedules 5) Discuss options for formalizing cloud plugfests - More formalized testing procedure to run "stable" tests instances - Have stable test tools available - Interoperability testing between implementations after initial spec conformance testing - Get more data into Wiki matrix, later on we can look at a more formal method and publicizing results for marketing needs Next meeting: 22 November @ 7:00 AM Pacific Time Owner: Mr. Thomas Mancuso Group: TWG: Cloud Storage Sharing: This event is not shared to any other groups. Recurrence This event is part of a series with 9 more events. The next 4 events in this series: Tuesday, 08 November 2011, 09:00am to 10:00am MST Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 09:00am to 10:00am MST Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 09:00am to 10:00am MST Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 09:00am to 10:00am MST

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doyouspeakOCCI?
by alexander.papaspyrou＠tu-dortmund.de 29 Oct '11

29 Oct '11

Folks, I am happy to (finally) announce the new version of doyouspeakOCCI (dyso), an online compliance testing tool for the OCCI family of specs. The Google App Engine based application is running at http://doyouspeakocci.appspot.com and you are welcome to break it (™). In the unlikely event of a loss of cabin pressure, ehm, an issue with the app please open a ticket at http://github.com/irf/doyouspeakocci. New in this version: - dyso now fully runs on GAE, without external dependencies (such as httplib2). To achieve this, the "old" tests from Thijs have been removed from the repo, and replaced by a version that bases on the URLfetch service of GAE. - new, beautiful XHTML/CSS user interface - initial version of statistics - some documentation - slightly more resilient tests - improved templating I would love some input from you guys, especially since I had some bootstrapping problems with GAE (tests failed where they shouldn't), so feel free to torture dyso at your discretion. Best, Alexander Am 06.10.2011 um 17:48 schrieb Jamie Marshall: > Hello Alexander, > > That sounds like exactly the thing I am looking for. > I will certainly have a look in on it when the date comes round. > Thank you very much for the information. > > Sincerely > Iain Marshall > > From: alexander.papaspyrou(a)tu-dortmund.de > To: andy.edmonds(a)gmail.com > CC: ijm667(a)hotmail.com; occi-wg(a)ogf.org > Subject: Re: [occi-wg] OCCI Test Procedures > Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 11:39:05 +0000 > > Hi Iain, > > I am working on an updated version of 'do you speak OCCI?', a GAE-based online testing tool for OCCI. I hope to get it online by October 15th. > > Stay tuned on http://doyouspeakocci.appspot.com > > Best, > Alexander > > Am 25.09.2011 um 18:13 schrieb Andy Edmonds: > > > Hey Jamie - as far asi last remembered that test code is on the OCCI OGF SVN server (http://forge.ogf.org/integration/viewcvs/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/?root=occi-wg&sy…) > > > > Andy > > > > > > > > On 25 Sep 2011, at 11:23, Jamie Marshall <ijm667(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Dear All, > >> > >> I met with Florian Feldhaus yesterday at the Open World Forum and we discussed the existance of an OCCI implementation test suite. > >> Is there any one that could point me in the right direction to find this so that I may validate an important piece of work that has been done using OCCI at its heart. > >> > >> Yours Sincerely > >> Iain James Marshall > >> CompatibleOne Accords Lead > >> Expertise Manager > >> Prologue > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> occi-wg mailing list > >> occi-wg(a)ogf.org > >> http://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo/occi-wg > > _______________________________________________ > > occi-wg mailing list > > occi-wg(a)ogf.org > > http://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo/occi-wg > > -- > Alexander Papaspyrou > alexander.papaspyrou(a)tu-dortmund.de -- Alexander Papaspyrou alexander.papaspyrou(a)tu-dortmund.de

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Security Researchers Rain on Amazon's Cloud
by Sill, Alan 29 Oct '11

29 Oct '11

I thought you might be interested in the following story on TechnologyReview.com: "Security Researchers Rain on Amazon's Cloud" Experts find way to modify controls within Amazon's cloud service, but the hole is quickly plugged. http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=39014&a=f Good security is an essential part of a complete cloud solution. Alan

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Re: [occi-wg] NIST doc delivered
by Edmonds, AndrewX 25 Oct '11

25 Oct '11

Yes the aspect of “measured service” is one that I’m introducing into the on-going Future Internet Architecture discussions, through the vehicle of Dependability and Transparency. The aim here is to bring further dependability into FIA’s Internet of Service considerations. Some earlier thoughts of mine on the topic can be found here [1]. Andy [1] http://andy.edmonds.be/2011/10/cloud-and-dependability/ From: occi-wg-bounces(a)ogf.org<mailto:occi-wg-bounces@ogf.org> [mailto:occi-wg-bounces@ogf.org]<mailto:[mailto:occi-wg-bounces@ogf.org]> On Behalf Of Augusto Ciuffoletti Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 10:18 AM To: occi-wg(a)ogf.org<mailto:occi-wg@ogf.org> Subject: [occi-wg] NIST doc delivered The U.S. NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) has approved on Thursday the "The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing": a couple of pages (2 pages in number) that are worth reading. http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf My impression is that the definition is a bit more detailed and somewhat advanced than others, though obviously there are no new ideas. It is a reasonable snapshot of what we expect from CC, that will somewhat serve as a guideline future developments. It looks interesting to me the introduction of "rapid elasticity" and the explicit statement of "measured service" (see the OCCI document on SLA, currently in public comment). The deployment modes (private/hybrid/public and community) are also explicitly stated. Bye -- Augusto Ciuffoletti Dipartimento di Informatica Università di Pisa 56100 - Pisa (Italy) ------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Ireland Limited (Branch) Collinstown Industrial Park, Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland Registered Number: E902934 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies.

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NIST doc delivered
by Augusto Ciuffoletti 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

The U.S. NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) has approved on Thursday the "The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing": a couple of pages (2 pages in number) that are worth reading. http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-145/SP800-145.pdf My impression is that the definition is a bit more detailed and somewhat advanced than others, though obviously there are no new ideas. It is a reasonable snapshot of what we expect from CC, that will somewhat serve as a guideline future developments. It looks interesting to me the introduction of "rapid elasticity" and the explicit statement of "measured service" (see the OCCI document on SLA, currently in public comment). The deployment modes (private/hybrid/public and community) are also explicitly stated. Bye -- Augusto Ciuffoletti Dipartimento di Informatica Università di Pisa 56100 - Pisa (Italy)

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Apache Libcloud Python library - Apache Libcloud is a standard Python library that abstracts away differences among multiple cloud provider APIs
by Alan Sill 20 Oct '11

20 Oct '11

Thought you would be interested in the following link. Should we be working with this project? Topic: Apache Libcloud is a standard Python library that abstracts away differences among multiple cloud provider APIs Link: http://libcloud.apache.org/ Alan Alan Sill, Ph.D Senior Scientist, High Performance Computing Center Adjunct Professor of Physics, TTU Vice President of Standards, Open Grid Forum ==================================================================== : Alan Sill, Texas Tech University Office: Drane 162, MS 4-1167 : : e-mail: Alan.Sill(a)ttu.edu ph. 806-834-5940 fax 806-834-4358 : ====================================================================

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Validating the Cloud on, well, the Cloud
by alexander.papaspyrou＠tu-dortmund.de 14 Oct '11

14 Oct '11

Folks, in a moment of boredom, I rewrote Thijs' OCCI testing tool to run in Google App Engine (GAE). Please take a look at http://doyouspeakocci.appspot.com for the application (and, of course, try your service) and see https://github.com/lxndrp/doyouspeakocci/ for the source code of the application. The code is largely undocumented, but not very difficult to understand, if you are (like me) a fairly bad Python programmer and ever heard of Django Templates. If you find anything that you wish to improve, feel free to do so. A few rules of thumb for this: 1. Although the code is released under LGPL2, I consider it "AdviseWare": when making an improvement, let me know where I was too stupid to get it right in the first place. 2. Remember that GAE has certain restrictions in what can be done and how you can do it. See http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/appengine/docs/ for details. 3. Before making a change, create a ticket in the GitHub tracker. 4. During making a change, remember to add some documentation (for new classes and defs) or at least comments (close to your change). 5. After making a change, enjoy the fuzzy feeling of having contributed to the community. Even if you are not a Python developer, you can help out: the pages served by the application look, ahem, bad. So if you happen to be an HTML/CSS expert, your help is more than appreciated. Ultimately, the testing tool should look similar to the web pages at http://occi-wg.org (ask Andy whether you can feel free to steal stuff from there for the GAE app!). Hoping you will enjoy the tool, my mind demands some rest now and advises me to be off for a few beers. Best, Alexander

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Re: [occi-wg] Validating the Cloud on, well, the Cloud
by Ralf Nyren 11 Oct '11

11 Oct '11

Hi Alan, I do not think the Google apps test are updated. Last time I checked they where not 1.1 compatible. Thijs has uploaded proper OCCI 1.1 test suite to gridengine. Those test has 100% pass on both my demo and Thijs implementation. Alex, maybe take down the doyouspeakocci page until it has been updated? Regards, Ralf Alan Sill <alansill(a)highenergy.phys.ttu.edu> wrote: >An increasing number of the tests for Ralf's interface demo at http://www.nyren.net/api > are failing using the appspot version... is this because of changes >in the test code or changes in the implementation example? > >Thanks! > >Alan > >On Apr 2, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Ralf Nyren wrote: > >> Nice work! >> >> Ran the tests on my occi-py demo and got some unexpected failures. >> Thijs >> standalone test-program works fine. >> >> I did some digging and it appears some of the tests does not properly >> specify 'Accept: text/occi' where header rendering is expected. text/ >> plain >> is the default now. Just to verify I changed back to text/occi as the >> default in my demo and then the tests went through. >> >> /Ralf >> >> On Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:57:59 +0200, <alexander.papaspyrou(a)tu-dortmund.de >> > >> wrote: >> >>> Folks, >>> >>> in a moment of boredom, I rewrote Thijs' OCCI testing tool to run in >>> Google App Engine (GAE). >>> >>> Please take a look at >>> >>> http://doyouspeakocci.appspot.com >>> >>> for the application (and, of course, try your service) and see >>> >>> https://github.com/lxndrp/doyouspeakocci/ >>> >>> for the source code of the application. >>> >>> The code is largely undocumented, but not very difficult to >>> understand, >>> if you are (like me) a fairly bad Python programmer and ever heard of >>> Django Templates. If you find anything that you wish to improve, feel >>> free to do so. A few rules of thumb for this: >>> >>> 1. Although the code is released under LGPL2, I consider it >>> "AdviseWare": when making an improvement, let me know where I was too >>> stupid to get it right in the first place. >>> 2. Remember that GAE has certain restrictions in what can be done and >>> how you can do it. See http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/appengine/docs/ >>> for details. >>> 3. Before making a change, create a ticket in the GitHub tracker. >>> 4. During making a change, remember to add some documentation (for >>> new >>> classes and defs) or at least comments (close to your change). >>> 5. After making a change, enjoy the fuzzy feeling of having >>> contributed >>> to the community. >>> >>> Even if you are not a Python developer, you can help out: the pages >>> served by the application look, ahem, bad. So if you happen to be an >>> HTML/CSS expert, your help is more than appreciated. Ultimately, the >>> testing tool should look similar to the web pages at http://occi-wg.org >>> (ask Andy whether you can feel free to steal stuff from there for the >>> GAE app!). >>> >>> Hoping you will enjoy the tool, my mind demands some rest now and >>> advises me to be off for a few beers. >>> >>> Best, >>> Alexander >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> occi-wg mailing list >>> occi-wg(a)ogf.org >>> http://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo/occi-wg >> >> _______________________________________________ >> occi-wg mailing list >> occi-wg(a)ogf.org >> http://www.ogf.org/mailman/listinfo/occi-wg > >Alan Sill, Ph.D >Senior Scientist, High Performance Computing Center >Adjunct Professor of Physics >TTU > >==================================================================== >: Alan Sill, Texas Tech University Office: Drane 162, MS 4-1167 : >: e-mail: Alan.Sill(a)ttu.edu ph. 806-834-5940 fax 806-834-4358 : >==================================================================== > > > > >

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OCCI hosting - server available.
by Michael Behrens 08 Oct '11

08 Oct '11

FYI: We can host additional OCCI test instances at the SNIA Labs if someone want to use that as a server (in a VM). I can host an OCCI test server on r2ad.net if that would be helpful. It's a CentOS platform. Thanks. - Michael B.

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