On Jun 24, 2014, at 10:19 PM, Mike Tutkowski <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Seif! > > Seif and I have been communicating pretty much on a daily basis with > regards to his GSoC project. > > He's new to CloudStack, so there was a lot of startup-related overhead. > Once he got past that, he started to make great progress. > > Over the past weekend, he finished coding an enhancement for the Add > Primary Storage dialog to enable admins who use custom storage plug-ins > (ex. from SolidFire, CloudByte, NetApp, etc.) to be able to provide all > necessary configuration details. Prior to this, the admin would have needed > to use CloudMonkey or write a script to call the CloudStack API > (createStoragePool) directly. > > I plan to check Seif's code in this week. Mike, Seif should go through the normal review process > > Seif is now moving on to building a better way for admins to enter in tags > (storage or host tags, for example). Right now, we expect admins to enter > in a comma-separated list of identifiers, which can be a bit error prone. > Seif and I are thinking it would be nicer if CloudStack had a mechanism > like JIRA does for accepting such values. > > If Seif has enough time available toward the end, I'd like to get him some > exposure to the generic key/value pairs that are being investigated for 4.6: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=42566111 > > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Seif Eddine Jemli < > seifeddineje...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> http://imgur.com/II3r0wK >> >> http://imgur.com/05p8lAG >> >> I didn't know that the mailing list doesn't accept enclosed screenshots. >> >> >> 2014-06-24 16:21 GMT+02:00 Seif Eddine Jemli <seifeddineje...@gmail.com>: >> >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> >>> As you probably know, I am working on this project whose goal is making >>> the GUI support adding primary storage to CS that is based on storage >>> plug-ins >>> ( >>> >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Create+GUI+to+add+primary+storage+based+on+plug-ins >>> ) >>> >>> After studying the GUI code, I have been able to change the "Add Primary >>> Storage Form" as the storage guys : Mike( my mentor) and Punith wanted >> to. >>> (I enclosed two screenshots). >>> >>> I am currently trying to make the Tags inputs (like Storage tags in the >>> 'add primary storage' form) more user-friendly. This task include >> creating >>> a new API call to get the Tags. >>> I had a hard time at the beginning to set up Cloudstack for development >>> and to understand the GUI code patterns. But I think that progress will >> be >>> much faster now. >>> >>> I am all ears to feedback or suggestions that aim to improve the GUI. >>> Thanks. >>> >> > > > > -- > *Mike Tutkowski* > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > o: 303.746.7302 > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud > <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™*
