Seif did a great job. He was very dedicated. There were many times I'd send him an e-mail at what would be like 3 - 5 am his time (not expecting a response for hours) and he'd respond right away (he was actually working on the project). :)
On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 1:54 AM, Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com> wrote: > Great work Seif, thanks for the slides. > > I hope you stay involved with the community. > > -sebastien > > On Aug 19, 2014, at 10:26 PM, Seif Eddine Jemli <seifeddineje...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > As you probably know, I have worked 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 > > > > The pencils down firm deadline was Monday the 18th. I spent yesterday > > preparing a presentation that summarizes my GSoC tasks from this summer. > > > > Here is the link to the presentation: > > > > http://fr.slideshare.net/seif_100/seif-mike-gsoc2014cloudstack > > < > http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ffr.slideshare.net%2Fseif_100%2Fseif-mike-gsoc2014cloudstack&h=QAQEcJBPc > > > > > > > > > > I have worked mainly on two tasks: > > > > * The first task I worked on was adding support into CloudStack's GUI to > > enable admins to add Primary Storage that is based on a custom plug-in. > > Prior to this, admins needed to perform this task either via CloudStack's > > CLI, its API, or some other tool that leveraged CloudStack's CLI or its > API. > > > > * The other task was adding the following GUI control to CloudStack: > > > > http://loopj.com/jquery-tokeninput/ > > > > This control replaces the need for admins to type in a comma-separated > list > > of what CloudStack calls storage tags (we were also able to apply this > > control to what CloudStack calls host tags). > > > > As part of this process, I needed to create two new API calls to > CloudStack > > and invoke them from the GUI. These API calls retrieve the current list > of > > storage tags or host tags and populate them into the GUI control. The > admin > > can then either select one or more existing tags and/or add new ones. > > Overall, this feature will make it much easier for admins to avoid input > > errors. > > > > GUI forms that make use of this new control include the following: > > > > -Add Primary Storage > > > > -Add Host > > > > -Add Compute Offering > > > > -Add Disk Offering > > > > Two detail views make use of this new control for editing tags: > > > > -Edit mode for a primary storage > > > > -Edit mode for a host > > > > These two tasks were completely fulfilled, and I hope that they will be > > useful for the CloudStack admins. > > > > I would like to thank my mentor, Mike Tutkowski, for his help and > guidance > > during the project. I would also like to thank the "Apache Cloudstack > > Community" members for their helpful answers. > > > > The GSoC experience was very good overall, with especially a lot of > > learning. That being the case, I'll probably apply next year for another > > project. > > > > Beyond GSoC, I am thinking of modifying the URL input on the "Add Primary > > Storage" form to make it more user friendly by accepting "key-value" > inputs. > > > > Thanks everyone, > > > > Seif > > -- *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>*™*
