On 01/10/2017 09:05 PM, Christopher Schultz wrote: > Mark, > > On 1/9/17 6:57 AM, Mark Thomas wrote: >> There is the opportunity (if we can pull it together as a >> community) to run a dedicated Tomcat conference alongside ApacheCon >> NA 2017. The dates are May 16 to 18. > > Interesting. > >> The call for papers closes on Feb 11 so we have around a month to >> get organised. We'll also need to convince the conference >> organisers that a) there is a demand for this and b) we have a >> plan. > >> Getting the right content is going to be critical to success. I've >> been thinking about this for a while and I think we can identify >> the right content > > I have a single presentation submitted already for consideration. The > topic is "Let's Encrypt Apache Tomcat" ;)
OK I can do a H2 presentation / new SSL config in Tomcat before ;-) > > I was also planning on reprising one of my previous presentations, > either the "Monitoring" or "Load-balancing" one, or possibly the > credential-handlers one. They have all been fairly well-attended in > the past. > > If you wanted to really get a LOT of sessions going, I'd be willing to > do all of them, though it *is* a lot of talking. > >> "What topic(s) need to be covered in a Tomcat conference to make it >> as easy as possible to get your employer to pay for you to >> attend?" > >> We have up to three days and potentially multiple tracks so even if >> you think you have a niche requirement, please speak up. We >> typically have a number of Tomcat committers speaking at ApacheCon >> so finding someone to cover a particular topic shouldn't be too >> tricky. Equally, if you have a topic you could present on that you >> think others would find useful, speak up. > >> Do feel free to add your +1 if someone else mentions a topic your >> are interested first. Having an idea of how popular the topics are >> would also be helpful. > >> Also, we don't have to stick to the standard "Sit and listen to >> someone present for 40 mins" format. Discussions, workshops, >> hackathons are all possible. > >> Some topic ideas to get the ball rolling. > >> Hands-on workshop: Configuring TLS with Apache Tomcat > > +0 > >> Reverse Proxying to Apache Tomcat Load-balancing with Apache >> Tomcat Clustering with Apache Tomcat > > +1 to all 3 > >> Tomcat Clinic (like the users list but with everyone in the same >> room) > > Evidently, Daniel Rugguri tried this a few years ago with a "Let's > solve your mox_proxy problem" workshop, and literally nobody showed > up. I'm skeptical about a workshop for a few reasons: > > 1. Attendees might not have a "problem to solve" and therefore see a > workshop as a waste of their time. > > 2. Anyone with a problem to solve isn't going to wait-around for the > conference to get it solved. > > Maybe we could instead have more like a live-demo of setting things up > from scratch. So it's not an AMA (AUA?) with a topic of e.g. > "custering" but instead have a session titled something like > "Clustering A - Z" where we build a live cluster while the audience > watches and asks questions in real time. > > Jean-Frederic and I were musing in Austin (?) about getting a small > number of Raspberry Pi-type devices on the stage with activity/state > lights on them, build a cluster, and then start unplugging things to > show what actually happens when disaster strikes in your environment, > and how the cluster reacts. I already have 3 Raspberry ready for this kind of thing, probably needs a few more to make a bigger cluster. > > I'm not sure that could be done in 1 hour, especially with all of the > questions we are likely to get or scenarios we might like to demonstrate > . Nope that is ~2 hours workshop Cheers Jean-Frederic > > -chris > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
