From 4b3436feec97d70c717fc2fc573d2d3502023179 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Graham Hayes Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:02:59 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add Designate to the top 5 help wanted. As discussed at the TC sessions in the PTG, I am adding Designate to the TC's top 5 help wanted list Change-Id: I50c325e5d7c102b21c220b46622499da44032dd6 --- reference/top-5-help-wanted.rst | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/reference/top-5-help-wanted.rst b/reference/top-5-help-wanted.rst index cfc8b011f..0c6690228 100644 --- a/reference/top-5-help-wanted.rst +++ b/reference/top-5-help-wanted.rst @@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ this item (dhellmann). .. _`plan`: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/472275/ - 2. Community Infrastructure Sysadmins ===================================== @@ -102,8 +101,47 @@ rewarding chance to learn and help others, but most of all it's fun! .. _Infrastructure: :ref:project-infrastructure +3. Designate Contributors +========================= -3. Glance Contributors +`Designate`_ is a service that manages DNS Zones and Recordsets in an OpenStack +way. We support multiple DNS Servers, and DNS Service Providers. DNS is a vital +service for any network or web based application. DNS is a core part of +directing users and applications to a service - it allows the entire underlying +infrastructure to be replaced, even moved across regions or clouds, while +presenting a consistent endpoint. DNS should be managed along side the servers, +load balancers and other equipment in an OpenStack cloud and the integration +with Neutron allows for DNS entries to be created when something is connected +to a network. For more complicated examples, Heat can be used to manage the DNS +zones and records, allowing for entire zones to be created, updated and deleted +along side the resources that they point at. Once Designate is in every cloud, +you can bring a heat template from cloud to cloud, and have a user ready +deployment with a simple ``openstack stack create`` command. + +Designate has had issues finding contributors to replace previous contributors +who have moved on from the project mainly due to major restructuring in the +organisations that sponsored development. + +They need contributors to help find and fix bugs, develop new features, and +help maintain the quality of the project. Designate is quite stable, with any +new features requiring long term planning, design and phased implementation. + +This makes Designate a good project for everyone, from a person starting out +in the community, who wants to work on an interesting and important section of +infrastructure, to very senior developers who want new, interesting problems +to tackle. Contributors will get to work on a project that will be a central +part of any OpenStack deployment, and work on a project that needs to scale +from a small single node install to a system controlling DNS servers worldwide. + +If you are interested, please join the IRC channel (#openstack-dns) or contact +the Designate PTL (Graham Hayes - mugsie on IRC), the TC sponsor +(Sean McGinnis - smcginnis), or email the `openstack dev`_ mailing list with +the tag `[designate]`. + +.. _`Designate`: https://governance.openstack.org/tc/reference/projects/designate.html +.. _`openstack dev`: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev + +4. Glance Contributors ====================== `Glance`_ is a service to manage images for OpenStack clouds. It's one of the