# Board minutes 2016-06-15

## Attendees
* Jim Perrin
* KB Singh (Chair)
* Fabian Arrotin
* Johnny Hughes
* Karsten Wade (Secretary, meeting #2)
* Michael McLean
* Ralph Angenendt
* Carl Trieloff
## Guests
* Richard Megginson (OpsTools SIG)
* Matthias Runge (OpsTools SIG)

## Agenda & notes

### Optools SIG
* Lack of tools in CentOS (and Fedora) for operators of large infrastructure/installations
* Doesn’t fit in e.g. Cloud SIG
* Home for these tools + bits and pieces to install/config infrastructure
* E.g. if logging, there are good & bad examples of what to log, how to log, etc.
* So provide a guide of how-to install each specific tool, what to watch, etc.
* E.g. OpenStack installations log way too much, including things that are not errors but look like errors, so need some filtering afterwards.
* Useful outside of each specific SIG.
* Relationship with Config Mgmt SIG
 * Would provide manifests/playbooks/recipes/etc. To get tools installed would first look to existing sources in CentOS & SIGs.
 * Configs ultimately belong to the Config Mgmt SIG.
* Working against duplicated efforts in tools stacks
* Diff stacks of software reimplement or bring in the same tools
* Use case:  correlate logs amongst all these things
 * E.g. openshift on top of openstack, want to be able to correlate the logged error into each part of the stack - storage, underlying OS, orchestration, etc.
 * Give operators tools to do deep-cause analysis
* KB - having ELK, graphon, etc. in the project helps on community side as we have a very operator-heavy base, many potential consumers.
* Proposal is on the wiki -- https://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/OpsTools
* What about the lack of upstream connection? Are any SIG members from the relevant upstream projects.
    * Most things are not in our direct control, refer back up to EPEL.
    * Willing to build bridges into upstreams where there are no existing upstream developers here
    * Talking with actual upstream developers.
    * Elastic is changing to an ‘open core’/’commercial open source’ model
    * Have some contributions in
    * Paying attention to open source replacements for problematic source models.
* Can start with current proposed package set, but can replace components one-at-a-time without disrupting user experience.
* Provide modularity so we’re not locked in
* “Log collector package” -- don’t need to know what is underneath, but can choose if you prefer.
* Vote - Should the OpsTools SIG proposal be accepted and the SIG move forward?
    * +1 from all present
    * Tru vote, comments, questions requested

### ## SIGs ready for rise up?

* Cloud SIG getting quite close
    * Work is having a lot of influence on downstream
    * Sorting out how that’s going to work
    * Maybe segregate RH parts?
    * Maturing very quickly
    * Expect to see them in self-admin mode soon-ish

* PaaS SIG very organized
    * Closed group
    * Quite RH focused
    * Not ready yet, maybe next meeting or so?

* Virt SIG
    * Established, self-organized
    * But … George Dunlap is moving from packaging to developing upstream
    * He’s actively looking for a takeover
    * Waiting for leadership shift

### Credit Suisse
* SE Asia operations invests 5 to 7 mil in corporate social responsibility, including into technology
    * Hosting contests, giving away laptops, etc.
    * Want to spend on FLOSS projects
    * Moving dev environment from Debian to CentOS
    * Have 150 servers to contribute to FOSS projects
    * Spread across: Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney
    * Need to handle hosting ourselves
    * Can we get that DC space?
    * Yes, via RH sponsorship, we can start this

* Additional discussions
    * Host Dojos
    * Sponsor local community people in those specific countries
    * Reasonable interest in that piece
* Sponsorship level?
    * Likely they host the details themselves
    * We may not need to create a ‘level’
    * Support might be 1 to 4 years through their contracts, depending on how much we have installed
    * Might be a foot in the door toward further contributions that are equally or more meaningful.
* Value
    * What is the value of these machines v. cost to us to host v. canvassing for more hosting?
    * July call to thrash out synergy

* Figure out hosting costs