CI and Blueprint Validation Lab,  Sub-committee: Further establish process, document and CI process to allow developers to get started

Cesar Berho has given up his tenure as Sub-Committee Chair as of 7/19/2019.  New Sub-Committee Chair / Co-Chair Election Process is on-going per procedures in Section 4.6.1 of Akraino Technical Community Document. Chair / Co-Chair Election will be completed by 8/26/2019.

Sub-Committee Chair: Peter Pouliot, Ampere Computing.  Elected on 8/29/2019

Sub-Committee Co-Chair: Robert Qiu, Tencent. Approved by TSC on 10/03/2019

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Meeting Content (agenda/ minutes / recording / slides / other):

Previous Meetings

• AGENDA - 11/05/2019 -  CI BluePrint Validation SubCommettee - Meeting
  

  Lab Status

  • Community Lab Updates from Lincoln Lavoie

  Release 2 BluePrint CI Planning

  • AI/ML and AR/VR applications at Edge  CI Discussion​
  • KNI Provider access edge CI Discussion.

• AGENDA - 10/29/2019 -  CI BluePrint Validation SubCommettee - Meeting
  

  Lab Status

  • Community Lab Updates from Lincoln Lavoie

  Release 2 BluePrint CI Planning

  • ELIOT SD-WAN/WAN Edge/uCPE Blueprint CI Discussion​
  • Network Cloud and TF Integration Project CI Discussion.

• 10/22/2019 -  CI BluePrint Validation SubCommettee - Meeting
  

  Lab Status

  • Community Lab Updates from Lincoln Lavoie

  Release 2 BluePrint CI Planning

  • ELIOT AIoT in Smart Office Blueprint CI Discussion​
  • ELIOT IoT Gateway Blueprint CI Discussion.

• 10/15/2019 -  CI BluePrint Validation SubCommettee - Meeting
  

  Lab Status

  • Community Lab Updates from Lincoln Lavoie

  Release 2 BluePrint CI Planning

  • SDN Enabled Broadband Access (SEBA) for Telco Appliance Blueprint Family  CI Discussion​
  • ICN - Integrated Cloud-Native Family CI Discussion.

• 10/08/2019 -  CI BluePrint Validation SubCommettee - Meeting
  

  Lab Status

  • Community Lab Updates from Lincoln Lavoie

  Release 2 BluePrint CI Planning

  • IEC Type 2 for Integrated Edge Cloud (IEC) Blueprint Family CI Discussion​
  • IEC Type 4: AR/VR oriented Edge Stack for Integrated Edge Cloud (IEC) Blueprint Family CI Discussion.

• 10/01/2019 -  CI BluePrint Validation SubCommettee - Meeting
  

  Lab Status

  • Community Lab Updates from Lincoln Lavoie
  • Discuss lab scheduling and presenting to TSC

  Release 2 BluePrint CI Planning

  • Micro-MEC CI Discussion​
  • Radio Edge Cloud (REC)  CI Discussion.

• 9/24/2019 -  CI BluePrint Validation SubCommettee - Meeting Notes
  

  Lab Status: Ampere Hardware

  • 3 Servers were received by UNH​
  • Servers are currently racked.​
  • Cables were received today, and server will be finished cabling by end of day 9/24/2019.
  • Centos 7.6 AARCH64 will be installed on the Ampere equipment.​
  • Servers should be ready by end of day 9/26/2019​
  • Were able to get Sonic installed on the EdgeCore switches however they ran into a problem

  Release 2 BluePrint CI Planning

  • Connected Vehicle BluePrint CI Discussion

    • Work with Lincoln's team to get named user list for vpn access to ampere equipment once equipment has finished being provisioned.​

  Release 2 BluePrint CI Planning

  • IEC Type 1 for Integrated Edge Cloud (IEC) BluePrint Family CI Discussion

    • Requirement 10G networking

    • Will supply url to presentation with remaining HW requirements.

• 9/17/2019 -  CI BluePrint Validation SubCommettee - Meeting  Notes
  

  Lab Status

  • Hardware Request​ed and 3 Servers shipped from Ampere to UNH Interop Lab​
  • Server should arrive at lab by 09/18/2019​
  • Estimated that servers will be operational by CI meeting on 9/24

  Discuss adding a Ci SubCommettee co-chair 

  • Meeting participates unamanously aggreed on adding Robert Qiu who is responsible for APAC blueprint validation lab setup as co-chair to the CI SubCommittee.​
  • Follow up sent by Peter to Deepak for procedures to verify co-chair

  Release 2 Planning 

  • Schedule time with each R2 blueprint PTL to discuss CI requirements.​
  • Information gathering exercise for the purpose of planning, scheduling, and ensuring adequate resources are available.​
  • Schedule discussed at Tuesday TSC Meeting
  • Schedule:

 R2 BluePrint CI Presentation Schedule

• 9/10/2019 -  CI BluePrint Validation SubCommettee - Meeting Notes 
  

  Lab Status 

  • Community lab is currently operational, with 4 "Pods"  
  • 1. ThunderX2 Pod #1 - SEBA (Telco Appliance)  
  • 2. ThunderX2 Pod #2 - REC  (Telco Appliance)  
  • 3. Unicycle Pod - Unicycle (Network Cloud)  
  • 4. Intel Pod - KNI  
     
  • KNI usage of the Intel Pod is the newest coming online, as there were no objections during our CI meeting to the usage of the pod for the plugfest. We'll work on setting up the VPN accounts for this users this week.  KNI proposal is documented here: https://wiki.akraino.org/display/AK/Lab+Topology+Template+for+BluePrints 
     
  • We are also working on getting a better supported NOS installed on to the Edgecore switches. Working between the either SONiC or using the native Broadcom OpenNSL (will require a little more work on our side to use that NOS).   

  Meeting Cadence and Times 

  • Peter to email Brett at the Linux Foundation for change of time in calendar - bpreston@linuxfoundation.org  
  • Changing time to 6am PST Weekly Cadence   
  • Will reassess adjustment of cadence after release 2 

  Discuss adding a Ci SubCommettee co-chair 

  • Given the globally distributed nature of the project it would be good to have additional help across geographic regions. 
  • Suggestion: Robert Qiu who is responsible for APAC blueprint validation lab setup as co-chair  

  Release 2 Planning  

  • 10 blueprints presenting in 6 weeks  
  • Peter to create table with time schedule  
  • Blueprints:  
  • https://wiki.akraino.org/display/AK/Release+2+Planning 

  Hardware Request 

  • 3 Servers needed for blueprint testing 
  • Peter to request servers from Ampere for UNH Akraino Lab 

• November 09, 2018 minutes / recording / slides
• Other meetings can be found on the new section.