gsoc March 2015

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Extendable system hardening tool - Proposal
by vladiksonic＠mail.ru 13 Mar '15

13 Mar '15

Hello everyone! I wrote earlier Here is a link to my schedule: https://github.com/hotab/CentOS-application/blob/master/README.md I did not add personal info there just yet. I am planning to spend around 20-30 hours per week on this in summer. I might also start early (see previous message) Did I miss anything? Did I make correct time estimation there? I am open for criticism. Looking forward to hearing from you, Vladislav Babkin P.S. Adding the message I send earlier to make it simpler to find :) P.S.2 While I was writing the proposal, I also answered my questions 1 (sh scripts are too good) and 3 (it should work internally and allow external audit) > Good day there! > My name is Vladislav Babkin, I am from Ukraine, and I want to contribute by helping developing this tool > I have some questions: > 1) Aren't sh scripts good enough to audit a policy? Well, we will need some additional tooling, like a tool to try and open a connection to a port, etc. > 2) Should auditing tool be able to try and fix the problems? For example, if it connects to web-server as root - maybe it should connect to it and close that possibility (if the user adds a flag to do so)? > 2) When ensuring a policy, should this tool autoinstall software as well if is not present, or should it just fail? > 3) Should it work internally on the server, or can it be run somewhere on the outside with access to the machine through ssh or alike? > 4) I am right now working on a starup (and will do so in summber), and I will have my exams in June, so I probably will start working earlier, Hope that is not a problem :) > I'm looking forward to hearing from you, > Vladislav Babkin

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Re: [CentOS-gsoc] centos-gsoc
by Lalatendu Mohanty 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

On 03/11/2015 12:47 AM, shuai wu wrote: > Dear Mr.Mohanty, > > I am shuai wu, a master student of university of florida. > > I am very interested in your GSOC idea—CentOS Cloud Storage components, which is exactly the field that me love. > > I have gained project experience of distributed system from class, such as building peer-to-peer networking, implement twitter-like engine.(those projects can be find at my github: https://github.com/westsnow) > > And I was so excited to find your idea on the CentOS-GSOC page. How cool it would be to put what I have learned to an open source project! > > Could you please give me some more detailed information about your project? > > Thanks very much and I am looking forward to hear from you. > > Best Regards, > Shuai Wu. + centos-gsoc ML. As it will help others who want to know about the topic. Hi Shuai, Thanks for your interest in the topic. Here are the below things/pointers for you to start. * Learn about GlusterFS o GlusterFS Admin Guide : https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/tree/master/doc/admin-guide/en-US/mark… o http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Storage/gluster-Quickstart o http://www.gluster.org/ * Learn about qcow2 images, open stack images and AMI images o http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/QEMU/Images o http://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/content/ o http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AMIs.html Let me know if you need anything else. I am available in #gluster-dev, #gluster or #centos-devel (Freenode). Feel free to ping me about the topics or any information. Thanks, Lala

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Re: [CentOS-gsoc] Regarding GSoC Idea: CentOS Cloud Storage components
by Lalatendu Mohanty 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

On 03/07/2015 12:16 PM, Ashish Agarwal wrote: > Respected Sir, > > I am writing to you to explore the possibility of a research project > under your esteemed guidance in GSoC. > > I have worked on automatic deployment of virtual labs over cloud > infrastructure. I captured the essence of cloud computing and learnt > how virtualization works. The research involved implementation of a > python API to provide a thin abstraction layer on top of the available > cloud interfaces and set up experiments on cloud infrastructures > (OpenStack and Eucalyptus). > > I have a strong belief in open source technology and free availability > of knowledge. I believe that the knowledge in meant to be shared and > spread. Hence I have experience working with Version Control Systems > (GIT). I am very much versed with languages like python, c++ and cloud > infrastructures like OpenStack, Eucalyptus. > > Thank you for your consideration. In anticipation of a positive response. > > Yours sincerely, > > Ashish Agarwal +centos-gsoc mailing list. Hi Ashish, Thanks for you interest in the topic. As per GSoC schedule [1] you have time till March 16 to understand the requirements. So please go ahead and let us know if you have questions to understand the requirement for the task. When the application period opens, we will use the Melange tool [1] for tracking the application and associated discussions. [1] https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2… Thanks, Lala

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gsoc 2015 projects
by Marios-Evaggelos Kogias 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

Dear CentOS gsoc mentors, my name is Marios and I am a student from Greece. I participated in gsoc last year in LTTng project and I am interested in participating again this year in the CentOS project. I found the projects you proposed extremely interesting and I am really confused which one to choose to make my proposal for. So, I would like to ask some clarifying questions, which are groupped per project. I address my questions here but I am more than willing to talk with the equivalent mentors in IRC or mail. My questions are: * Centos cloud storage - Is glusterfs a prerequisite for the program? Is it possible to use another fs, eg CephFS, because I am familiar with the Ceph architecture, since I have partially worked with that. * Lightweight Cloud instance contextualisation tool Can I have some more details about this project especially as far as the lightwieght part is concerned. As I imagine this tool will not be CentOS specific, right? * Xen based Hypervisor in a Box According to the ideas page "the aim of this task is to build an installer instance". So, will the result be like a live CD where the user can try different CentOS versions, or a new instance that from the time is installed xen is running and several CentOS VMs can be initiated. * App to trim containers Is this project about docker containers or containers in general? Are there any specific ideas and tools in mind behind that project or it is more of a research project? * Cloud in a box Is there any prerequisite about the cloud software that should be used? There are a lot of choices eg OpenStack, oVirt, synnefo As you can understand from my questions I am more interested in cloud and virtualization projects and CentOS is among the few gsoc projects that offer me this chance. I am looking forward your reply. Best regards, Marios

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Develop a kpatch delivery mechanism
by vladiksonic＠mail.ru 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

Hello again! I am not very familiar with technologies used in repos, thus I have some questions: 1) I would like to use nodejs to manage the repo. Is that possible? Or is there some other technology already used for doing that kind of job? (can't find it in google, I am ready to read about it, so please, attach a link to that if possible) 2) What exactly is hard about metafile? As far as I understood, there is already a format used by yum, and it already has quite some info we need to load the patches. Maybe we can employ it in its exact form + some alternations/additions? (https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Standards_Rpm_Metadata) - this will totally kill a need to write an own parser - it can be done by nearly copying yum's code for that, and will se something familiar for developers, which increases manageability. 3) I think CLI can be created by writing a yum plugin. Or is there some problems I do not know about with that? 4) What is used on the backend for managing repos? (I probably will need that experience when writing one for patches). 5) I am right now working on a starup, and I will have my exams in June, so I probably will start coding earlier, Hope that is not a problem :) PS. I wrote a message asking about "Extendable system hardening tool" earlier I am deciding between the two, and I would prefer the first one, but if that won't be possible, well - I am eager to contribute to this one, so I ask beforhand. Also, maybe this will be useful for someone else, if I can eventually take the first project, or if I do not pass at all (hope that does not happen, though) I'm looking forward to hearing from you, Vladislav Babkin

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Extendable system hardening tool
by vladiksonic＠mail.ru 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

Good day there! My name is Vladislav Babkin, I am from Ukraine, and I want to contribute by helping developing this tool I have some questions: 1) Aren't sh scripts good enough to audit a policy? Well, we will need some additional tooling, like a tool to try and open a connection to a port, etc. 2) Should auditing tool be able to try and fix the problems? For example, if it connects to web-server as root - maybe it should connect to it and close that possibility (if the user adds a flag to do so)? 2) When ensuring a policy, should this tool autoinstall software as well if is not present, or should it just fail? 3) Should it work internally on the server, or can it be run somewhere on the outside with access to the machine through ssh or alike? 4) I am right now working on a starup (and will do so in summber), and I will have my exams in June, so I probably will start coding earlier, Hope that is not a problem :) I'm looking forward to hearing from you, Vladislav Babkin -- Sent from my mobile via Mail.Ru

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Interested in Contributing
by Pranav Puri 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

hello everyone, I am a B.tech 2nd year student studying from SRM University. While going through your ideas page I find the two ideas really interesting: 1) Cloud in a box 2) Implement and create new documentation toolchain I have 3 years of experience in c programming language. I have a good knowledge in python. i really want to try something new , and find these two ideas best according to my needs. Any idea where to start from? i can assure you that i am best in anything that i can do Regards, Pranav Puri

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for more info and help
by Prameswar Lal 08 Mar '15

08 Mar '15

Hi, my name is prameswar lal . i am interested in following two idea for Gsoc15 . [1]. http://wiki.centos.org/GSoC/2015/Ideas#xen-in-a-box Que1 :Is this single installer iso requirement similar (not completely) to xenserver single built in iso with centos. in which user use it directly or remotely like xencenter. [2]. http://wiki.centos.org/GSoC/2015/Ideas#cloud-in-a-box Que2 : Which cloud technology should installed in single node cloud controller like openstack , opennebula etc. thanks & Regards prameswar lal

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GSoC project - yum plugin to handle docker /container images
by Akash Agarwal 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

Hi, I'm a fourth year student at IIIT Hyderabad, part of a dual degree program (B.Tech + MS in computer science). I'm looking for an exciting project to do this summer as part of GSoC. I am very interested in the project *yum plugin to handle docker /container images*. Also, I want to start contributing to CentOS in general. I have very good knowledge on Docker and containers. I had done an assignment as part of the cloud computing course in which we developed a simple PaaS framework using Docker. I have worked with dockerfiles and automation of docker commands. I would like to apply for the same. This project is in my area of interest and I also have the required skill set. Please help me with further steps. -- Best Regards, Akash Agarwal IIIT Hyderabad

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GSOC2015 App to trim containers
by QIAO YANG 05 Mar '15

05 Mar '15

Hello , I' a 3rd year chinese student studying software engineering (real-time system and embedded system) in France. I've found the GSOC2015 idea 'App to trim containers ' very attractive and I would like to know more about it to prepare my proposal. After having read the introduction, I think the main purpose is clear. Analyse the dependencies of app and create a minimum contrainer for it instead of a full feature image (If I've got it right). In order to make my first step, I wonder how could I try it out, for I used to use other distributions. Any reference would also be a great help. I would like to try out the container and understand how it functions. Looking forward to hearing from you soon :) Best regards ------------------------------------------------------- YANG Qiao Université de Tchnologie de Compiègne Génie Informatique

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Congratulations!! & Interested in the GSOC2015 idea - "yum plugin to handle docker /container images"
by Young Yang 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Hi! Congratulations for that CentOS is selected as the gsoc mentoring organization for 2015! I'm a first-year student for my Master Degree in China.The GSOC2015 idea "yum plugin to handle docker /container images" really attracts me. I've developed a lot of projects with python and have basic knowledge about docker. I wondering what I can do to prepare for the idea "yum plugin to handle docker /container images". It will be awesome to me to work with you. So I'm here asking for advices. Thanks in advance.

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