The meeting will focus on the first release of the StratusLab. The main outcome of these first months is a gap identification of what we have and what is needed to include a Cloud Management layer in a Grid site. Also the developments of missing components will take place in WP6, the group will also coordinate the technical work across all the WPs.
EGI-TF
Overall there was a lot of interest in StratusLab, our presentations were received with a lot of interest and invitations to collaboration. Specially in the area of Accounting. We decided to postpone any further action till we release StratusLab 0.1. Also, we may want to identify contacts in EMI & EGI.
Gap Analysis
We feel that we are feature ready for StratusLab 0.1, we've to smooth some rough edges though. More specific:
Other important gaps are:
Additionally we will establish a more closer collaboration loop between the development packages (WP4, WP6) and WP5. A weekly technical meeting will take place every Tuesday.
One of the main requests from our potential user base is a Cloud interface for the Grid site. This was initially scheduled for year 2 but we agreed to start working in it in the context of WP6. The Cloud interface should be integrated with the Grid security infrastructure.
StratusLab Distribution
StratusLab v0.1 will include the following components:
Development of new Components
The Cloud interface will be developed in the context of WP6. WP4 is also willing to help with this development