Re: [DISCUSS] deprecate misleading install methods and docs?

[Nick Allen <ni...@nickallen.org>]

FYI - See the following which removes the automated AWS deployment
mechanism.

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/METRON-2321
https://github.com/apache/metron/pull/1565


On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 10:23 AM Nick Allen <ni...@nickallen.org> wrote:

> +1  On the remove option.  I think we should *completely remove* the
> automated AWS deployment mechanism because it has been too difficult to
> maintain, deploys an unsecure cluster by default, and is not the preferred
> installation path for AWS.  If a user wants to deploy to AWS, they should
> launch their EC2 nodes, install Ambari, and then using the MPack to deploy
> Metron.  That is the preferred installation path for AWS.
>
> I would gladly volunteer to do this work if we can reach consensus on this
> approach.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 9:56 AM Simon Elliston Ball <
> simon@simonellistonball.com> wrote:
>
>> Following many discussions on the user and dev lists in the past, a
>> number of users seem to have problems with the old ansible methods for
>> installing AWS.
>>
>> I am not aware of anyone who is maintaining this area (please shout if
>> you are willing to take on bringing this up to date) and we have a lot of
>> outdated documentation on both the source tree and the wiki around older,
>> now broken install methods.
>>
>> My proposal is that we consolidate the multitude of deployment methods,
>> and:
>> * remove or
>> * Mark de-deprecated or
>> * move to contrib
>>  The methods outside of the Ambari Mpack and full-dev methods of install.
>>
>> Does anyone have any thoughts about how we can clean this up and reduce
>> the number of options that seem to be confusing new users coming to the
>> platform? I am happy as long as  the Ambari method currently used by the
>> distributor (who, as you mostly know, I work for, in the interest of full
>> disclosure) remains, and full-dev remains as is to avoid disruption to
>> development process. I have no strong opinions on any of the other
>> deployment methods, other than that their existence seems to be hindering
>> new community members.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>> Simon
>>
>>