Getting Started / Acquring a Mentor

[Tyler Moore <tm...@goflyball.com>]

Hey Metron Devs,

I wanted to introduce myself and see how I can contribute to the project
and hopefully get some insight on the process to become a commiter.

A little background on me, I have several years of enterprise support
experience and recently transitioned to the dev community because as we all
know its where the magic happens ;)
I taught myself web-dev, mostly front-end although I have some experience
with back-end technologies. I also work with Java, Python, V-Basic (only if
requried) and of course batch and bash scripting. I develop on both linux
an windows platforms and have experience with mac systems as well. I am
very interested in security topics and security research along with machine
learning, which is why this project peaked my interest. I currently work as
a software engineer in Detroit, MI.

I have been working with the Metron platform for a couple months now at my
work, we've been implementing some data capture solutions already and
starting to integrate that with Metron for analysis. Our goals are to
implement an automated Metron solution for threat detection analysis at
client networks and eventually expand the platform to include visual threat
detection based on area of operation (monitoring through video surveillance
feeds).

I would like to know Apache's process to obtain committer status and what
steps I should take to get there. Also I have seen mention in the wiki of a
mentoring program but that wasn't explained anywhere in the documentation
so if anyone has more information on that I would greatly appreciate it.

Regards,

Tyler Moore
Software Engineer
Flyball Labs

Re: Getting Started / Acquring a Mentor

["Zeolla@GMail.com" <ze...@gmail.com>]

Welcome Tyler!

I think you and I are in very similar scenarios - would love to chat more
sometime.  In addition to what Matt said above, check out the IRC channel
on freenode #apache-metron.  Looking forward to working together on this
project :)

Jon

On Wed, Oct 19, 2016, 17:01 Matt Foley <ma...@apache.org> wrote:

> Hi Tyler,
> If no one’s said it yet, welcome to the community! :-)  Your idea of
> extending Security Monitoring to include physical/video inputs sounds
> really interesting.
>
> To contribute to Metron, you’ll want to follow the instructions at
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/METRON/Community+Resources#CommunityResources-JointheCommunity-GetingStarted
> including subscribing to the “dev” mailing list,
> and
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/METRON/Metron+Development+Environment+Setup+Instructions
> If you have questions after reading that, feel free to ask on the “dev”
> list.
>
> Apache requires that all Projects follow the “Apache Way” – see
> • http://incubator.apache.org/learn/theapacheway.html
> • http://home.apache.org/~nick/Talks/ApacheConNA15/TheApacheWay15.pdf
>
> Beyond that, Apache gives each Project a lot of choice in how they run and
> govern their own processes.  In most Projects, including Metron, there is a
> hierarchy of participation; see http://jakarta.apache.org/site/roles.html
> That document also describes how new committers are voted in.
>
> It’s important to note that code isn’t the only thing to contribute.
> Tests, test data, wiki entries, documentation edits, review comments, and
> helping out people on the mailing lists, are also highly valued
> contributions.  Under the Apache Way, it is equally important to make good
> contributions yourself, AND to build community by helping others make good
> contributions, and by interacting in a way that encourages others to
> participate.
>
> Finally, regarding your question about a mentoring program.  That refers
> to the way new Projects are brought in to Apache.  They have to start out
> as “podling projects” in the “incubator”, where they are assigned Mentors.
> These are experienced people, usually members of multiple Project PMCs
> and/or the Apache Foundation itself, who help the leaders of the new
> Project understand the Apache Way and implement recommended Apache best
> practices, regarding both code management and community building.  Metron
> is in fact still in the “podling” stage itself, which is why our web pages
> are at “metron.incubator.apache.org” instead of “metron.apache.org”.
>
> Does that mean there’s no Mentors for individual contributors? No!  The
> whole community is here, and as I said above, just as interested in growing
> the community as producing a great Metron project.  In fact, we believe the
> two goals are inextricably linked – that’s part of why projects seek out
> Apache membership.
>
> Hope this helps,
> --Matt
>
>
> From: Tyler Moore <tm...@goflyball.com>
> Reply-To: "user@metron.incubator.apache.org" <
> user@metron.incubator.apache.org>
> Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 11:42 AM
> To: "user@metron.incubator.apache.org" <us...@metron.incubator.apache.org>
> Subject: Getting Started / Acquring a Mentor
>
> Hey Metron Devs,
>
> I wanted to introduce myself and see how I can contribute to the project
> and hopefully get some insight on the process to become a commiter.
>
> A little background on me, I have several years of enterprise support
> experience and recently transitioned to the dev community because as we all
> know its where the magic happens ;)
> I taught myself web-dev, mostly front-end although I have some experience
> with back-end technologies. I also work with Java, Python, V-Basic (only if
> requried) and of course batch and bash scripting. I develop on both linux
> an windows platforms and have experience with mac systems as well. I am
> very interested in security topics and security research along with machine
> learning, which is why this project peaked my interest. I currently work as
> a software engineer in Detroit, MI.
>
> I have been working with the Metron platform for a couple months now at my
> work, we've been implementing some data capture solutions already and
> starting to integrate that with Metron for analysis. Our goals are to
> implement an automated Metron solution for threat detection analysis at
> client networks and eventually expand the platform to include visual threat
> detection based on area of operation (monitoring through video surveillance
> feeds).
>
> I would like to know Apache's process to obtain committer status and what
> steps I should take to get there. Also I have seen mention in the wiki of a
> mentoring program but that wasn't explained anywhere in the documentation
> so if anyone has more information on that I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tyler Moore
> Software Engineer
> Flyball Labs
>
>
>
> --

Jon

Re: Getting Started / Acquring a Mentor

[Matt Foley <ma...@apache.org>]

Hi Tyler,
If no one’s said it yet, welcome to the community! :-)  Your idea of extending Security Monitoring to include physical/video inputs sounds really interesting.

To contribute to Metron, you’ll want to follow the instructions at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/METRON/Community+Resources#CommunityResources-JointheCommunity-GetingStarted
including subscribing to the “dev” mailing list,
and https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/METRON/Metron+Development+Environment+Setup+Instructions
If you have questions after reading that, feel free to ask on the “dev” list.

Apache requires that all Projects follow the “Apache Way” – see 
• http://incubator.apache.org/learn/theapacheway.html
• http://home.apache.org/~nick/Talks/ApacheConNA15/TheApacheWay15.pdf

Beyond that, Apache gives each Project a lot of choice in how they run and govern their own processes.  In most Projects, including Metron, there is a hierarchy of participation; see http://jakarta.apache.org/site/roles.html  That document also describes how new committers are voted in.

It’s important to note that code isn’t the only thing to contribute.  Tests, test data, wiki entries, documentation edits, review comments, and helping out people on the mailing lists, are also highly valued contributions.  Under the Apache Way, it is equally important to make good contributions yourself, AND to build community by helping others make good contributions, and by interacting in a way that encourages others to participate.

Finally, regarding your question about a mentoring program.  That refers to the way new Projects are brought in to Apache.  They have to start out as “podling projects” in the “incubator”, where they are assigned Mentors.  These are experienced people, usually members of multiple Project PMCs and/or the Apache Foundation itself, who help the leaders of the new Project understand the Apache Way and implement recommended Apache best practices, regarding both code management and community building.  Metron is in fact still in the “podling” stage itself, which is why our web pages are at “metron.incubator.apache.org” instead of “metron.apache.org”.

Does that mean there’s no Mentors for individual contributors? No!  The whole community is here, and as I said above, just as interested in growing the community as producing a great Metron project.  In fact, we believe the two goals are inextricably linked – that’s part of why projects seek out Apache membership.

Hope this helps,
--Matt


From: Tyler Moore <tm...@goflyball.com>
Reply-To: "user@metron.incubator.apache.org" <us...@metron.incubator.apache.org>
Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at 11:42 AM
To: "user@metron.incubator.apache.org" <us...@metron.incubator.apache.org>
Subject: Getting Started / Acquring a Mentor

Hey Metron Devs,

I wanted to introduce myself and see how I can contribute to the project and hopefully get some insight on the process to become a commiter.

A little background on me, I have several years of enterprise support experience and recently transitioned to the dev community because as we all know its where the magic happens ;) 
I taught myself web-dev, mostly front-end although I have some experience with back-end technologies. I also work with Java, Python, V-Basic (only if requried) and of course batch and bash scripting. I develop on both linux an windows platforms and have experience with mac systems as well. I am very interested in security topics and security research along with machine learning, which is why this project peaked my interest. I currently work as a software engineer in Detroit, MI.

I have been working with the Metron platform for a couple months now at my work, we've been implementing some data capture solutions already and starting to integrate that with Metron for analysis. Our goals are to implement an automated Metron solution for threat detection analysis at client networks and eventually expand the platform to include visual threat detection based on area of operation (monitoring through video surveillance feeds).

I would like to know Apache's process to obtain committer status and what steps I should take to get there. Also I have seen mention in the wiki of a mentoring program but that wasn't explained anywhere in the documentation so if anyone has more information on that I would greatly appreciate it. 

Regards,

Tyler Moore
Software Engineer
Flyball Labs