[Blueprint server-o-arm-server] Ubuntu ARM Server release for 11.10

[Michael Casadevall]

Blueprint changed by Michael Casadevall:

Whiteboard changed:
  Work Items:
  [ogra] Implement boot-floppy style booting for OMAP3/4 to allow testing of full server images: TODO
  [ogra] Create preinstalled ubuntu-server images by creating ubuntu-headless + server ship seed: TODO
  [ogra] Run down ethernet support in uboot: TODO
  [ogra] Merge u-boot PXE patch into uboot: TODO
  [ogra] Fix flash-kernel-installer when rootfs is USB: TODO
  [ogra] Implement preseed file for serial/tty default display for ubuntu-headless/ubuntu-server image: TODO
  [ogra] Test LTSP server support from armel: TODO
  [ogra] Test armel LTSP client support: TODO
  [gruemaster] Run relevant QA regression tests on all armel server images (lp:~ubuntu-bugcontrol/qa-regression-testing/master): TODO
  [gruemaster] Review i386 server test cases, and adept relevant test cases to armel: TODO
  [gruemaster] Review current state of affairs with Java on ARM: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test ensemble installation on armel : TODO
  [gruemaster] Test orchestra deployment tools to armel: TODO
  [gruemaster] Validate preseeding support for armel images: TODO
  [gruemaster] Validate OpenStack/lxc works properly on armel: TODO
  [gruemaster] Validate all IPv6 tools (radvd, etc.) work on armel: TODO
  [gruemaster] Validate 802.1q functions properly on armel: TODO
  [gruemaster] Validate IPsec on armel: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test PXE patch on uboot: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test NFS boot: TODO
  [gruemaster] Discuss with server team requirements for iSCSI boot: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test ATA-Over-Ethernet: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test iSCSI boot: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test NDB boot: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test SELinux with assistance of community (non-ciritical): TODO
  [gruemaster] Test netinstall: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test erlang on armel: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test ruby-on-rails: TODO
  [gruemaster] Run through all server application testcases on armel: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test RAID: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test LVM: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test cryptfs: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test CEPH cluster filesystem: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test GVFS cluster filesystem: TODO
  [gruemaster] Test common server filesystems: TODO
+ [gruemaster] Test common server management tools on armel: TODO
+ [gruemaster] Validate landscape-client works properly on armel: TODO
  [mcasadevall] Create wikipage of server task components: TODO
+ [mcasadevall] Discuss possibility of server variants of existing armel kernels: TODO
  [mcasadevall] Review server stack components for places where ARM-specific assembly would be useful for acceleration: TODO
  [mcasadevall] Implement d-i netboot images for omap3/4 that are writable to SD cards: TODO
  [mcasadevall] Review landscape on ARM: TODO
- [mcasadevall] Resolve SMART issues on ARM (required for landscape): TODO
+ [mcasadevall] Resolve SMART Package Manager issues on ARM (required for landscape): TODO
  [mcasadevall] Resolve apport-retracer issues with pitti: TODO
  [mcasadevall] Review with Ubuntu Security Team on ARM specific issues and testing: TODO
  [mcasadevall] Fix alternate installer to work on OMAP3/4: TODO
  [mcasadevall] Provide kees with armel hardware and headless image: TODO
  [mcasadevall] Review with Ubuntu Security Team on ARM specific issues and testing: TODO
  [davidm] Select the primary platform to be used as a baseline for Ubuntu 11.10 Server Release: TODO
  [davidm] Followup with ARM Server Club on Java situation: TODO
  [doko] Review status of 64-bit atomics in gcc 4.6: TODO
  [kees] Work with gruemaster on validating QA regression test results: TODO
  [kees] Help determine methods to validate that kernel RNG is of high-quality for SSL: TODO
  [kees] Validate that AppArmour works properly: TODO
  [kees] Validate GCC hardening protections are functional on armel: TODO
  [kees] Confirm specific hardened server packages (i.e. apache) having hardening applied on armel: TODO
  [kees] Determine if we care about ALSR on armel: TODO
  [kees] Verify x86 kernel security are present in all armel kernels: TODO
  [kees] Update x86/armel security difference list, send to mcasadevall: TODO
  [kess] Examine armel kernel images for kernel address leaks in /proc: TODO
  [janimo] Make sure erlang/rabbitmq are in good shape on ARM: TODO
  [janimo] Track FTBFS status of ARM server components: TODO
+ [janimo] Coordinate with Ubuntu Kernel Team on server-specific tuning options for kernel: TODO
  
  == Items to consider ==
  1. Create an 11.10  installable image for Ubuntu ARM Server
  2. Run standard QA on 11.10 Ubuntu ARM Server, including:
    - Functional testing of the key workloads
    - Public documentation of what is functional in the release
  3. Validate & optimise Linux Containers (lxc) for Cortex A-9 Class processors.
  4. Validate existing Linux Flash file system support.
  5. support cluster setup/configuration
  6. Support for OpenStack via lxc implementation
  7. Support for Hadoop  "one button cluster install"
  8. Java for ARM server
  
  === Proposed key workloads for Ubuntu ARM server in 11.10 ===
  Distributed Datastores - MySQL, Hadoop, HBase, Cassandra)
  “LAMP” Web Server - apache & nginx http delivery, PHP, Perl,
  MySQL, Postgresql - Caching,Memcache, Squid, Varnish
  Backup Server - Rsync, bacula

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Ubuntu ARM Server release for 11.10
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/server-o-arm-server