Server

Server Working Group Resources Mailing list: server@lists.fedoraproject.org IRC: #fedora-server on irc.libera.chat Blog: http://fedoramagazine.org/ Tickets: pagure.io/fedora-server Meetings The Server working group meets twice-monthly every 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 17:00 UTC in #fedora-meeting on irc.libera.chat. ical: https://calendar.fedoraproject.org/server/ (prefer this source; the wiki sometimes gets out of date, but we keep that meeting correct to reserve the meeting channel). Membership Nick Bebout (nb) Alexander Bokovoy (abbra) Peter Boy (pboy) François Cami (fcami) Kevin Fenzi (nirik) Stephen Gallagher (sgallagh) John Himpel (jwhimpel) Subhendu Ghosh (sghosh) Neal Gompa (ngompa) Mathias Houngbo (mhoungbo) David Kaufmann (astra) Jan Kuparinen (copperi) Eduard Lucena (x3mboy) Michel Alexandre Salim (salimma) Stephen Smoogen (smooge) Ben Williams (jbwillia) Adam Williamson (adamw) Langdon White (langdon)

This is the home for the Server working group, which is the team of people working on putting together the Fedora Server product. The founding initiative can be referred here.

Vision Statement

Anyone should be able to confidently obtain, configure and deploy software services that address their needs using readily-available and trustworthy recipes.

(This statement approved during the September 6, 2016 meeting.)

Mission Statement

Fedora Server Edition is an ecosystem ideal for creating and operating validated service roles addressing most computing needs.

(This statement approved during the September 6, 2016 meeting.)

Currently Ongoing Work Projects

1. Buildup of a renewed documentation on Fedora Server specific topics
2. Facilitated deployment of key services by combining rpm and Ansible
3. Facilitated and improved support for Fedora Server Edition VMs
4. Improved support for off-premise Kickstart and pxe installation
5. Revisiting defaults... filesystem/partitioning
6. Easy integration into multi-node environments with tools like Ansible

Completed or Deferred Work Projects

1. Revision of the Fedora Server 'Product Requirement Document' (PRD) (IRC 2021-06-23)
2. Explore opportunities for cooperation with Cloud WG / SIG (IRC 2021-06-02)

Policies

Meeting Frequency and Times

• The Server working group meets on a bi-weekly basis in #fedora-meeting.
• The regularly scheduled meeting time is 17:00 UTC every 1st and 3rd Wednesday.
• If there is no agenda, the meeting will be cancelled and the group leader / FESCo liaison will send out a cancellation notice to the mailing list.
• In the case where a voting member can not make a meeting where a vote is scheduled to happen, they can either pre-vote via the mailing list or abstain-by-default.
• During meetings, silence indicates consent. If people disagree, then that will bring it to a vote.
• After meetings, meeting minutes will be sent to the server@lists.fedoraproject.org mailing list.

Managing and Tracking Progress

• Working documents for the group will be stored here on the Fedora project wiki.
• Agenda items, decisions, and issues will also be stored here on the Fedora project wiki until which time the group decides it is not scalable and another tool would be more suitable.

Assets

Approved Documents

• Product Requirements Document - Approved by WG 17 January 2014 Approved by FESCo 22 January 2014 Currently under revision!
• Governance Charter for Server Working Group - Approved 12 Sep 2017
• Personas (target users) for Fedora Server - Approved 03 December 2013

Working Documents

• Technical Specification Technical Specification for Fedora Server

Proposals

• Product Requirements Document- latest Draft
• The version of the Product Requirement Document (PRD) proposal currently under discussion can be found here.
  The first draft in a side by side comparison to the old version can be found here. But please, comment on the former!)
• A first draft of a proposal for a concept to improve documentation is here

Archive

• Older pages that were integrated into other approved documents

Meeting Minutes

 

Date	Agenda	Meeting Summary	Mailing List Thread	Raw Logs
Wednesday, December 1, 2021	Standing meeting Migrating WG Wiki Pages to docs.fedoraproject.org Review current Fedora Server Technical Specification Facilitated and improved support for Fedora Server Edition VMs	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Full log
Wednesday, November 17, 2021	Standing meeting Moving Wiki Pages to docs.fedoraproject.org Preparing Fedora Release 36 Facilitated deployment of key services by combining rpm and Ansible	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Full log
Wednesday, September 15, 2021	Standing meeting Follow up actions Fedora 35: Max size arm-32 exceeded, install media blocked Facilitated deployment of key services by combining rpm and Ansible	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Full log
Wednesday, September 1, 2021	Standing meeting Follow up actions Fedora 35: Max size arm-32 exceeded, install media blocked Facilitated deployment of key services by combining rpm and Ansible	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Full log
Wednesday, August 18, 2021	Standing meeting Follow up actions Facilitated deployment of key services by combining rpm and Ansible Work planning update	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Full log
Wednesday, August 4, 2021	Standing meeting Follow up actions Facilitated deployment of key services by combining rpm and Ansible	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Full log
Wednesday, July 21, 2021	Standing meeting Open ticket 32 about composition of installation media Work on Fedora 35	Meeting summary	none	Full log
Wednesday, July 07, 2021	Ongoing Work Projects Status of ongoing activities (some housekeeping) Fedora Server Documentation	Meeting summary	none	Full log
Wednesday, June 23, 2021	Ongoing Work Projects Fedora Server Product Requirement Document (PRD) Fedora Server Documentation Fedora Website - revamp	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Full log
Wednesday, June 9, 2021	Ongoing Work Projects Fedora Server Release 35 Deploying services via RPM and Ansible Fedora Server documentation review	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Full log
Wednesday, June 2, 2021	Ongoing Work Projects Explore opportunities for cooperation with Cloud WG Deploying services via RPM and Ansible Fedora Server documentation review	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Full log
Wednesday, May 26, 2021	Future Fedora Server Releases Deploying services via RPM and Ansible	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Full log
Wednesday, May 19, 2021	Future Fedora Server Releases Issue release composition Planning for next Fedora release(s)	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Full log
Wednesday, May 12, 2021	Fedora Server PRD and future Fedora Server Releases PRD - various reviewer questions to discuss Planning for next Fedora release(s)	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Full log
Wednesday, May 05, 2021	Fedora Server Releases Planning for next Fedora release(s) Fedora release criteria and process	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Full log
Wednesday, April 28, 2021	Status PRD Update and Fedora Server Release Status Server PRD (Info) Fedora release criteria and process New Issue: Release composition	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Raw log
Wednesday, April 21, 2021	PRD Update and Fedora Server Release PRD Update second pass Fedora release criteria and process Planing for next Fedora release	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Raw log
Wednesday, April 14, 2021	Mainly Continuation of the last meeting's agenda PRD update discussion Status F34 release Status new documentation	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Raw log
Wednesday, April 07, 2021	Mainly Continuation of the last meeting's agenda PRD Update Proposal Collaboration with Cloud WG	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Raw log
Wednesday, March 31, 2021	Continuation of the last meeting's agenda PRD Update Proposal New Documentation	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Raw log
Wednesday, March 24, 2021	Continuation of the last meeting's agenda Documentation Update PRD Update Proposal	Meeting summary	(none]	Raw log
Wednesday, March 17, 2021	Continuation of the last meeting's agenda Work needed for Fedora 34 PRD Update Proposal	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Raw log
Wednesday, March 3, 2021	Status Reboot Server Working Group Introduce Dusty Mabe from Cloud Group	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Raw log
Wednesday, February 17, 2021	Status Reboot Server Working Group Work program for the coming year PRD Update (first round of discussion)	Meeting summary	Detailed agenda	Raw log
Wednesday, February 3, 2021	Housekeeping Wiki Update	Meeting summary	None	Raw log
Wednesday, January 20, 2021	Status PRD Update Improving Fedora Server documentation and visibility systemd-oomd	Meeting summary	None	Raw log
Wednesday, December 16, 2020	Fedora Server Reboot Meeting Introduction, Quick Hello, the Agenda Basic Framework for What's Needed Round of Introductions (Who you are, what you're interested in) Existing Fedora Server WG Volunteers to actually be on the Working Group Volunteers for practical action: reviewing and updating the PRD	Meeting summary	None	Raw log

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