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Higgens is an OpenStack Container Management Service making container available as first class resources in OpenStack. It aims to provide an unified API for launching and managing containers backed by different container technologies.
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  Higgins was renamed to Zun. Please see the new wiki instead: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Zun.
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= News =
 
 
 
* 2016-04-20 According to the discussion in the OpenStack Austin design summit, we are going to create a new project (which is Higgins) for providing OpenStack container service. The Magnum project (another OpenStack project for containers) will focus on deployment and management of Container Orchestration Engines (COEs).
 
 
 
= Resources =
 
* Launchpad Project Pages
 
** [http://launchpad.net/python-higgins Higgins Launchpad Project]
 
** [https://bugs.launchpad.net/python-higgins Bug Tracker]
 
* Mailing List
 
** [http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev OpenStack Mailing List] for project related discussion
 
*** Add [Higgins] to the subject line of new posts about this project.
 
** [http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/ OpenStack Mailing List Archives] for current discussion.
 
* Code Repository
 
** http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/higgins
 
 
 
= IRC =
 
Our developers use IRC in <code>#openstack-higgins</code> on freenode for development discussion.
 
 
 
= Meetings =
 
The Higgins team holds public meetings. We meet in <code>#openstack-higgins</code> on Friday on the following schedule:
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
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| 2016-05-13 || UTC 0300 Friday  || http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Higgins+Team+Meeting&iso=20160513T03
 
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== Agenda for 2016-05-13 0300 UTC ==
 
* Roll Call
 
* Welcome
 
* Introductions
 
* Announcements
 
** #link https://review.openstack.org/#/admin/groups/1382,members Initial Higgins core team
 
* Drive consensus on requirements
 
** #link https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/container-management-service etherpad for collaborating on project requirements
 
* Open Discussion
 
 
 
== Previous Meetings ==
 
* [http://eavesdrop.openstack.org/meetings/higgins/2016/ 2016 Higgins Team Meeting Archive]
 
 
 
= Frequently Asked Questions =
 
'''1) What is the relationship between Higgins and Magnum?'''
 
 
 
Higgins and Magnum are two independent projects. Higgins aims to provide APIs to manage containers, while Magnum provides APIs to provision and manage Container Orchestration Engine (COEs), such as Kubernetes.
 
 
 
'''2) Who is Higgins for? In comparison, who is Magnum for?'''
 
 
 
Higgins is for users who want to create and manage containers as OpenStack-managed resource. Containers managed by Higgins are supposed to be integrated well with other OpenStack resources, such as Neutron network and Cinder volume. Users are provided a simplified APIs to manage containers without the need to explore the complexities of different container technologies. Magnum is for users who want a self-service solution to provision and manage a Kubernetes (or other COEs) cluster.
 
 
 
'''3) What is the difference between Higgins and nova-docker?'''
 
 
 
Higgins is supposed to be the better place for nova-docker. The only maintainer of nova-docker is now a Higgins team member.
 
 
 
'''4) Does Higgins compete with Kubernetes (or other COEs)?'''
 
 
 
We do not intend to compete with Kubernetes or other COEs. In fact, Kubernetes provides Container Orchestration and many other advanced features (i.e. keep container alive, load balancing, etc.). In comparison, Higgins will start with basic container operations (i.e. CRUD) and focus on tight integration with OpenStack.
 

Latest revision as of 00:04, 6 September 2016

Project Rename Notice

 Higgins was renamed to Zun. Please see the new wiki instead: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Zun.