On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 04:56:01AM -0800, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > On Mon, Dec 05, 2016 at 06:02:12PM +0800, gustavo panizzo (gfa) wrote: > > Watching how I can improve the current status of Debian support at $DAYJOB > > I realized that AWS agents are not packaged even if their license > > allows it > > > > I wonder if packaging them, on main, would make Debian supported by AWS? > > > > When I said supported by AWS I mean Debian having the same status as Amazon Linux, > > RH, and Ubuntu in docs like this > > > > http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/sysman-install-ssm-agent.html > > http://docs.aws.amazon.com/codedeploy/latest/userguide/how-to-run-agent-install.html > > Note that for each of the supported OSes referenced in the above docs, > the agent is packaged and distributed by AWS directly, and is not part > of the distribution. So being present in the distro is not a requirement > for support. I will follow up with contacts at AWS and see if I can Yes, but for amazon linux is just a yum install away, I'd like to reach similar status in Debian > learn more details about what makes a distro eligible for support. I > suspect that demand from AWS customers is a large part of it. > > Regarding the list of specific agents you provided, yes, each of them is > potentially a candidate for inclusion in Debian. It's simply a matter of > somebody being sufficiently motivated to do that work... > > > Maybe there are other agents out there that I don't know about it > > Amazon ECS Init should also be packaged. > https://github.com/aws/amazon-ecs-init OK > > > I'm *really* interested in feedback from from Amazon folks here, if Debian doesn't > > get the supported status by AWS, I won't have the time to own this > > effort (I don't know ruby so I can't help with the CodeDeploy agent > > anyway) > > I suspect that there are two things that need to happen for AWS to > officially consider Debian supported in their docs, etc: > > 1. Customers have to be asking for official support. If there's not > sufficient customer demand, it's probably not even on AWS's radar. I > don't not know what would constitute "sufficient". > > 2. There could be formal partnership agreements between the distro and > AWS. I'm not sure, and I don't know what the terms of such an agreement > would be, so I have no idea if this would be an option for Debian. > > Obligatory Disclaimer: I work for AWS, but I am not involved in > determining what is supported by them. I'm not speaking on their behalf > here. yeah, I know any help from you guys doesn't "bind" AWS to support Debian, anyway your input is greatly appreciated Sorry if my email sounded a bit aggressive/rude, it wasn't my intention. I'm just not native speaker If we can get Debian included in docs, etc, I can allocate time to work on the agents thanks > > noah > -- 1AE0 322E B8F7 4717 BDEA BF1D 44BB 1BA7 9F6C 6333 keybase: https://keybase.io/gfa
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