From bb593b91c11d6038795f9cdfbd9b80f31b807bfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Brockmeier Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 16:14:41 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] CLOUDSTACK-1: Working on the new install docs for compiling w/Maven --- docs/en-US/source.xml | 18 ++++-------------- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/en-US/source.xml b/docs/en-US/source.xml index 3cb4af2321f..5d911c23050 100644 --- a/docs/en-US/source.xml +++ b/docs/en-US/source.xml @@ -24,20 +24,10 @@ Building from Source - The official &PRODUCT; release is always in source code form. While there may - exist convenience binaries in various forms from a number of places, the - source is the canonical release will be source. In this document we'll cover - acquiring the source release, building that into binary, deployable packages. - - - While building and deploying directly from source is certainly possible, the reality - of Infrastructure-as-a-Service cloud computing implies a need to deploy packages on - a potentially large number of systems, which RPMs and DEBs fill nicely. - - - Building and deploying directly from source is thus outside the scope of this - document, but is documented in the INSTALL.md file in the release. - + The official &PRODUCT; release is always in source code form. You will likely be able to find "convenience binaries," the source is the canonical release. In this section, we'll cover acquiring the source release and building that so that you can deploy it using Maven or create Debian packages or RPMs. + Note that building and deploying directly from source is typically not the most efficient way to deploy an IaaS. However, we will cover that method as well as building RPMs or Debian packages for deploying &PRODUCT;. + The instructions here are likely version-specific. That is, the method for building from source for the 4.0.x series is different from the 4.1.x series. + If you are working with a unreleased version of &PRODUCT;, see the INSTALL.md file in the top-level directory of the release. From db4b6081b72643650e2aa7d7512a0ccda69efd90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Brockmeier Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 16:41:56 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] CLOUDSTACK-1: Working on install docs for 4.1.0 and later. --- docs/en-US/getting-release.xml | 40 ++++++++-------------------------- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/en-US/getting-release.xml b/docs/en-US/getting-release.xml index 09f0a7b08fe..b9e97c9b03d 100644 --- a/docs/en-US/getting-release.xml +++ b/docs/en-US/getting-release.xml @@ -29,35 +29,13 @@ Apache CloudStack project download page. - - You'll notice several links under the 'Latest release' section. - - - - - - apache-cloudstack-4.0.0-incubating-src.tar.bz2 - - This is the link to the release itself. - - - - - PGP - - This is a detached cryptographic signature that can be used to help - verify the authenticity of the release. - - - - - MD5 - - An MD5 hash of the release to aid in verify the validity of the release download. - - - - - SHA512 - - A SHA512 hash of the release to aid in verify the validity of the release download. - - - + Prior releases are available via archive.apache.org at http://archive.apache.org/dist/incubator/cloudstack/releases/. + + You'll notice several links under the 'Latest release' section. A link to a file ending in tar.bz2, as well as a PGP/GPG signature, MD5, and SHA512 file. + + The tar.bz2 file contains the Bzip2-compressed tarball with the source code. + The .asc file is a detached cryptographic signature that can be used to help verify the authenticity of the release. + The .md5 file is an MD5 hash of the release to aid in verify the validity of the release download. + The .sha file is a SHA512 hash of the release to aid in verify the validity of the release download. +