]> review.fuel-infra Code Review - openstack-build/heat-build.git/commitdiff
Update the README
authorAngus Salkeld <asalkeld@redhat.com>
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:11:53 +0000 (13:11 +1100)
committerAngus Salkeld <asalkeld@redhat.com>
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:11:53 +0000 (13:11 +1100)
Signed-off-by: Angus Salkeld <asalkeld@redhat.com>
README.rst

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 ====
 HEAT
 ====
 
-This is the beginings of a AWS Cloudformation API written
-in the style of an openstack project.
+This is the beginings of an OpenStack project that provides a programmable
+interface to orchestrate1 multiple cloud applications implementing well
+known standards such as CloudFormations and Tosca.
 
+Currently we are focusing on CloudFormations but are watching the development
+of the Tosca specification.
 
 Why heat? It makes the clouds raise and keeps them there.
 
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 References:
 http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/APIReference/API_CreateStack.html
 http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/create-stack.html
+http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-template-resource-type-ref.html
+http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=tosca
+
+Related projects:
+http://wiki.openstack.org/Donabe
+http://wiki.openstack.org/DatabaseAsAService (could be used to provide AWS::RDS::DBInstance)
+http://wiki.openstack.org/QueueService (could be used to provide AWS::SQS::Queue)