[Hawkular-dev] Hawkular.org

Gary Brown gbrown at redhat.com
Tue Jun 14 08:57:46 EDT 2016



----- Original Message -----
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Gary Brown < gbrown at redhat.com > wrote:
> 
> 
> How will the common content between the Hawkular Server and Hawkular Metrics
> user guides be managed?
> 
> If we could use the same source and build the 2 docs, that would be optimal
> IMO. Not sure if that's doable.
> My priority is really hawkular-services and that the services makes sense
> together so the Hawkular Metrics doc could also just link to a specific
> chapter of Hawkular services.
> 
> 
> 
> Although not related to structure - if we do continue to use gitbook for
> docs, I assume there will actually be a separate doc then for the
> installation and user guide - so in terms of the APM gitbook I will need to
> move the installation and API sections out?
> 
> If so, could you create the repo for the APM installation guide, and also an
> agent guide.
> 
> We're not there yet, but possibly. We can also link to a chapter of the
> guide, at least temporarily.

Ok will just continue to build content in the one gitbook for now.

> 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> Gary
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > 
> > On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Gary Brown < gbrown at redhat.com > wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > Currently only have one observation - under User Guide it has Hawkular
> > Server
> > and Hawkular Metrics - however I believe Metrics is part of Hawkular
> > Server.
> > 
> > is *also* part of Hawkular server, yes.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > So should the User Guide be broken down into functional areas, rather than
> > be
> > based on packaging, as I guess that its usage will be the same (mostly)
> > whether standalone or packaged? And where differences occur, then the guide
> > can highlight the differences?
> > 
> > Yes that the dilemma. As a user I think I would prefer based on packaging
> > as
> > I want to have the documentation for what I am running, today there is a
> > split per functional area (actually it's per "component"), it makes it
> > harder to grasp what one can do and how, plus it's missing the link between
> > the components, as how to use them together.
> > 
> > 
> > Thomas.
> > 
> > 
> > If this change is appropriate, then it might be possible for some/all of
> > the
> > 'clients' to be described under the functionality area they are related to.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Regards
> > Gary
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > With the recent repackaging effort + the ManageIQ UI, we need to rethink
> > > hawkular.org .
> > > 
> > > It's tricky to keep it simple, what to download, for what usecase... And
> > > at
> > > the moment it's getting outdated.
> > > 
> > > IMO, it should be trivial for end users to figure out:
> > > - What to download
> > > - where to download and how to install the server
> > > - find/browse/download the various options to feed the server with data
> > > (WF
> > > agent, ptrans supported protocoles, ...)
> > > - find/browse/download options to use/read the data: (ManageIQ,
> > > Grafana...)
> > > 
> > > and for the developers
> > > - find/browse/download the client libraries (Ruby, Python...)
> > > - Find client libraries documentation
> > > - Find examples...
> > > 
> > > We should probably not separate/fork Hawkular Services from Hawkular
> > > "community" too much, beside the installation procedure and few things
> > > that
> > > we would mention as only available in the "larger" package. I use the
> > > term
> > > "Hawkular Server" in the mind map for the 2 "flavors".
> > > 
> > > Please propose improvements to the draft attached that represents the
> > > website
> > > structure. (A square is not necessarily a page, it may be a section of a
> > > page)
> > > 
> > > Thomas
> > > 
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