Allura - A Gentle IntroductionAllura - A Gentle Introduction

About Me• Software Engineer at Canonical• Allura PMC Member• Formerly at SourceForge

• wwitzel3@apache.org• @wwitzel3

What is Allura?What is Allura?

Allura is ...• Ecosystem

Allura is ...• Ecosystem• Collaborative

Allura is ...• Ecosystem• Collaborative• Open

Allura is ...• The Allura Project• SourceForge• German Aerospace Center• VehicleForge• … more

Getting StartedGetting Started

Why Allura?• Self Hosted

Why Allura?• Self Hosted• Extensible

Why Allura?• Self Hosted• Extensible• Customizable

Allura Neighborhoods• Project• User

Allura Neighborhoods• Project• User

Create custom neighborhoods for each division of your organization.

Allura WorkflowAllura Workflow

Creating a Project

Tools• Markdown

Tools• Markdown• User and group level permissions

Tools• Markdown• User and group level permissions• Cross tool artifacts (more later)

Tools• Markdown• User and group level permissions• Cross tool artifacts (more later)• In Browser or Email reply

More on Artifacts• Everything is one.

More on Artifacts• Everything is one.• Enables cross tool linking.

More on Artifacts• Everything is one.• Enables cross tool linking.• Works across neighborhoods.

More on Artifacts• Everything is one.• Enables cross tool linking.• Works across neighborhoods.• Works with mailing lists.

Activity Streams

Allura CommunityAllura Community

Community• Graduated March 2014• http://allura.apache.org

Contributing• Dev list: dev@allura.apache.org• http://bit.do/allura-plugin-development• “Bit Size” - https://forge-allura.apache.org• PyCon 2014 Sprint, Montreal Canada

Contact• irc.freenode.net - #allura• User list: users@allura.apache.org

Questions?

Wayne Witzel IIIwwitzel3@apache.org@wwitzel3