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What is Apache Allura and why is it relevant to developers?

Apache Allura is a Top-Level Project under the Apache Software Foundation since April of 2014. It powers SourceForge, Open Source Projects Europe, DLR German Aerospace Center and DARPA’s VehicleForge. The most interesting features that distinguish Apache Allura from currently trending Forge Software like GitHub, GitLab and the Atlassian Toolkit are it’s modularity and use of well-known python technologies. It …

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Installing Apache Allura on Digital Ocean

Installing Apache Allura on your Digital Ocean droplet is now as easy as typing make install. Apache Allura is a Software Forge that powers SourceForge.net. Today, I created a Makefile that simplifies the process of setting up Allura on a Digital Ocean droplet. The source code is hosted on https://forge-allura.apache.org/u/rhnvrm/allura-install/ci/master/tree/ and on github. Here are the steps to get started with deploying your own instance …

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Building Planet GSoC

There were many emails in the GSoC mailing list regarding ‘sharing’ blogs with the GSoC community. Many GSoC students keep blogs to track their progress. It becomes really tough to track hundreds of blogs so I thought of starting a blog aggregator. Most of the solutions that had been developed until now required setting up a server that would …

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Participating in Google Summer of Code 2016

This summer I will be working on an open-source project called Apache Allura. This software powers SourceForge.net and is developed under the Apache Software Foundation. My mentors are Dave Brondsema and Heith Seewald who have been guiding me along the way during the application period and the community bonding period and I hope to have an amazing summer working with them. I will …

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