openFuyao FAQs

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Community General FAQs ​

1. What is openFuyao? ​

openFuyao is an open-source community focused on software technology innovation for general computing and intelligent computing clusters. It is dedicated to providing the world with diversified computing power cluster software ecosystems, unleashing infinite value of intelligence. The community aims to gather partners and developers through open collaboration, build diversified computing power interconnection and scheduling capabilities, achieve ultimate release of cluster computing power with security and reliability, incubate key software root technologies based on clusters, formulate unified and open technical standards, and co-create an efficient and innovative computing power cluster community.

Please refer to openFuyao Community Introduction.

2. What is the openFuyao Community Distribution? ​

The openFuyao community is dedicated to building an open software ecosystem for diversified computing power clusters, focusing on promoting efficient collaboration between cloud-native and AI-native technologies to facilitate the ultimate release of effective computing power. The openFuyao community distribution, with modular, lightweight, secure, and reliable design principles at its core, is deeply optimized based on the open-source Kubernetes platform. It provides out-of-the-box containerized cluster management capabilities, covering basic functions such as resource orchestration, elastic scaling, and multi-dimensional monitoring, meeting the operational needs of enterprise-level production environments.

The openFuyao community distribution adopts a "core platform + pluggable components" architecture, providing rich industry-grade high-value components through a built-in application marketplace, covering key capabilities such as intelligent/general computing hybrid scheduling, heterogeneous resource unified management, dynamic intelligent scheduling, and end-to-end observability enhancement. For AI and big data scenarios, it integrates computing power affinity acceleration components, significantly improving the execution efficiency of data-intensive tasks.

Its technical highlights include:

  • Heterogeneous fusion: Supports multi-element computing power pooling and unified interface abstraction, breaking hardware architecture differences;
  • Intelligent scheduling: Combines AI-driven dynamic resource allocation strategies to achieve optimal cross-cluster resource utilization;
  • Scenario adaptation: Provides vertical scenario enhancement suites such as AI training and inference acceleration and big data analysis optimization, lowering business implementation thresholds;
  • Ecosystem openness: Component-based design supports flexible expansion, is compatible with mainstream cloud-native toolchains, and ensures sustainable evolution of the technology stack.

Through the "lightweight core + ecosystem empowerment" model, the openFuyao community distribution helps enterprises quickly build efficient, elastic, and intelligent computing power infrastructure, reduces operational complexity in heterogeneous environments, and provides agile support for digital transformation.

3. How often does openFuyao release versions? ​

openFuyao releases two types of community versions, including Long-Term Support (LTS) versions and regular versions.

LTS versions are released once a year, with the community focusing on competitive feature development and long-term technical evolution. LTS versions are provided with one year of basic maintenance cycle and one year of extended maintenance cycle. Extended maintenance beyond the support period is jointly provided by commercial distribution members or self-use members and the community. Community members with requirements should submit version applications in Release Management SIG, and complete development and patch version releases with the help of community processes, infrastructure, and image release platforms. For longer-term maintenance requirements, please maintain them yourself or apply to TC for extended joint maintenance periods. Regular versions are released three times a year, with six months of community support.

Before the end of a single version lifecycle, users will receive advance notifications through community announcements and the Release Management mailing list.

4. What SIG groups does the openFuyao community have? How to join? ​

Currently, the openFuyao community has 17 SIG groups (special interest groups), each established for specific technical topics. Each SIG has one or more projects on GitCode, and these projects have one or more repositories where the SIG's deliverables are stored. SIG members can submit Issues, solve problems, participate in reviews, and more in the repositories, promoting deliverables to become part of the openFuyao community distribution.

For the SIG panorama, please see SIG Center. You can join a SIG of interest by subscribing to the SIG mailing list, attending public meetings, or directly contacting SIG maintainers. If you don't find a SIG that interests you among the existing SIGs, you can refer to the SIG Application Process to find two to three people in the openFuyao community with common goals to discuss establishing a SIG group and maintain software packages for a technical direction in the community or initiate incubation projects.

5. How to participate in community contributions? ​

The openFuyao community welcomes developers to make code and non-code contributions. You can participate in community contributions by following these steps:

  1. Register a GitCode account.

  2. Sign the CLA.

    Before participating in community contributions, please sign the corresponding Contributor License Agreement based on your identity (individual, corporate legal entity, or corporate employee). Among them:

  3. Find a SIG that interests you.

    In the SIG Center, find a SIG that interests you and join it. If you have a strong interest in a certain direction and haven't found a corresponding SIG group, you can refer to the SIG Application Process to apply for creating a new SIG for maintenance and development.

  4. Start contributing.

    You can contribute original open-source projects, make code contributions and non-code contributions.

    • Contribute original open-source projects. You can submit topics at the openFuyao Technical Committee regular meetings to contribute your work to the openFuyao community.
    • Submit Issues or PRs. You can visit the openFuyao code repository to quickly submit issues/PRs.
    • Content creation and optimization.
      • Participate in documentation bug hunting to optimize community documentation.
      • Publish blogs to share your technical solutions, technical achievements, technical insights, or growth stories.
      • Technical live broadcasts. Please contact the openFuyao assistant WeChat ID: openFuyao_bot.
      • Use case sharing to showcase applications of openFuyao in various scenarios.

  5. Participate in community activities.

    The openFuyao community holds various online and offline activities, including themed summits, open-source conferences, social media live broadcasts, meetups, SIG activities, etc. For details, please visit the Event Calendar. We look forward to your participation.

To learn more about openFuyao community contribution channels, please visit Contribution Guide.

6. How to get the latest news about openFuyao? How to communicate with other openFuyao developers? ​

You are welcome to get the latest news about openFuyao and interact with other developers through the following ways:

  • Official website: Welcome to visit the openFuyao official website to get documentation, use cases, community charter, and other related information.
  • Course center: Welcome to explore openFuyao online courses to get community course resources.
  • Social media: Welcome to follow openFuyao social media accounts to get the latest community news.
  • Mailing list: Welcome to subscribe to the openFuyao mailing list to get the latest updates from each SIG.
  • Community communication group: Welcome to add the openFuyao assistant (WeChat ID: openFuyao_bot) as a friend to join the community communication group, ask questions and participate in discussions, and get the latest updates and news from openFuyao.

The openFuyao community welcomes you to join and looks forward to helping you improve your skills and make friends in the community!

7. I have a question, but I don't know where to ask? ​

Don't worry, please see Contact Us, and we will be ready to serve you at any time.

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