The LF Edge Sandbox includes a Global Marketplace, which includes a list of applications approved by the LF Edge TAC and maintained by the application project or owner. This global marketplace is available to all users and provides a rapid path for deploying applications.
This document describes the process for adding and removing global marketplace applications and is intended for LF Edge Project owners and sponsors.
If you are a LF Edge Sandbox user of the system, you can learn more about applications and marketplaces here.
The process for adding an application to the LF Edge Sandbox Global Marketplace is summarized below.
- Complete a Global Marketplace Request form and express interest to the TAC (or approved TAC committee)
- TAC Approval based upon on entry criteria
- Perform the technical integration steps
- Submit a Global Marketplace promotion request to the TAC
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Application owners can express intent to bring an application to the global marketplace by expressing interest on the TAC mailing list with a completed a Global Marketplace Request form
Step 2: TAC Approval based upon entry criteria
The LF Edge Sandbox is intended to help developers explore LF Edge projects and technologies. To create a compelling experience for developers, the TAC may choose to include other open-source or commercial applications.
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- Prove it works.
- Sign up for an LF Edge Sandbox account [link] to build and test your application.
- Get the application running in your private marketplace.
- Video screen-record successful deployment of the app to an edge node.
- Test upgrades and optimizations
- Work through upgrades of EVE and your application to ensure full complete lifecycle management of the solution.
- Finalize the packaging.
- Implement any easy integrations to improve the experience.
- Finalize marketplace listing content, docs, and links.
- Video screen-record successful deployment of the app to an edge node.
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With a fully functional and documented application workflow, you can submit a request to the TAC for promotion to the global marketplace. It is expected that you will be able to demonstrate the following:
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The LF Edge Sandbox controlling organization is the LF Edge TAC.
Contact Information
For more information, please visit our community slack channel [#lf-edge-sandbox] or post to our email distribution list.
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