| StackStorm | |
|---|---|
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| Other names | ST2 |
| Initial release | 3 November 2014 (2014-11-03) |
| Stable release | 3.6.0
/ 29 October 2021 (2021-10-29)1 |
| Written in | Python |
| Operating system | Linux, Unix-like |
| Available in | English |
| Type | Configuration management and Infrastructure as Code |
| License | Apache 2.0 |
| Website | stackstorm |
| Repository | github |
StackStorm (ST2) is an open source event-driven platform for runbook automation. It supports the infrastructure as code (IaC) approach to DevOps automation and has been compared with SaltStack and Ansible,2 it primarily focuses on doing things or running workflows based on events. StackStorm is comparable to IFTTT3 or Zapier in providing a way to connect many different services together in coherent applets or workflows that begin based on defined events or triggers.
While Stackstorm has been used to automate workflows in many industries, a particularly interesting application is the Arteria project that provides components to automate analysis and data-management tasks at next-generation sequencing core-facilities.4 It leverages a micro-service based architecture together with StackStorm to create an event-driven automation system.5
History
StackStorm was founded by Evan Powell and Dmitri Zimine. With initial funding by XSeed Capital, StackStorm came out of stealth on May 6, 20146 to introduce a private beta program for the company's first product. StackStorm offered IT departments the capability to automatically trigger actions and drive behaviors across the infrastructure and separate systems with scriptable processes.7 While StackStorm platform was initially focused on the general DevOps automation, it extended to networking after the company was acquired by Brocade in 2016.8 In 2017 StackStorm transitioned to Extreme Networks as part of Brocade's data center networking business acquisition.9 Supported by Extreme Networks, StackStorm continued to be an OpenSource project. Brocade, and then Extreme Networks, offered a commercial product built on top of the StackStorm platform named Brocade Workflow Composer and then Extreme Workflow Composer.10
In 2019, Extreme Networks facilitated moving the StackStorm project to the Linux Foundation citing community requests for more neutral governance.1112 In 2020, Extreme Networks also donated their Extreme Workflow Composer to the Linux Foundation, thus allowing the StackStorm community to integrate its features in the core StackStorm product.13
References
References
- "StackStorm Changelog". Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- Shaw, Anthony (17 May 2017). "Ansible v.s. Salt (SaltStack) v.s. StackStorm".
- Gajic, Jody (14 Aug 2016). "IFTTT For The Network, Awesome!".
- Dahlberg, Johan; Hermansson, Johan; Sturlaugsson, Steinar; Larsson, Pontus (2019). "Arteria: An automation system for a sequencing core facility". GigaScience. 8 (12) giz135. bioRxiv 10.1101/214858. doi:10.1093/gigascience/giz135. PMC 6905352.
- "Beyond Cron and Bash - presentation at the Conference of Software Research Engineering in Manchester 2016". The Arteria Project. Retrieved 2018-06-06.
- "StackStorm Out of Stealth to Give DevOps True Data Center Automation". 6 May 2014.
- Yegulalp, Serdar. "Python-powered StackStorm sets scripts for event-triggered automation".
- Haranas, Mark (29 March 2016). "Brocade Acquisition Of DevOps Automation Startup StackStorm Seen As Smart Move By Partners".
- Cooney, Michael. "Extreme swallows Brocade's data center networking business for $55M".
- "Extreme networks Workflow Composer Powered by StackStorm - IDG Connect". www.idgconnect.com.
- "StackStorm joins the Linux Foundation". stackstorm.com. 7 October 2019.
- "Extreme Gifts StackStorm to Linux Foundation". www.sdxcentral.com. 7 October 2019.
- "Extreme Networks donates EWC to Linux Foundation". stackstorm.com. 27 May 2020.