feat: Simplify plugin architecture of Move2Kube

[kmehant]

Motivation

Move2Kube is a command-line tool for automating creation of Infrastructure as code (IaC) artifacts. The tool has a powerful plugin based transformer architecture where developers can write their own custom transformer plugins to fulfil their re-platforming needs. However, concepts like path mappings etc could be simplified for better adoption.

Expected Outcome

• Come up with a simplified alternative design for plugin architecture for Move2Kube.
• Migrate existing components to support the new design with backward compatibility (good to have).

Example

Writing a Move2Kube custom transformer needs developers to understand various concepts such as path mappings etc, can we reduce the learning overhead by simplifying this architecture?

Resources

Transformer - https://move2kube.konveyor.io/concepts/transformer
Path Mapping - https://move2kube.konveyor.io/concepts/path-mapping
Artifact - https://move2kube.konveyor.io/concepts/artifact
Transformer types - https://move2kube.konveyor.io/transformers

Getting Started

• If you are familiar with Golang you can start by trying to build the Move2Kube CLI https://github.com/konveyor/move2kube
  Follow the tutorial on how to use it to do a transformation https://move2kube.konveyor.io/tutorials/cli
• Details on the Transformer architecture in Move2Kube
  • Transformer concept - https://move2kube.konveyor.io/concepts/transformer
  • Path Mapping concept - https://move2kube.konveyor.io/concepts/path-mapping
  • Artifact concept - https://move2kube.konveyor.io/concepts/artifact
  • Different set of transformers - https://move2kube.konveyor.io/transformers

[HarikrishnanBalagopal]

For those coming from LFX, this issue #1063 has a few more details on how to get started with Move2Kube.

[HarikrishnanBalagopal]

Related #882

[anshikavashistha]

Greetings to you @kmehant @HarikrishnanBalagopal ,hope you are doing well!

I just came upon this issue while exploring the move2kube repo & I feel that this would be the perfect project for me to tackle, as part of the LFX spring program! A couple reasons:

• I'm a beginner in Go, have just started building a few side projects and gaining practical understanding through that & reading the problem statement.
• I have contributed to Kubernetes test infra repo and have some sort of knowledge about Kubernetes

[anshikavashistha]

For LFX spring program, along with resume and cover letter, Is there any another prerequisite which we have to do while applying to LFX program ?

[kmehant]

#1131 (comment)

Nothing apart from that, please complete and submit your application on the LFX Portal.

[anshikavashistha]

Okay
Thank you

[xevor11]

Would it be possible to get a review of the cover letter/proposal, in addition, is there a specific deadline for when we can expect to hear back?

[nate-double-u]

Would it be possible to get a review of the cover letter/proposal, in addition, is there a specific deadline for when we can expect to hear back?

@xevor11, there are a lot of applicants, I wouldn't expect individual tailored critiques of applications from the mentors. Regarding when you may hear back about applications, please see the published program timeline.