= Help Wanted

We're looking for dedicated and energetic people to join the fun times
in the Fedora Infrastructure team. What fun stuff will you do to support
and grow the Fedora community?

* You will help design and implement highly available and fault-tolerant
systems
* Fix system issues for grateful Fedora developers
* Maintain the servers that make the Fedora Project possible
* Create and maintain custom tools and applications to automate systems
maintenance
* Create and maintain tools and applications to enhance and grow the
Fedora community

The skills you should possess or be willing to learn to do this work
include:

* Being polite
* Being patient
* How to help fellow hackers
* How to write systems administration scripts
* How to write web applications
** We primarily use Python, SQL, and associated technologies
** Other equivalent technologies are welcome
** We can especially use skills in this area or folks that are willing
to learn
* How the Fedora Project works "behind the scenes"

It would be great if

* You have previous systems admin experience
* Have access to your own testing machines
** Our resources are limited, especially for testing!
* Work in other areas of Fedora like packaging or documentation

== Getting Started

See below for a list of steps or head down to the xref:gettingstarted.adoc#_quickstart[Quick
Start] section if you just want to submit a single change or fix.

== First steps

* First you will need to read through and understand
link:https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/commops/contribute/successful-contributor/[how to be a successful contributor].
* Next you will need to create a link:https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-accounts/user/[Fedora Account]:
** This account will be used for just about everything you do as a
member of the Fedora Community
** You will need it to sign the link:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:Fedora_Project_Contributor_Agreement[FPCA]
which is required to contribute to the Fedora Community
** You will need it to login to various systems associated with the Infrastructure Group
** You will need it to upload code changes, make changes to this wiki and etc.
* After you have created your account and signed the FPCA, you should then subscribe to the
link:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/infrastructure.lists.fedoraproject.org/[Fedora Infrastructure Mailing List]
and you should check the link:https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/tags/c/project/7/infrastructure-team[Infrastructure tag at Fedora Discussion].
** This is the mailing list you will use to send your introduction email to the Fedora
Infrastructure Team as well as communicate with other team members on a regular basis.
** When you are ready to send a [introduction to the group](mailto:infrastructure@lists.fedoraproject.org),
** your subject should be 'Meeting Agenda Item: Introduction _Your Name_'.
The message body should include:
*** Your Matrix handle
**** link:https://fedoramagazine.org/join-the-conversation/[Fedora's Matrix instance at chat.fedoraproject.org]
*** What skills you have to offer and which you would like to learn. This can include...
**** Programming languages you are familiar with or have used
**** Systems administration skills, certifications, and technologies you have or have used (or wish to learn)
**** Any associations you have (e.g. local hackerspace/makerspace, Linux User Groups, employer, etc.)
** What you want to learn
*** What you would like to work on and quite possibly which link:http://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issues[outstanding issues] you would like to help resolve
*** Look at our link:https://fedoraproject.org/easyfix/#fedora-infrastructure[Fedora Infrastructure Easyfix]
issues for one that is of interest.
** Any initial questions you have for the team
*** Look at the link:https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/infra/sysadmin_guide/[Fedora Infrastructure Best Practices] document
*** Be patient, as sometimes folks are busy and might not reply to your email quickly. You may get a faster response on Matrix.
*** join the #admin:fedoraproject.org channel on matrix and attend the next matrix meeting.
*** Watch link:http://fedoramagazine.org/?p=642[some videos] intended to introduce new contributors to
the team.

== What is next?

After you've completed the steps outlined in the xref:gettingstarted.adoc#_first_steps[First steps
section] you should:

* Regularly attend the link:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/Meetings[Weekly Meetings]
on Matrix and be sure to introduce yourself the first time you attend. There is a section at the
start of the meeting where you can give a short introduction of yourself to the rest of the team.
* Take some time to learn about the link:[services]https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/infra/map_critical_services/
the Fedora Infrastructure Group develops, deploys and maintains.
* Ask about joining the xref:apprentice.adoc[Fedora Infrastructure Apprentice] (fi-apprentice) group.
* Read up on link:https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/infra/sysadmin_guide/#_standard_operating_procedures[SOPs]
you find interesting. These are a good point of reference for hosts related to an app. They give an overview
of how things work for that app.
* Idle in matrix and chime in with questions or offers to help when you see an interesting problem being discussed.

If you don't have the time to be involved on a regular basis at this point, please feel free to watch over
things and report bugs and RFEs as you see fit. Showing interest now is a great way to make it easier to
join the team's activities later!

== QuickStart

* If you just want to make a single change or fix a single issue, then
just jump right in at attach a patch for it to the existing issue, or
post a patch to the mailing list. Note that we still would like you to
create an account and sign the FPCA so we can properly license your
contributions.

== How the team works

The Fedora Infrastructure Group consists of volunteers and Red Hat employees. Our preferred
method of communication is matrix though we also heavily use the Fedora Mailing
List. 
We try to be as transparent as possible and default to open.

New members are encouraged to join the list, use the discourse, Matrix and attend meetings.

Asking questions (in any of our public areas: Matrix, lists, meetings) is encouraged. Unless there's an outage
or people are busy we are happy to try and explain how something is setup or works.

The team is a meritocracy, which means those people who solve issues and do work are given more privileges over time. In
general don't worry about the access and privileges, instead, try and solve problems and prove that you will be around
and reliable over time and you will be setup with what you need to do that work. Since we are a small team we don't
usually have the cycles to do full time mentoring of new contributors, so you will be expected to be a "self-starter"
and able to gather information on your own. We are happy to answer questions when you get stuck. 
