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+Project: Continuous Integration (Octopus)
+==========================================
+
+Introduction
+-------------
+
+Problem Statement:
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+OPNFV will use many upstream open source projects to create the reference platform.
+All these projects are developed and tested independently and in many cases,
+not have use cases of other projects in mind.
+Therefore it is to be expected that integration of these projects probably will unveil some gaps in functionality,
+since testing the OPNFV use cases needs the interworking of many upstream projects.
+Thus this integration work will bring major benefit to the community.
+
+Therefore the goal of the CI project – Octopus – is to quickly provide
+prototype integration of a first set of upstream projects.
+Step by step this later will be evolved to a full blown development environment with
+automated test and verification as a continuous integration environment, supporting both,
+the parallel evolutionary work in the upstream projects, and the improvement of NFV support in this reference platform.
+
+Summary
+^^^^^^^^
+
+The CI project provides the starting point for all OPNFV development activities.
+It starts by integrating stable versions of basic upstream projects,
+and from there creates a full development environment for OPNFV including automatic builds and basic verification.
+This is a very complex task and therefore needs a step by step approach.
+At the same time it is urgent to have a basic environment in place very soon.
+
+* **Create a hierarchical build environment** for the same integrated upstream projects as "getstarted",
+that uses the build tools as defined by each of the upstream projects and combines them.
+This allows development and verification in OPNFV collaborative projects.
+
+* **Implement automatic build process on central servers** - Provide automation and periodic builds
+
+* **Execute the continuous automated builds and basic verification**