etcd operator working group

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Wang <benjamin.ahrtr@gmail.com>

OWNERS_ALIASES

@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ aliases:
     - johnbelamaric
     - klueska
     - pohly
+  wg-etcd-operator-leads:
+    - ahrtr
+    - hakman
+    - jberkus
   wg-lts-leads:
     - jeremyrickard
     - liggitt

sig-list.md

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ When the need arises, a [new SIG can be created](sig-wg-lifecycle.md)
 |[Batch](wg-batch/README.md)|[batch](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/labels/wg%2Fbatch)|* Apps<br>* Autoscaling<br>* Node<br>* Scheduling<br>|* [Aldo Culquicondor](https://github.com/alculquicondor), Google<br>* [Marcin Wielgus](https://github.com/mwielgus), Google<br>* [Maciej Szulik](https://github.com/soltysh), Red Hat<br>* [Swati Sehgal](https://github.com/swatisehgal), Red Hat<br>|* [Slack](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/wg-batch)<br>* [Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/wg-batch)|* Regular Meeting ([Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=8ulop9k0jfpuo0t7kp8d9ubtj4%40group.calendar.google.com)): [Thursdays (starting February 15th 2024)s at 3PM CET (Central European Time) (monthly)](https://zoom.us/j/98329676612?pwd=c0N2bVV1aTh2VzltckdXSitaZXBKQT09)<br>* Regular Meeting ([Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=8ulop9k0jfpuo0t7kp8d9ubtj4%40group.calendar.google.com)): [Thursdays (starting February 1st 2024)s at 3PM PT (Pacific Time) (monthly)](https://zoom.us/j/98329676612?pwd=c0N2bVV1aTh2VzltckdXSitaZXBKQT09)<br>
 |[Data Protection](wg-data-protection/README.md)|[data-protection](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/labels/wg%2Fdata-protection)|* Apps<br>* Storage<br>|* [Xing Yang](https://github.com/xing-yang), VMware<br>* [Xiangqian Yu](https://github.com/yuxiangqian), Google<br>|* [Slack](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/wg-data-protection)<br>* [Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kubernetes-data-protection)|* Regular WG Meeting: [Wednesdays at 9:00 PT (Pacific Time) (bi-weekly)](https://zoom.us/j/6933410772)<br>
 |[Device Management](wg-device-management/README.md)|[device-management](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/labels/wg%2Fdevice-management)|* Architecture<br>* Autoscaling<br>* Network<br>* Node<br>* Scheduling<br>|* [John Belamaric](https://github.com/johnbelamaric), Google<br>* [Kevin Klues](https://github.com/klueska), NVIDIA<br>* [Patrick Ohly](https://github.com/pohly), Intel<br>|* [Slack](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/wg-device-management)<br>* [Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/wg-device-management)|* Regular WG Meeting: [Tuesdays at 8:30 PT (Pacific Time) (biweekly)](TBD)<br>
+|[etcd-operator](wg-etcd-operator/README.md)|[etcd-operator](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/labels/wg%2Fetcd-operator)|* Etcd<br>* Cluster LifeCycle<br>|* [Benjamin Wang](https://github.com/ahrtr), VMware<br>* [Ciprian Hacman](https://github.com/hakman), Microsoft<br>* [Josh Berkus](https://github.com/jberkus), Red Hat<br>|* [Slack](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/wg-etcd-operator)<br>* [Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/wg-etcd-operator)|* Regular WG Meeting: [to be decided (Pacific Time) (bi-weekly)](to be created)<br>
 |[LTS](wg-lts/README.md)|[lts](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/labels/wg%2Flts)|* Architecture<br>* Cluster Lifecycle<br>* K8s Infra<br>* Release<br>* Security<br>* Testing<br>|* [Jeremy Rickard](https://github.com/jeremyrickard), Microsoft<br>* [Jordan Liggitt](https://github.com/liggitt), Google<br>* [Micah Hausler](https://github.com/micahhausler), Amazon<br>|* [Slack](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/wg-lts)<br>* [Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/wg-lts)|* Regular WG Meeting: [Tuesdays at 07:00 PT (Pacific Time) (biweekly)](https://zoom.us/j/92480197536?pwd=dmtSMGJRQmNYYTIyZkFlQ25JRngrdz09)<br>
 |[Policy](wg-policy/README.md)|[policy](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/labels/wg%2Fpolicy)|* Architecture<br>* Auth<br>* Multicluster<br>* Network<br>* Node<br>* Scheduling<br>* Storage<br>|* [Jim Bugwadia](https://github.com/JimBugwadia), Kyverno/Nirmata<br>* [Poonam Lamba](https://github.com/poonam-lamba), Google<br>* [Andy Suderman](https://github.com/sudermanjr), Fairwinds<br>|* [Slack](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/wg-policy)<br>* [Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/kubernetes-wg-policy)|* Regular WG Meeting: [Wednesdays at 8:00 PT (Pacific Time) (semimonthly)](https://zoom.us/j/7375677271)<br>
 |[Serving](wg-serving/README.md)|[serving](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/labels/wg%2Fserving)|* Apps<br>* Architecture<br>* Autoscaling<br>* Instrumentation<br>* Network<br>* Node<br>* Scheduling<br>* Storage<br>|* [Eduardo Arango](https://github.com/ArangoGutierrez), NVIDIA<br>* [Jiaxin Shan](https://github.com/Jeffwan), Bytedance<br>* [Sergey Kanzhelev](https://github.com/SergeyKanzhelev), Google<br>* [Yuan Tang](https://github.com/terrytangyuan), Red Hat<br>|* [Slack](https://kubernetes.slack.com/messages/wg-serving)<br>* [Mailing List](https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/wg-serving)|* WG Serving Weekly Meeting ([Calendar](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=e896b769743f3877edfab2d4c6a14132b2aa53287021e9bbf113cab676da54ba%40group.calendar.google.com)): [Wednesdays at 9:00 PT (Pacific Time) (weekly)](https://zoom.us/j/93517402529?pwd=RnkwUUQ4L3J2QmNYYlNBcnZGbXcvQT09)<br>

sigs.yaml

@@ -3375,6 +3375,48 @@ workinggroups:
     liaison:
       github: pohly
       name: Patrick Ohly
+- dir: wg-etcd-operator
+  name: Etcd Operator
+  mission_statement: >
+    The working group is dedicated to enabling automatic and efficient operation
+    of etcd clusters in Kubernetes using an etcd-operator. The working group will 
+    discuss the requirement & use cases of such an etcd-operator. It will also try
+    to create a roadmap to develop such an etcd-operator.
+    
+    Note the etcd clusters, to be managed by the etcd-operator, are to support
+    applications instead of Kubernetes itself.
+
+  charter_link: charter.md
+  stakeholder_sigs:
+    - etcd
+    - Cluster Lifecycle
+  label: etcd-operator
+  leadership:
+    chairs:
+      - github: ahrtr
+        name: Benjamin Wang
+        company: VMware
+      - github: hakman
+        name: Ciprian Hacman
+        company: Microsoft
+      - github: jberkus
+        name: Josh Berkus
+        company: Red Hat
+  meetings:
+    - description: Regular WG Meeting
+      day: TBD
+      time: TBD
+      tz: PT (Pacific Time)
+      frequency: bi-weekly
+      url: [provide a zoom link]
+      archive_url: [provide a google doc]
+      recordings_url: [youtube playlist link]
+  contact:
+    slack: wg-etcd-operator [to be created]
+    mailing_list: [provide a mailing list]
+    liaison:
+      github: [to be finalized]
+      name: [to be finalized]
 - dir: wg-lts
   name: LTS
   mission_statement: >

wg-etcd-operator/charter.md

@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# WG etcd operator
+
+This charter adheres to the conventions described in the [Kubernetes Charter README]
+and uses the Roles and Organization Management outlined in [sig-governance].
+
+[sig-governance]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/committee-steering/governance/sig-governance.md
+[Kubernetes Charter README]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/committee-steering/governance/README.md
+
+## Scope
+
+The purpose of an etcd-operator is to operate automatically etcd clusters which run in the Kubernetes environment.
+It minimizes human intervention as much as possible.
+
+### In Scope
+
+- Clarify the Goal & Non-goal.
+- Collect requirements & use cases with a [survey](https://forms.gle/5gBpzaxYtuQPWdBo9) to better understand what users care about the most.
+- Prioritize the tasks based on feedback and create a roadmap.
+- Bootstrap a project "etcd-operator" owned by SIG etcd which resides in the etcd-io or kubernetes-sigs Github orgs.
+  - Review existing etcd operators to see if any could be forked or referenced to advance the project.
+- Discuss & design the core reconciliation workflow, and potentially provide a proof of concept (PoC).
+- Figure out how to get resource for following dev/test, i.e. AWS S3.
+
+### Out of scope
+
+- Manage etcd clusters running within non-Kubernetes environments.
+- Manage etcd clusters which are supporting the Kubernetes itself.
+
+## Stakeholders
+
+Stakeholders for this working group include members in the following SIGs:
+
+- SIG etcd
+- SIG Cluster Lifecycle
+
+## Deliverables
+
+The artifacts the group is supposed to deliver include:
+- Survey results which describe the users requirements and use cases.
+- Roadmap for the project etcd-operator.
+- Core reconciliation workflow and PoC.
+- A new repository "etcd-operator" owned by SIG etcd, and it should have implemented the very basic functionalities below,
+  - Creation of a new etcd cluster with one or multiple members;
+  - Scale out & in the etcd cluster;
+  - Upgrading patch versions or one minor version.
+
+## Roles and Organization Management
+
+This working group adheres to the Roles and Organization Management outlined in
+[sig-governance] and opts-in to updates and modifications to [sig-governance].
+
+[sig-governance]: https://github.com/kubernetes/community/blob/master/committee-steering/governance/sig-governance.md
+
+## Timelines and Disbanding
+
+The exact timeline for this working group is hard to define at this time.
+
+When all the deliverables mentioned above are done and there is no additional coordination needed,
+then we will disband this working group and continue to track the development of the proejct
+under SIG etcd.