StackStorm
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| name = StackStorm
| other_names = ST2
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| released = {{Start date and age|2014|11|03|df=yes}}
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| latest release version = 3.6.0
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2021|10|29|df=yes}}{{cite web|url=https://docs.stackstorm.com/changelog.html|accessdate=2022-01-07|title=StackStorm Changelog}}
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| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/StackStorm}}
| programming language = Python
| operating system = Linux, Unix-like
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| genre = Configuration management and Infrastructure as Code
| license = Apache 2.0
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| website = {{URL|https://stackstorm.com/}}
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StackStorm (abbreviation: 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,{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@anthonypjshaw/ansible-v-s-salt-saltstack-v-s-stackstorm-3d8f57149368|title=Ansible v.s. Salt (SaltStack) v.s. StackStorm|first=Anthony|last=Shaw|date=17 May 2017|publisher=}} it primarily focuses on doing things or running workflows based on events. StackStorm is comparable to IFTTT{{cite web|url=http://thedataplumber.net/ifttt-for-the-network-awesome/|title=IFTTT For The Network, Awesome!|first=Jody|last=Gajic|date=14 Aug 2016|publisher=}} 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.{{Cite journal|last1=Dahlberg|first1=Johan|last2=Hermansson|first2=Johan|last3=Sturlaugsson|first3=Steinar|last4=Larsson|first4=Pontus|date=2017-11-06|title=Arteria: An automation system for a sequencing core facility|url=https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/11/06/214858|journal=bioRxiv|language=en|pages=214858|doi=10.1101/214858|doi-access=free|hdl=11343/245527|hdl-access=free}} It leverages a micro-service based architecture together with StackStorm to create an event-driven automation system.{{Cite web|url=https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qe_b9EwUuKw0HDgT-4l_2J_Vj5ROelcoUIdQCsOlnkQ/edit#slide=id.p7|title=Beyond Cron and Bash - presentation at the Conference of Software Research Engineering in Manchester 2016|website=The Arteria Project|language=en-US|access-date=2018-06-06}}
History
StackStorm was founded by Evan Powell and Dmitri Zimine. With initial funding by XSeed Capital, StackStorm came out of stealth on May 6, 2014{{cite web|url=http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2014/05/06/stackstorm-stealth-give-devops-true-data-center-automation|title=StackStorm Out of Stealth to Give DevOps True Data Center Automation|date=6 May 2014|publisher=}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2842959/application-development/stackstorm-aims-to-be-if-this-then-that-for-it-automation.html|title=Python-powered StackStorm sets scripts for event-triggered automation|first=Serdar|last=Yegulalp|publisher=}} While StackStorm platform was initially focused on the general DevOps automation, it extended to networking after the company was acquired by Brocade in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.crn.com/news/networking/300080184/brocade-acquisition-of-devops-automation-startup-stackstorm-seen-as-smart-move-by-partners.htm|title=Brocade Acquisition Of DevOps Automation Startup StackStorm Seen As Smart Move By Partners|first=Mark|last=Haranas|date=29 March 2016|publisher=}} In 2017 StackStorm transitioned to Extreme Networks as part of Brocade’s data center networking business acquisition.{{cite web|url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/961980/extreme-swallows-brocades-data-center-networking-business-for-55m.html|title=Extreme swallows Brocade's data center networking business for $55M|first=Michael|last=Cooney|publisher=}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.idgconnect.com/view_abstract/45935/extreme-networks-workflow-composer-powered-stackstorm|title=Extreme networks Workflow Composer Powered by StackStorm - IDG Connect|website=www.idgconnect.com}}
In 2019, Extreme Networks facilitated moving the StackStorm project to the Linux Foundation citing community requests for more neutral governance.{{cite web|url=https://stackstorm.com/2019/10/07/stackstorm-joins-the-linux-foundation/|title=StackStorm joins the Linux Foundation|website=stackstorm.com|date=7 October 2019 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/extreme-gifts-stackstorm-to-linux-foundation/2019/10/|title=Extreme Gifts StackStorm to Linux Foundation|website=www.sdxcentral.com|date=7 October 2019 }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://stackstorm.com/2020/05/27/extreme-networks-donates-ewc-to-linux-foundation/|title=Extreme Networks donates EWC to Linux Foundation|website=stackstorm.com|date=27 May 2020 }}