Re: [Xen-API] Minimal OpenStack for XCP

["andrew.lukoshko@xxxxxxxxx" <andrew.lukoshko@xxxxxxxxx>]

BTW, John,
If you need some help with docs (testing maybe?), feel free to ask me.
I'm personally interested in manual installation docs to be sooner.

2012/10/3 Andrew Lukoshko <andrew.lukoshko@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi John.
>
> I'm interested mainly in Web-based control of XCP pools with RBAC and
> networks configuration.  OpenStack is requirement, I can't use CloudStack
> even if it more compatible afaik.
>
>
> --
> Andrew Lukoshko
>
> среда, 3 октября 2012 г. в 16:33, John Garbutt написал:
>
> Hi,
>
> I leading up the OpenStack effort at Citrix. Hopefully I can answer any
> questions with XCP + OpenStack.
>
> Certainly Rackspace have their public cloud running XenServer and OpenStack,
> so it certainly works.
>
> Just to be clear, it is probably fair to say OpenStack is replacing the XCP
> pool concept. But OpenStack is using the XCP features for networking,
> storage, migration etc. It hasn't really duplicated any of that stuff,
> although Quantum is going a little down that route. The main configuration
> pain is ensuring that all the different components of the system are wired
> together in a compatible way.
>
> In terms of getting started quickly, while admittedly not helpful when
> heading towards production deployments, you can use DevStack with XenServer:
> http://wiki.openstack.org/XenServer/DevStack
> The main issue is getting the network configuration correct.
>
> I am looking to create a guide of using the Ubuntu packages on Ubuntu 12.04
> DomU to act as the OpenStack controller, but I haven't completed that work
> yet. Indeed I would like to script that all, and release a supplemental pack
> that would implement that. But not quite there yet.
>
> Let me know how I can help you both. What are you trying to achieve? Web
> based access to XCP? CloudFoundry install?
>
> I hope that helps,
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Jakob Praher
> Sent: Tuesday, October 2, 2012 4:57 PM
> To: andrew.lukoshko@xxxxxxxxx
> Cc: xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-API] Minimal OpenStack for XCP
>
>
> Hi Andrew,
> Hi all,
>
> no advice from my side but a definite "me too" on this. Many services target
> the
> openstack API out-of-the box. E.g. there is this cloud foundry BOSH cloud
> provider inerface, which already targets Openstack - seems like a duplicate
> effort to build everything on top of XCP. Although I like the lean interface
> XCP
> provides.
>
> Best,
> Jakob
>
> Am Dienstag, 02. Oktober 2012 14:47 CEST, "andrew.lukoshko@xxxxxxxxx"
> <andrew.lukoshko@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm interested in deploying OpenStack Folsom for XCP, but seems like
> it's not so easy.
> Distribution's OpenStack packages has huge dependencies because they
> try to duplicate functionality already included in XCP. It also make
> configuration tricky.
>
> Wishlist:
> - really minimal services set
> - rely on XCP builtin features (networking, shared storage, migrations
> etc.), don't duplicate them in DomU.
>
> In general, I expect OpenStack-based XenCenter replacement that will
> only use XAPI and won't provide own services (or a minumal really
> required set).
>
> Any advice would be very helpful.
>
>
> --
> Andrew Lukoshko, M.Sc.
>
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