cloud-init update
by Garrett Holmstrom
Hi, everyone,
I just pushed the final (i.e. non-snapshot) version of cloud-init
0.7.0 to F18 and rawhide, which fixes a great deal of compatibility
bugs, makes most of the plugins work properly, and allows one to
configure the users on the system using instance user-data a lot
better than previous version. There is one fairly important change to
be aware of relative to F17's version: this version allows you to
change the user that it creates at startup time (and in fact add even
more), so it is recommended to *not* pre-create a user when you build
the image. What do we need to do to remove that from Fedora's cloud
image kickstart before we start building test images?
I'd like to push this to F16 and F17 as well to replace the horribly
broken versions that those operating systems shipped with. Any
objections?
How about EPEL? This update fixes so many issues that I believe it's worth it.
--
Garrett Holmstrom
11 years, 5 months
RPMs for OpenStack Ceilometer?
by Jan van Eldik
Hi all,
We would like to start testing OS Ceilometer, and I wonder if there are
already plans to provide RPMs for this component.
thanks, cheers, Jan
11 years, 5 months
Re: cloud Digest, Vol 34, Issue 32
by EGO-II.1
On 10/28/2012 08:00 AM, cloud-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
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> Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 12:16:12 -0400
> From: Matthew Miller <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
> To: Fedora Cloud SIG <cloud(a)lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Subject: Re: Please review / comment on / help with AWS Marketplace
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> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 04:41:47PM -0700, Garrett Holmstrom wrote:
>>>> Highlight3:
>>>> NEED SOMETHING HERE
>>>> [Security? Fedora-ness? Values? Highlight some particlar awesomness?]
>>> Ideas, anyone?
>> We covered "freedom" with highlight 1. We covered "friends" with the
>> note about community support. "Features" is covered by highlight 2.
>> Guess what's left? ;-)
> Well, we need to start getting some firsts in place from a cloud point of
> view before we can highlight them. Since F17 is ancient in internet years
> already, maybe it doesn't matter so much, but what can we push as whiz-bang
> for F18?
>
Not even really "qualified" to answer this....since I'm just a
greenhorn, but what about "security"......"speed"......"ease of
use".....things that would appeal to the average admin......someone
who's NOT looking to pore over hours of material just to find out how to
do "ABC-123"?......just a suggestion....
EGO II
11 years, 6 months
Please review / comment on / help with AWS Marketplace listing
by Matthew Miller
Here's the details for the form I'm going to submit. Would appreciate your
input, especially on the Highlights. My comments in [brackets].
Company Description:
The Fedora Project is a worldwide community of people who love, use, and
build free software. We want to lead in the creation and spread of free
code and content by working together as a community. Fedora is sponsored
by Red Hat, the world's most trusted provider of open source technology.
Red Hat invests in Fedora to encourage collaboration and incubate
innovative new free software technologies.
Software By:
Fedora Project
Title:
Fedora 17
Version Title:
Fedora 17 (Beefy Miracle) 2012.05.15
[Note: I put the date there because I'd like to leave open the option of
updated image spins. Open to suggestions on how best to do this.]
Release Notes:
Official Fedora Cloud image.
Description:
Fedora is a Linux-based operating system built on our community's four
foundations: freedom, features, friends, and first. The Fedora Cloud image
in EC2 provides a functional core on top of which any of tens of thousands
of free and open source software packages can be easily added.
Highlight1:
Free and Open Source: built by a collaborative community using entirely
free software.
Highlight2:
Core Image Ready to Build Upon: use yum to add any of tens of thousands of
software packages, or drop in your own code.
[Avoid "minimal", because it isn't. Should I use a more precise count of
packages?]
Highlight3:
NEED SOMETHING HERE
[Security? Fedora-ness? Values? Highlight some particlar awesomness?]
Support Offered:
FALSE
[This is a boolean. We _do_ offer community support, of course. Should
maybe be true?]
Support Detail:
Community supported. Visit Ask Fedora (http://ask.fedoraproject.org/), or
get involved by joining the Fedora Cloud SIG
(https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Cloud_SIG). You can help us make Fedora in
the Cloud even more awesome for everyone.
Product Category1:
Operating System
Product Category2:
[blank]
Search Keywords:
open source, free, core
Image URL:
http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options#cloud
Resource1 Name & Resource1 URL:
Fedora Project
https://fedoraproject.org/
Resource2 Name & Resource2 URL:
Fedora Cloud SIG
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Cloud_SIG
Resource3 Name & Resource3 URL:
Source Code
http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/17/Fedora/sou...
Product Video:
[none]
Usage Instructions:
Connect with SSH. No web services are installed or configured by default.
Fedora's EC2 images follow standard EC2 login conventions, meaning that
root login is disabled, but sudo access is granted. The default username
for the images is ec2-user.
End User License Agreement Text:
[Copied from
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal/Licenses/LicenseAgreement17]
Refund and Cancelation Policy:
Fedora is available free of charge. Normal Amazon Web Services terms
apply.
Available in Regions....
True for all.
Endpoint URL Protocol:
ssh
[hopefully, I can get them to construct a ssh://ec2-user@.... URL]
Upgrade Instructions:
[Blank for now]
Recommended Instance Type:
Standard Large
Available Instnace Types:
All except GPU. (Including Micro)
Pricing:
Zeros.
Security Groups:
tcp, 80, 80, 0.0.0.0/0
tcp, 443, 443, 0.0.0.0/0
tcp, 22, 22, 0.0.0.0/0
[These are defaults for one-click launch]
--
Matthew Miller ☁☁☁ Fedora Cloud Architect ☁☁☁ <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
11 years, 6 months
ec2 images and grub2
by Matthew Miller
As I understand it, there's no grub in the ec2 instances because grub2 was
not happy with the xen paravirtualized devices. And also it's not necessary.
Our instructions for OpenStack here
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Getting_started_with_OpenStack_Nova#Downlo...
have a little script for injecting syslinux as a bootloader so the images
work with openstack.
A notable drawback is that kernel updates don't actually take effect without
manual intervention. Plus, of course, if we don't start doing this
ourselves, it means an extra annoying step for everyone.
It looks to me that more recent grub2 is patched to deal with the situation
-- see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/623609 and code
in current grub-2.00/util/getroot.c.
Is there anything I'm missing here, and, what's the best way forward? (Grub
in everything? Grub in images on mirrors, skip it in ec2?)
--
Matthew Miller ☁☁☁ Fedora Cloud Architect ☁☁☁ <mattdm(a)fedoraproject.org>
11 years, 6 months
OpenStack status
by Pádraig Brady
Hi,
Here is the latest Fedora OpenStack status report:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenStack_status_report_2012-09-28
Historical archives are here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenStack_status_reports
Cheers,
Pádraig.
(appended below for convenience)
= Distro News =
== Folsom Fedora 18 test days ==
Coinciding with the Folsom and Fedora 18 releases, we ran two
[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2012-09-18_OpenStack Fedora Folsom test days]
on Sep 18th and 25th aligned around the Folsom-3 and Folsom-rc1 releases respectively.
Cinder and Heat are new components compared to the last test day,
and new tests have been included for quantum and swift.
This is a good place to start to get a quick hands on overview of OpenStack.
== OpenStack Installer ==
Derek Higgins has been working on an [https://github.com/derekhiggins/os-installer OpenStack installer],
that supports distributed and scripted installs.
== OpenStack side Repositories ==
To augment the [https://apps.fedoraproject.org/packages/s/openstack official Fedora OpenStack packages],
we've made an [http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/openstack/ OpenStack side repository] available giving
more flexibility with which OpenStack version is installed on a particular distribution.
Included there for example are the trunk chasing RPMs from the [http://smokestack.openstack.org/about smokestack] project.
== Fedora OpenStack patch management ==
With such a vibrant project as OpenStack, efficient patch management is imperative.
The Fedora OpenStack packages largely automate the patch management process through git,
and this process is now documented at the [http://fedora-openstack.github.com/ landing page for fedora-openstack] which is
the github organisation used to share these patch management trees.
= Project News =
== Folsom Released ==
Foslom was released on Sep 27th.
Mark McLoughlin prepared [https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg17006.html stats on who contributed]
where you can drill down to details on review and bug handling stats too.
Also referenced there is the pretty [http://bitergia.com/public/previews/2012_09_pre-folsom_openstack/ bitergia analysis of Folsom commits]
where Red Hat features prominently.
== OpenStack Foundation ==
The [http://www.openstack.org/foundation/ OpenStack Foundation] was launched on 19-09-2012
and there were a few associated elections.
* [https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg16722.html Project Technical Leads for Grizzly]
* [http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-announce/2012-September/00... Technical committee elected members]
* [http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/foundation/2012-August/001066.html Individual Board Members]
* [http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/foundation/2012-August/001065.html Gold Board Members]
== OpenStack Summit ==
The main [http://openstacksummitfall2012.sched.org/ OpenStack conference and OpenStack design summit] are coincident.
Summarised below are presentations and proposals from Red Hat employees.
=== Main conference presentations ===
* Mark McLoughlin and Thierry Carez - [http://openstacksummitfall2012.sched.org/event/b616388023e820ced9c09dc384... From tactical to strategic contributions]
* Steven Dake - [http://openstacksummitfall2012.sched.org/event/f5101a8e719a56fcd895f6461b... Heat: A template based orchestration engine for OpenStack]
* Perry Myers - [http://openstacksummitfall2012.sched.org/event/23f5f2f25702e93bff3ccf9613... OpenStack Distributions: How they will shape the future of OpenStack innovation]
=== Design summit proposals ===
* Mark McLoughlin
** Stable branch status and plans
** Oslo status and plans
** nova - making sense of the config options
** Review of python dependencies
* Dan Prince
** Make PostgreSQL a first class citizen
** SmokeStack as a multi-distro test system
* Steven Dake
** heat - Orchestration API - Technical discussion of openstack-specific orchestration API
** heat - Roadmap discussion - Short (5 mins) description of current unsolved roadmap items with open brainstorm design session about future roadmap items in 2013
* Angus Salkeld
** Cloudwatch for OpenStack - Describe CloudWatch and how to make it a reality for OpenStack
* Russell Bryant
** nova - bug handling status and plans
** nova - remove direct database access from compute nodes
* Adam Young
** keystone - PKI status and plans
** keystone - LDAP and Active Directory integration
* Robert Kukura
** quantum - Modular L2 Plugin and Agent
* Gary Kotton
** quantum - rosetta-plugin
== Red Hat contributions ==
Alan Pevec and Mark McLoughlin worked on [https://review.openstack.org/#/c/10579/ improvements to paste config],
supporting less coupled config, which was added to Nova, Glance and Cinder.
Russell Bryant completed the [https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/no-db-messaging no-db-messaging] work in Nova.
Angus Salkeld has worked on merging a bunch of core service infrastructure
into openstack-common.
Adam Young has been working on PKI token revocation support.
There is too much to track in detail the OpenStack upstream activity of Red Hat developers,
but here is a link showing the [http://goo.gl/aewXr latest Red Hat OpenStack upstream development]
== Stable Branch ==
New members from Red Hat, Debian and Suse were added to the [https://launchpad.net/~openstack-stable-maint OpenStack stable maintenance team],
responsible for the stable branches.
= Community engagement =
== OpenStack community meetup, London ==
The [http://www.meetup.com/Openstack-London/events/77153502/ 2nd London OpenStack meeting]
took place on Thurs 27th Sept in the same central London location as before.
= Related projects =
== heat API ==
The Heat project [http://lists.heat-api.org/pipermail/discuss/2012-September/000195.html released V6].
11 years, 6 months
fedora desktop / cloud integration
by Mo Morsi
At today's Fedora Cloud SIG meeting, we discussed something akin to this
[1] but for cloud instances. Deltacloud [2] could be used to manage
connections to different clouds and we can provide a simple gui dialog
to configure providers. This would simplify the Fedora desktop / cloud
integration experience and make deploying to the cloud from Fedora
completely seamless.
Matt Miller suggested we add a feature but unfortunately I'm short on
cycles, though it was mentioned that if we can come up with a good story
/ proposal for Fedora 19, something might be able to be arraigned. We
also can see about pulling in the gnome design and implementation teams
to help us out with this story.
Thoughts? Unless there are any strong objections, I'll write up a formal
story / proposal for the Fedora wiki and we can take it from there.
-Mo
[1] http://blogs.gnome.org/mclasen/2012/09/07/a-look-at-gnome-boxes/
[2] http://deltacloud.apache.org/
11 years, 6 months
