Hello, I am working with Rich Bowen on the Project "Cloud in a Box <http://wiki.centos.org/GSoC/2015/Ideas#head-30d3148cc4d19d0404b6afc178578... the main idea is to address the "cloud deployment" convenience problem by providing an ISO/image file that installs OpenStack (our choice for cloud) along with OS. RB told me that I can ask for some help regarding my project here and I believe there may be some people who have an idea of the background from which this idea originated, and help me refine my design. ​My understanding is to provide a single node openstack system based on CentOS. For developing this idea my current design is to develop an extension in Anaconda that robustly installs OpenStack​ (as per my search up-till now there are no mainstream linux distros that provide pre-installed OpenStack except for Ubuntu 15 <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/ReleaseNotes> maybe). Currently I am exploring anaconda source to achieve this and also delving into Ubuntu 15's installer for some pointers. I would be grateful if you guys can help me in anyway: 1. Help refine the design/technologies, (maybe there is a motivation that I am unaware of that I should address in my design) 2. Help with anaconda's development (entry/exit points). They have a pretty good source documentation wiki but I am confused on where should my extension go.

-- Cheers, Asad

_______________________________________________ Rdo-list mailing list Rdo-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rdo-list To unsubscribe: rdo-list-unsubscribe(a)redhat.com

Thanks a lot, So you are suggesting that I add RDO packages in ISO and integrate packstack with Anaconda instead of writing my own OpenStack installer script? On 18 June 2015 at 15:52, Haïkel <hguemar(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote: > Yeah, but configuring your OpenStack deployment from raw packages may > be tricky and > you won't be able to finish your GSoC if you go that path. > > Packstack is quite reliable and it will handle most of errors. I > suggest that you include > RDO packages in our ISO, that will remove the dependency on network hence > the biggest failure cause. > > Regards, > H. > -- Cheers, Asadullah Hussain _______________________________________________ Rdo-list mailing list Rdo-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rdo-list To unsubscribe: rdo-list-unsubscribe(a)redhat.com

I am no programmer but packstack has taken 2 years or more to get where it is today by a team of developers (well definitely more than one :) ). I would not assume a single person can get anything reasonably close to that in one summer. from a sysadmin point of view, i'd think a kickstart file with a post install section containing the path to packstack and the parameters needed would be the method i'd use to deploy what you want. you can translate that into anaconda syntax/language/format if you like

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 11:26 AM, sad man <asadxflow(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Thanks a lot, So you are suggesting that I add RDO packages in ISO and > integrate packstack with Anaconda instead of writing my own OpenStack > installer script? > > On 18 June 2015 at 15:52, Haïkel <hguemar(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote: > >> Yeah, but configuring your OpenStack deployment from raw packages may >> be tricky and >> you won't be able to finish your GSoC if you go that path. >> >> Packstack is quite reliable and it will handle most of errors. I >> suggest that you include >> RDO packages in our ISO, that will remove the dependency on network hence >> the biggest failure cause. >> >> Regards, >> H. >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > > Asadullah Hussain > > _______________________________________________ > Rdo-list mailing list > Rdo-list(a)redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rdo-list > > To unsubscribe: rdo-list-unsubscribe(a)redhat.com > -- <https://candidate.peoplecert.org/ReportsLink.aspx?argType=1&id=13D642... *805010942448935* <https://www.redhat.com/wapps/training/certification/verify.html?certNumbe... *GR750055912MA* <https://candidate.peoplecert.org/ReportsLink.aspx?argType=1&id=13D642... *Link to me on LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammedarafa>* _______________________________________________ Rdo-list mailing list Rdo-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rdo-list To unsubscribe: rdo-list-unsubscribe(a)redhat.com

Thanks Tom, That's a great way to go about it but it totally eliminates

Otherwise currently based on responses on this thread, I am going for

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 5:53 PM, sad man <asadxflow(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Thanks Tom, That's a great way to go about it but it totally eliminates > any programming/development from the task and as it is summer of code I > need to implement an open source code base. So do you have any suggestions > for me regarding maybe extending your idea to do some development? > :-/ I manually do it right now. I build the DVD with all packages in the base, install with that, set the cache, build the rest w/ internet access. Then I tar up the cache, rebuild the DVD w/ only the used packages and install that. I copy the base and my tar onto where I want to create the repo. Then I build the rest w/ that repo enabled and the rest enabled. It's a two step, tedious process to produce the non-internet version. I'm sure there are better ways to do it :-) I wish I had time. > > Otherwise currently based on responses on this thread, I am going for > directly interfacing pack-stack with Anaconda (need to do more research on > exact nuts & bolts of it). > > On 18 June 2015 at 22:44, Tom Buskey <tom(a)buskey.name&gt; wrote: > >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Mohammed Arafa < >> mohammed.arafa(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >> >>> I am no programmer but packstack has taken 2 years or more to get where >>> it is today by a team of developers (well definitely more than one :) ). I >>> would not assume a single person can get anything reasonably close to that >>> in one summer. >>> >>> from a sysadmin point of view, i'd think a kickstart file with a post >>> install section containing the path to packstack and the parameters needed >>> would be the method i'd use to deploy what you want. you can translate that >>> into anaconda syntax/language/format if you like >>> >>> >>> >> packstack works quite well for non-HA, single node installs. >> >> If you want to eliminate internet access after the OS install >> >> - kickstart a minimal base >> - login & rpm -qa | sort > pkgfile >> - set the yum cache to save all yum installed packages >> - run packstack & anything else you need to install >> - save all the packages from the yum cache >> - add the rpms listed in the pkgfile to that store >> - run createrepo against it to create your private repo >> >> Now kickstart another base >> put the private repo somewhere >> create a repo file pointing at the private with file:// >> >> I'd suggest putting the original repo files on, but disabled. If you >> need a yum update beyond what's on the DVD, you can enable them and get >> them over the net as needed. >> >> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 11:26 AM, sad man <asadxflow(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks a lot, So you are suggesting that I add RDO packages in ISO and >>>> integrate packstack with Anaconda instead of writing my own OpenStack >>>> installer script? >>>> >>>> On 18 June 2015 at 15:52, Haïkel <hguemar(a)fedoraproject.org&gt; wrote: >>>> >>>>> Yeah, but configuring your OpenStack deployment from raw packages may >>>>> be tricky and >>>>> you won't be able to finish your GSoC if you go that path. >>>>> >>>>> Packstack is quite reliable and it will handle most of errors. I >>>>> suggest that you include >>>>> RDO packages in our ISO, that will remove the dependency on network >>>>> hence >>>>> the biggest failure cause. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> H. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Asadullah Hussain >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Rdo-list mailing list >>>> Rdo-list(a)redhat.com >>>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rdo-list >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe: rdo-list-unsubscribe(a)redhat.com >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> <https://candidate.peoplecert.org/ReportsLink.aspx?argType=1&id=13D642... >>> >>> *805010942448935* >>> <https://www.redhat.com/wapps/training/certification/verify.html?certNumbe... >>> >>> *GR750055912MA* >>> <https://candidate.peoplecert.org/ReportsLink.aspx?argType=1&id=13D642... >>> >>> *Link to me on LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammedarafa>* >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Rdo-list mailing list >>> Rdo-list(a)redhat.com >>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rdo-list >>> >>> To unsubscribe: rdo-list-unsubscribe(a)redhat.com >>> >> >> > > > -- > Cheers, > > Asadullah Hussain >