p.s. the 'jsonPath: "$.resp"' is just for my test responder - it responds
'{ "resp": "ok" }'. I don't know what the Cloudstack API will return but
it would need to be JSON if you wanted to publish bits of the result as
sensors.
On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 at 15:47 Geoff Macartney <
[email protected]> wrote:
> hi Daan,
>
> That's the sort of thing I was thinking of, yes. Perhaps something like a
> VanillaSoftwareProcess that you can run, with some config to hold the
> settings for the network, and a "launch.command" [1] to create the network
> using the CLI, and a "stop.command" to destroy it.
>
> The trouble with using VanillaSoftwareProcess for this purpose is that you
> typically run it in a cloud location, resulting in the creation of a VM.
> You give the VanillaSoftwareProcess an install.command that will install
> whatever dependencies you have, and a start and stop command to make it do
> what you need. In your case I expect you don't want to have to create a VM
> just to install the CLI and then issue commands to create the network. On
> the other hand, in your case you are running Brooklyn on the same machine
> as Cloudstack, so you may have the CLI available already? In that case you
> could run the VanillaSoftwareProcess with "location: localhost", and do
> without any install.command to install the CLI. As you are running on
> localhost (the Brooklyn node), no VM is needed.
>
> A nicer way to do it might be to write an entity with a start and stop
> effector that are HttpCommandEffectors [2]. These would directly issue the
> API calls to create/destroy the network.
> I give an example of what I was thinking of below [4], but actually it
> would be pretty tricky to do it in YAML given the aspect of signing the
> request for auth purposes.
>
> regards
> Geoff
>
> [1]
> http://brooklyn.apache.org/v/latest/blueprints/custom-entities.html#vanilla-software-using-bash
> [2]
> http://brooklyn.apache.org/v/latest/misc/javadoc/org/apache/brooklyn/core/effector/http/HttpCommandEffector.html
> [3]
> https://brooklyn.apache.org/v/latest/blueprints/entity-configuration.html#configuration-in-a-catalog-item
>
> [4] YAML example
>
> brooklyn.catalog:
> version: 0.1.0-SNAPSHOT
> items:
> - id: http-effector-example
> itemType: entity
> name: HTTP Effector Example
> item:
> type: org.apache.brooklyn.entity.software.base.EmptySoftwareProcess
> brooklyn.parameters:
> - name: "network.name"
> description: "network name"
> - name: "zone.id"
> description: "the zone ID for the network"
> brooklyn.initializers:
> - type: org.apache.brooklyn.core.effector.http.HttpCommandEffector
> brooklyn.config:
> name: start
> httpVerb: "POST"
> uri: http://localhost:8080/client/api?command=createNetwork
> httpPayload:
> $brooklyn:formatString:
> - "name=%s&zoneid=%s"
> - $brooklyn:config("network.name")
> - $brooklyn:config("zone.id")
> publishSensor: test1
> jsonPath: "$.resp"
>
>
>
> On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 at 13:08 Daan Hoogland <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> I am not sure if I get what you are saying but being a bit familiar with
>> cloudmonkey; Are you saying that I should call cloudmonkey from the camp
>> yaml is some way? Or do you mean for me to write some supportive code that
>> then makes it possible to use the CAMP YAML in the generic way using the
>> location that specifies the cloud-type?
>>
>> On 02/06/2017, 11:21, "Geoff Macartney" <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> hi Daan (and other Brooklyners - question below),
>>
>> There isn't (yet) a portable network abstraction in Brooklyn, i.e. you
>> can't write a blueprint that says "create me a network" and then run
>> it on
>> some arbitrary cloud, where it will do the cloud specific thing. That
>> may
>> come along, but in the mean time you will likely have to arrange to
>> issue
>> the commands to create the network yourself.
>>
>> There are different ways you could do that; I see there is a CLI
>> (more than
>> one in fact?) for Cloudstack, and there is of course also the REST
>> API. I
>> imagine the best way to do this would be to write an entity that will
>> allow
>> you to manage the network, with a start effector to create it and a
>> stop
>> effector to remove it. The start effector would use either the CLI
>> or the
>> REST API to issue the create command, and similarly for the stop.
>>
>> While you could certainly do this in Java I think it may also be
>> possible
>> to write the entity in YAML, depending on what all you want to do
>> with it.
>>
>> Does anyone on the mailing list have any good examples of how to do
>> this
>> sort of thing?
>>
>> Geofff
>>
>> On Fri, 2 Jun 2017 at 08:46 Daan Hoogland <
>> [email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Next step: Can I have Brooklyn create my networks in cloudstack?
>> > And delete it again at the end of my life cycle?
>> >
>> > I have only found how reference the network to use with the field
>> > networkName.
>> > But I want it not to be pre-existing.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 02/06/2017, 09:20, "Andrea Turli" <
>> [email protected]>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > Daan,
>> >
>> > Looks to me you are in the right track! I'd probably start from
>> >
>> https://brooklyn.apache.org/v/latest/locations/#apache-cloudstack to
>> > learn
>> > how to select images and networks.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Andrea
>> >
>> > Il 01/giu/2017 16:57, "Daan Hoogland" <
>> [email protected]> ha
>> > scritto:
>> >
>> > H,
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > This is a usage question but aws there is no user@ list I
>> ended out
>> > here.
>> > You know me as the guy asking about integration with
>> cloudstack. I am
>> > experimenting with that, now. I have a local cloudstack running
>> and
>> > available at a 10.<something> private space address on port
>> 8080. Now I
>> > have Brooklyn at the same address on port 8081. Next, I defined
>> the
>> > location as
>> >
>> > brooklyn.locations:
>> >
>> > - type: jclouds:cloudstack
>> >
>> > brooklyn.config:
>> >
>> > displayName: local cloudstack
>> >
>> > endpoint: http://10.2.2.34:8080/client/api
>> >
>> > identity: admin
>> >
>> > credential: <somepassword>
>> >
>> > does this seem complete to you people?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > I am trying to deploy the resilient-bash-web-cluster-template
>> on this
>> > location but am suspecting there is a lot missing before that is
>> > possible,
>> > like the right VM templates and maybe network definitions.
>> >
>> > I suspect I have a lot of reading to do so tell me to rtfm with
>> > pointer,
>> > please.
>> >
>> >
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