On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Isuru Perera <isu...@wso2.com> wrote:
> Hi Chris, > > > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:47 PM, chris snow <chsnow...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I'm trying to follow the instructions for creating a cartridge [1]. >> >> It would be good if there was a little more information on cartridges >> and how they are used by stratos, for example: >> >> Am I right in thinking we need to create a cartridge for every service >> we want to be managed by stratos (such as a PHP service)? > > Yes. That's how the Cartridge guide has given instructions. > >> What does >> the cartridge run in, is it a cloud compute instance? > > Yes. The cartridges will be run in an IaaS and it will be a cloud compute > instance. > >> How does >> stratos communicate with the cartridge? > > We put Stratos agent inside to the cartridge and it will communicate with > Stratos. The cartridge guide tells you to install Puppet agent and the > Puppet Master will configure the Stratos agent. > >> Can I run more that one >> service in a single cartridge (e.g. PHP + Mysql)? > > Yes. The developer can come up with any custom cartridge. > >> Can I run more than >> one cartridge in a compute instance? >> > AFAIK, this is not supported for now directly. A cartridge instance is now > a compute instance in an IaaS. > Chris, did you meant, setup several services in one Cartridge? Like MySQL+PHP+Apache? If it is, yes you can combine many services and create single cartridge. > >> Also, are the wiki instructions assuming that the user has started a >> Ubuntu 12.04 instance in a compute service such as AWS, Openstack or >> Cloudstack, and that the instructions are being run in that instance? >> > Yes! After that you are supposed to create an image out of it and give > that image ID for your Cartridge definition. > > I hope these things are clear. If not, please ask again! :) > >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Chris >> >> --- >> [1] >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/STRATOS/4.0.0+Creating+a+Cartridge >> > > > > -- > Isuru Perera > Senior Software Engineer | WSO2, Inc. | http://wso2.com/ > Lean . Enterprise . Middleware > > about.me/chrishantha > -- Lakmal Warusawithana Software Architect; WSO2 Inc. Mobile : +94714289692 Blog : http://lakmalsview.blogspot.com/
