That sounds great. I look forward to trying it out. John =:-> On Nov 1, 2013 5:44 AM, "Gary Poster" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all. The GUI team has a tool in alpha that we think is useful now. > It is an opinionated way to start a great Juju experience quickly. > We're looking for users and feedback from early releases. > > = What does it do now? = > > If you run the plugin from the commandline, it will bootstrap an > environment, install the GUI in the quickest [1] and most efficient [2] > way available, and open a web browser to let you see the GUI. > > It also can be used in the same single command to deploy GUI environment > exports that do not use local charms, and to deploy the > very-soon-to-be-announced charm store bundles. > > We have one known bug: quickstart fails if the bootstrap node is not > running Precise (which usually means that default-series is not set to > precise in the environment). We will be explicitly setting the > bootstrap node to Precise (or eventually Trusty) in the future. > > = What will it do? = > > Within a couple of weeks, we'll have the following functionality. This > will be added incrementally. > > When you run "juju-quickstart", it will first install the > ppa:juju/stable and Juju itself, if neccessary; then, if necessary, it > will guide you through (on the commandline) setting up credentials for a > variety of supported clouds, as desired; then it will bootstrap a Juju > instance, and install the GUI in the most quick and efficient way > available; and finally it will open a webbrowser for you, showing the > GUI and logging you in automatically. The bundle functionality > described above will also be enhanced. > > Moreover, it will always recognize when you already have progress. For > instance, if you have Juju installed and credentials configured, it will > then start to bootstrap. If you have already bootstrapped but not > installed the GUI, it will install the GUI and log you in. If you have > installed the GUI on a bootstrapped environment, it will simply open > your browser and log you in. > > = How can I get it? = > > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:juju-gui/quickstart-beta > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get install juju-quickstart > > Assuming you have Juju (juju-core) installed, now you can run ``juju > quickstart --help`` and learn what features are available today. > > Once we are through alpha and beta phases, we plan to move the plugin to > ppa:juju/stable, and then pursue main inclusion in Trusty. > > Please give us feedback on the [email protected] or > [email protected] lists. > > Thanks, and enjoy! > > Gary > > > > > [1] On EC2, installing the GUI via the quickstart plugin adds less than > a minute to bootstrapping. Installing it over the API is the quickest > way right now because it does not download the charm to your local > system and upload it to the environment, so that's what we use. > > [2] We install the GUI on the Juju state server, so it doesn't add > additional machines to your deployment, or additional time to wait for a > new machine to spin up. > > -- > Juju mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/juju >
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