Ok, I tried this. It all goes well, until I start the instance - at that point, the uptime counts up, but the state perpetually remains on Pending, and the Load Averages at 'Unknown'. :( Console output is, however, available.
On 1月8日, 午前11:52, "Robert Crowe" <[email protected]> wrote: > Let's get something really simple running. Try this: > > 1. You need to have a domain registered somewhere. Let's say your > domain is "example.com". > > 2. Wherever you have it registered, point the name servers for your > domain to ns1.scalr.net, ns2.scalr.net and ns3.scalr.net > > 3. Create a new farm, and only include 1 app role. Leave all the > setting for the role at the defaults. > > 4. You now have a farm with 1 server instance, which is configured to > be a web server. > > 5. Create a new application, setting its domain to "example.com" > (whatever domain you registered) and selecting the farm you just created for > it to run on, and your app role as the front end. > > 6. From the menu on the right of your farm, launch your farm. > > 7. When the instance shows you the little terminal window under the SSH > column on the Instances > View page, your server is ready. > > 8. Go to your domain in a web browser and you should see the default > Scalr page. > > 9. If that's working, then download the private key for your farm > (right side menu), and use it to set up an SFTP client to access your server > and upload files. > > 10. Remember to synchronize to all to save your changes. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of Jason > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 5:46 AM > To: scalr-discuss > Subject: Re: Confused about creating roles, DNS, etc... > > Thanks Alex and Arie. > > I think I am a little bit clearer about the process, and I think I > > know what is causing my confusion. > > When I create a new farm, I give it a domain name, and a DNS zone is > > created. That's fine. But as I wrote in my other message (other > > thread), the instances never enter a 'Running' state - they stay in > > 'Pending' --- so A records in the zone are never created for them, and > > I think that's what making me misunderstand the whole process. I just > > realised that the 'Public IP' column stays empty forever --- which is > > probably _why_ the DNS A records are never created, and which is why > > the whole thing isn't working. > > So I think I need to debug first why the machines do not enter a > > running state and do not register a load (load stays at Unknown, > > although uptime goes up properly). Also, I suspect that this is why > > instances keep getting killed and restarted by Scalr, since it > > probably thinks they didn't start properly. 'ec2-describe-images', > > though, says the instances are running fine, and in the Console Output > > in Scalr I can see the console output (I can paste it here if needed, > > there's a few errors about some kernel parameters, but it _does_ get > > to the "ec2-xxx-xxx-xxx login:" prompt). > > Cheers, > > -j > > On Jan 8, 7:33 am, Alex Kovalyov <[email protected]> wrote: > > > How do you "Create a role for each application."? > > > When you create application/domain, you choose which role in the farm > > > will create A records in the DNS zone ( usually Load balancers or > > > Application servers). > > > If the farm is running and there are instances of this role running, > > > these records will be created immediately. > > > Otherwise A DNS records will be created for each instance that is > > > coming up in this role, dynamically. > > > On Jan 8, 5:58 am, Jason <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm completely confused about creating farms and roles. I follow the > > > > following process: > > > > 1. Create a farm. > > > > 2. Create individual applications. > > > > 3. Create a role for each application. > > > > When I create roles, it asks me for a DNS zone for the first one. > > > > Fine, I enter 'domain.net' in the Doman name section. When the zone is > > > > created, no IPs are added to the zone, though. And if I try to create > > > > _another_ role, it asks me for a domain, I put in 'domain.net' and it > > > > says 'Zone already exists'. > > > > How do I make it actually add individual hosts to the zone files? And > > > > what do I do with the roles, how do I make them fit into the DNS zone > > > > structure? > > > > Thanks, much appreciated. > > > > -j --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "scalr-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/scalr-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
