I have installed the database, web pages, and management nodes and they appear to be working correctly. (There are no errors in the logs.)
Now I am at the stage where I need to create and register the base VMware server image that will be duplicated when requests are made. I have VMware Server 1.0.9 installled and have created a clean XUbuntu 9.10 installation. As per http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Create+a+Linux+Base+Image, I have created the rc.local in the guest that sets up the sshd_config/ext_sshd_config files. I am able to ssh in without a key from the management node after rebooting the image. Note: I am not sure I have fulfilled the compute node requirement but Linux is running on the hardware and I have added it to the database as shown below. # Click "Manage Computers" # Select the "Add Single Computer" radio button # Click the Submit # Fill in Hostname: vhost-01 # IP Address: 172.16.1.1 # State: available # Owner: ad...@local # Platform: i386 # Schedule: VCL 24x7 # RAM: 3072 # CPU: 2 # Proc Speed: 2800 # Network Speed: 100 # Type: virtualmachine # Provisioning engine: VMware Server GSX # Click checkbox: allcomputers, newimages, newvmimages # Click Confirm Computer # Click Submit At this point I don't have a mental model of what should happen and I am not sure what to do next. According to the "Add a New Image to the VCL Database" section of http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Create+a+Linux+Base+Image it looks like I should be pushing stuff into the database. (Is there a diagram or something that shows how the foreign keys in the database tables relate to other fields?) However, it also looks like http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Configuring+a+Standalone+VMware+VCL+Environmentalso applies as I am going to use the server that the database, web server, and management software is installed on to run a few VMs. (I also have other servers that will be added to the system later. That is why I am not sure the standalone documentation applies.) I have been following what Terry McGuire did but I got lost at http://www.mail-archive.com/vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org/msg00776.html. Can someone give me an overview of what needs to happen? (Terry, do you have a list of the things you did to get your system working?) Mark -- Mark Gardner --
