I think it can be an interesting project. I start to think that I probably
can add the vlan support to my kvm provisioning module (which we discussed
in other emails in vcl-dev mail list.) From the designer prospective, could
you talk about how this dynamical vlan should work? For example, what kinds
of machines should be under the same vlan or different vlans? The machines
under different vlans, should they still be able to connect to each other
through public network? Should we create different vlans for both public
network and private network? Where we should put the create vlan function?
In provisioning module, or in higher level of VCL code?
Thanks,
Xianqing Yu
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Department of Computer Science
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
E-mail: x...@ncsu.edu
-Original Message-
From: Aaron Peeler
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2011 10:55 AM
To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: Reserve a cluster in VCL
Yes, but with limitations. Also this is more related to your local
networking setup and the individual provisioning modules.
Today VCL does not dynamically create/destroy vlans when needed. I
think this is needed in the long-term - at some solution at a
localized level - i.e. within a DataCenter.
To make it work in the current code - You would need to have the
required vlans setup and preconfigured in your hypervisor, if using
xcat in your ethernet switch modules(ESM).
In the image table there is a column called project. At NCSU we use
this project variable to define special vlans that have been trunked
to the hypervisor or the ESM that the desired vcl image should be in.
Within a provisioning module, one can use the project variable to
define which network the vm should be a part of.
Note - there is not a globally defined VCL method for handling the
project variable. For example in the xcat module there is a routine
called _assign2project. This routine simply calls out the a custom
script (local to NCSU) to change the vlan assignments on the blade
port within the related ESM.
In the VMware/VMware.pm module it checks for and adds an existing
network by the project name to the vm. But the network name has to be
listed within the hypervisor. Look for $image_project in the
VMware.pm.
It would be great for the community to start researching this and
designing the code to handle dynamic vlans.
Aaron
On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Xianqing Yu yu267155...@hotmail.com
wrote:
Hi Aaron,
It is great.
Could you say more about the network environment for the cluster? For
example, is that possible make the cluster have an isolated network
environment? That means, only machines in the cluster can communicate to
each other.
Thanks,
Xianqing Yu
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Graduate Research Assistant, Cyber Defense Lab
Department of Computer Science
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
E-mail: x...@ncsu.edu
-Original Message- From: Aaron Peeler
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 11:21 AM
To: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: Reserve a cluster in VCL
Xianqing,
Just created this page.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/VCL/Creating+a+Cluster+enviroment
Let me know if you see any typos or if it doesn't make sense.
Aaron
2011/8/4 Xianqing Yu yu267155...@hotmail.com:
Hi guys,
Do you know how to reserve a cluster in VCL? What is the configuration of
the cluster?
Thanks,
Xianqing Yu
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Department of Computer Science
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
E-mail: x...@ncsu.edu
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