James This is a great idea. I would be great to get something like that going for the 4.2 release.
> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 20:03:17 +0200 > From: ja...@usharesoft.com > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > CC: tschnei...@live.com > Subject: Re: CS 4.1 and CentOS 6.3 > > Hi All, > > I actually did this a long time ago for Cloud.com - called "Cloud.com in > a Box" (so we are talking early versions of CloudStack - 2.2 and 3.0). > It was an ISO image that would automatically install CloudStack on > physical machines: > > - CloudStack Management Server > - One ore more compute nodes > > This was using KVM in the compute nodes. > > Link here: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/usharesoftvapps/files/uss-clouddotcom/ > > There was actually a video done showing the process: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mcnZin7ALY > > There was a wizard to guide you through the process, but the actual > install and configuration was done automatically. It was a prototype to > showcase some of our own packaging tools at the time. > > Would this be something interesting to restart ? > Best > James > > > > On 8/30/13 7:50 PM, Taylor Schneider wrote: > > That would be a powerful script Chiradeep. > > Ron I like your idea. Count me in. > > > >> From: chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com > >> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org; rwhee...@artifact-software.com > >> Subject: Re: CS 4.1 and CentOS 6.3 > >> Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:45:32 +0000 > >> > >> What *I* would wish (if wishes were horsesŠ) would be a process similar to > >> vagrant. > >> stackmaker init basic > >> stackmaker up > >> > >> Where stackmaker is a yet-to-be-invented-and-written adjunct to CloudStack. > >> > >> The result of the above commands would be a CloudStack management server, > >> and a CloudStack instance running on the same machine as CloudStack > >> management server. > >> > >> No need to read the docs :) > >> > >> This would probably involve some combination of marvin config and some > >> intelligent guesses about the environment. > >> > >> -- > >> Chiradeep > >> > >> On 8/29/13 10:05 AM, "Ron Wheeler" <rwhee...@artifact-software.com> wrote: > >> > >>> I am in the same position and I suspect that others are as well. > >>> Who would be interested in participating in a virtual meeting to walk > >>> through the installation together to find out where the instructions are > >>> wrong? > >>> > >>> It seems to be a known problem that if you follow the instructions > >>> exactly as they are written, you end up with a non-functional system. > >>> This seems to be partly caused by an installation procedure that is > >>> supposed to be all things to all people and tries to support too many > >>> configuration options. > >>> > >>> I would like to see if I could get a simple, single cpu up and running > >>> with CentOS 6.4 (could live with 6.3 but wonder why not the latest), one > >>> network card sitting in a 192.168.n.x network that can be reached by > >>> anyone on the same 192.168.n.x network. > >>> Creating 1 guest Centos 6.4 VM on that machine would at least let me > >>> know that CloudStack works. > >>> > >>> Reaching a port open on the Guest VM from a front-end would be my > >>> ultimate goal. I just want to have a publicly accessible Apache HTTP > >>> server on another server attached to Tomcat running on the guest VM. If > >>> I can get this working the rest of the universe of CloudStack nirvana > >>> should be achievable. > >>> > >>> Adding additional machines should be possible from that point. > >>> Adding network cards and storage devices should also be possible. > >>> > >>> Anyone interested? > >>> > >>> Ron > >>> > >>> > >>> On 29/08/2013 11:55 AM, Marty Sweet wrote: > >>>> Hi Taylor, > >>>> > >>>> No problem, just reply back to the mailing list with your issues and > >>>> logs > >>>> (if necessary) and someone will help you out! > >>>> > >>>> Marty > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:17 PM, Taylor Schneider > >>>> <tschnei...@live.com>wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hello, > >>>>> I have been trying to get cloudstack installed for several weeks now > >>>>> but > >>>>> keep running into issues.I was wondering if someone was available to > >>>>> talk > >>>>> about some things and high level and possibly take a look at my > >>>>> configs / > >>>>> logs to help troubleshoot? > >>>>> Thanks > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Ron Wheeler > >>> President > >>> Artifact Software Inc > >>> email: rwhee...@artifact-software.com > >>> skype: ronaldmwheeler > >>> phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > >>> > > > > > -- > James Weir > Chief Technology Officer > ja...@usharesoft.com > Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesweir > Tel: +33 (0)675 23 80 23 > www.usharesoft.com > twitter.com/usharesoft >
