Hi Robert, Comments inline.
On 20-Dec-2013, at 10:53 pm, Robert Navarro <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey All, > > I realize that this is a highly unusual use case, but here we are. > > I have a 2U, 4 node server going to the Colo and I want to use all the > nodes as vm hosts. > > The biggest thing though, I want to firewall off the management network > using pfSense or some other software firewall VM that also resides on these > hosts. Ok. > Now I figure I can run two KVM VMs on two separate physical hosts outside > of CloudStack to accomplish this, but I was wondering if there was a way to > pipe the management network into a CloudStack managed VM so I can take > advantage of the HA stuff that CloudStack offers. The CloudStack VM HA features are available only when a shared primary storage is being used (NFS, iSCSI, FCOE). Are you planning to use a shared storage service in your CloudStack setup? > Let me know if you want to know any of the particulars of the networking > layout and I'd be more than happy to supply the details. While I have not personally tried what you are attempting but I don’t see any reason why you can’t do it. I would however be concerned from an operability point of view - what would happen to your gateway VM: a) If primary storage is unreachable b) If primary storage is down for maintenance Am sure there will be a lot more gotchas along the way which will require “workarounds”. >From an uptime SLA perspective, I would stick to having a management network out-of-band from the production network. Regards. -- @shankerbalan M: +91 98860 60539 | O: +91 (80) 67935867 [email protected] | www.shapeblue.com | Twitter:@shapeblue ShapeBlue Services India LLP, 22nd floor, Unit 2201A, World Trade Centre, Bangalore - 560 055 Need Enterprise Grade Support for Apache CloudStack? Our CloudStack Infrastructure Support<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> offers the best 24/7 SLA for CloudStack Environments. Apache CloudStack Bootcamp training courses **NEW!** CloudStack 4.2 training<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> 08/09 January 2014, London<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> 13-17 January 2014, GLOBAL. Instructor led, On-line<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> 20-24 January 2014, GLOBAL. Instructor led, On-line<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
