Hello Xianqing, This sounds really cool! I am actually in the process of setting up a test environment on a single physical machine, but i hit a roadblock with VMware (compatibility issues). I was able to get VCL(DB, front end, mgt. node) up and running, and am able to access the front end via localhost.
I am hoping to have more success with your provisioning module. I actually have a eucalyptus private cloud set up already. I have used the HybridFox FireFox plug-in - overall it is pretty good, but the VCL front end is more desirable. Since the EC2 API is the same as the Eucalyptus API, I should be able to access this private cloud "availability zone", to perform the operations you described, right? I would like to begin testing as soon as it is released - does this involve simply replacing the modified files you described? (or a fresh VCL install). - Justin On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 1:31 PM, <yu267155...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi VCL team and Justin, > > I am Xianqing, and NC state unviersity student. I just finish the project > which porting the VCL to EC2. What I am doing is added the new provisioning > module ec2.pm and modify 5 lines of vcl code in image.pm. The new module > will use the EC2 api to manage virutal machine. You can use VCL interface to > make the reservation, update the image, and create the new image. Welcome to > ask any questions about that? > > Hi VCL team, > > I would like to contribute the new module to the VCL incubator in next few > days. I submitted ICLA, so the next step to contribute my code is post it on > the JIRA, right? Is there anythings else I have to do? > > Thanks, > > Xianqing > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: <aaron_pee...@ncsu.edu> > Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 04:50 PM > To: <vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org> > Subject: Re: Short question - VCL backend > > > Hello Justin, >> >> Welcome. >> >> For the most part the vcl api is currently setup for the backend calls, or >> a third party app to request a VCL resource, manage users, etc, so it's >> currently supporting incoming api calls. >> >> There might be a better way but my first thought is that a new perl >> provisioning module could be created to make the api calls to EC2 or some >> other cloud/cluster to accomplish this. >> >> In addition to adding a provisioning module, the vcl database would need >> to have placeholders for EC2/Eucalyptus computer resources, so it would >> know what/how many compute nodes are available, etc. >> >> Aaron >> >> >> Hello VCL dev team, >>> >>> My name is Justin, and I am currently researching VCL for academic >>> purposes >>> and attempting to set up a potential testing environment based on the >>> tutorial >>> here< >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/VCL/configuring-a-standalone-vmware-vcl-environment.html >>> >. >>> >>> I was wondering, is it possible to set up a different back end, such as >>> Eucalyptus or EC2 using the current web interface? (I noticed one of the >>> features is "API support for making requests and provisioning resources", >>> so >>> maybe the Amazon API can be used?) >>> Also, I am installing this on Ubuntu 9.10 and apparently I have to >>> rebuild >>> the Linux kernel to install VMware... does this seem correct? >>> >>> - Justin >>> >>> >> >>
