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Posted to dev@vcl.apache.org by Milen P Paskov <mp...@us.ibm.com> on 2011/04/15 16:14:22 UTC
Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Hello community,
I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the module has
taken shape.
The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone else
interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional resources.
Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some just to
test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine or one on
IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on IBM Cloud can be
modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In addition the module can be
used to increase the capacity of of currently operational VCL.
Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images. The
module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to try and
test on a production VCL.
Best Regards,
Milen Paskov
WSTI Intern
mppaskov@us.ibm.com
From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Hi Xianqing,
Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
approval for donation).
Aaron
On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
> Hello VCL community,
>
> I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for VCL.
With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances on the IBM
Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and now I take
over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the testing. I
think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation relative to the
module to VCL community in January next year.
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Xianqing Yu
> WSTI Intern
> yux@us.ibm.com
--
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Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
919-513-4571
Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Xianqing Yu <yu...@hotmail.com>.
My Comments are following,
Thanks,
Xianqing
IBM WSTI
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Peeler
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 2:10 PM
To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>Hi Xianqing, All,
>While brokering resources from the IBM cloud is important and has
>great value, it's my opinion we need to delay the inclusion of the
>CCMP module until the 2.4 release.
>As Kevan commented on in the jira issue, one of the things that need
>to be addressed are the IP clearance. When attaching contributions and
>you intend for it to be included, make sure to click "Grant license to
>ASF for inclusion in ASF works". By doing this, the attachments in the
>jira issue will have an apache feather beside each file, telling us it
>has been contributed to Apache community.
Sure, next time I would make sure I do that.
>Also a larger community discussion is needed on dealing with public
>clouds. This will also affect EC2 api, IBM SCP, and likely libcloud
>provisioning module related work. As the folks who have already
>started experimenting/working with those, you've realized there are
>default behaviors in VCL that keep nodes in a hot-standby mode waiting
>for the next user. This is great in local VCL instances, but it's not
>feasible in public clouds, as someone is going to get billed for a
>running machine.
Agree.
>So here is my basic list of design discussion for public clouds :
>* policies to define node behavior, turn off after each non-user load,
>suspend?
Agree, I believe that is a major difference from other VCL VMs which are
running inside VCL cluster. Based on my experience, when I am working on EC2
module and CCMP module, I have to find my own way to disable VCL pre-load
mechanism to save third-party Cloud's bill. I think that we can add an
parameter in host table to define if administrator want to enable image
pre-load function or not for each host. About suspend function, it can be
useful to save loading time. I prefer to add this mechanism inside
provisioning module and also use this function in provisioning module's load
function to avoid modifying VCL code.
>* best way to handle available images/environments from a given cloud
Agree, we should need to use a defined API to query image list from the
Cloud. Because finally available image list should be listed on web page,
each image should have its own access privilege to specific users or group.
What I thought is that maybe we can create function "query" or "queryImage"
in provisioning module. By calling this function, VCL can get list of
available image and update its image table according to this list
information. VCL administrator can operate on VCL web page to send request
said "update IBM Cloud Image List", and web code write this request to VCL
database, VCL daemon would find the request and call "query" function and
update image table at last. After those operations, we can leave VCL
administrator to assign the right access privilege to those images.
>* billing based on affiliation
I thought we have to define that what information generally we need to do
such billing and put it inside VCL database. My feeling is that those log
code can be put inside VCL code or provisioning module code. It is a kind of
tradeoff choice, if log code is inside VCL code, it can reduce hardness to
develop provisioning module, but may not precisely to record billing
time. If the log code is inside VCL code, we have to make sure each
developer can to log information in right format in VCL database, but we can
fetch more precise time information (such as VM start time, end time).
>* single IP from public clouds
Yes, I feel the most simple solution is that using different OS module to do
post configuration for each VM. That is what I did for EC2 module and CCMP
module. Basically, it would return single IP no matter VCL query for public
or private.
>* storing API credentials in the vcl database (securely)
I think that is really critical, currently my method is that store password
in VCL database in plaintext which is not secure at all. It is hard problem
because it is really depending on the third party's API option. Taking EC2
as an example, if I remember correctly, you don't have to store credentials
in VCL, but you have to set up credentials configuration on the host which
VCL daemon is running. Now I don't have any better idea, but I think it is
critical.
>* other topics as we design it out
Block Allocation function
Third-Party Cloud Usage Threshold warning or limitation, so administrator
can limit an maximum of time one cloud account can be used. It can be a
critical protection.
>By discussion a general design for these (and other) cases, I think we
>can better handle public clouds than we do today.
>Anyway. I suggest we move both VCL-457 and VCL-537 jira issues to 2.4
>release roadmap and have more discussion about the public cloud topic.
>Here are the links for current issues assigned for 2.3 release.
>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457
>https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-537
We will talk to Young H's group tomorrow. More comments will be added.
>Thoughts?
>Best Regards,
>Aaron
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Xianqing Yu <yu...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Aaron,
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> I will test it out.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Xianqing Yu
>
> IBM WSTI
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Peeler
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 9:14 AM
>
> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>
> Hi Xianqing,
>
> Thanks for the contribution.
>
> Accounting for charge back is important feature.
>
> I'll do my best to review this and followup soon.
>
> If you haven't done so already, Can you test your provisioning module
> with the latest code in trunk?
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Xianqing Yu <yu...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi VCL Community,
>>
>> Milen and I wrote CCMP() provisioning module to enable VCL provisioning
>> virtual machine in IBM Smart Cloud. We created JIRA
>> issue(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457) and hope it can be
>> added into VCL release. I would like to keep updating the code until it
>> satisfy all requirements. Please let me know your opinion, thanks in
>> advance.
>>
>> Because IBM Smart Cloud has its own account information which is
>> different
>> from the VCL user. Generally, if VCL uses CCMP module, multiple users
>> (such
>> as students in one department) share one IBM Cloud Account. Thus it
>> raising
>> an demand to record individual VCL users' usage history for one IBM Cloud
>> Account for varies purposes (administration, accounting, etc.). So I
>> wrote
>> an initial Perl script to generate a VCL users' IBM Cloud usage report.
>> From
>> this report, administrator can see which vcl user and how long she or he
>> used which IBM Cloud Account. The main idea of this script is that CCMP
>> module would put down necessary information into vcl log file, and my
>> script
>> can scan the log file to generate the report. Another possible solution I
>> can think about is that also using CCMP module but record information
>> into
>> VCL database, later on accounting script can fetch information from VCL
>> database to generate report. However, in this method, you have to open
>> VCL
>> database access to accounting code. I am not sure which method is better,
>> more discussion is appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Xianqing Yu
>>
>> IBM WSTI Intern
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Xianqing Yu
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:07 PM
>>
>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>
>> Hi Aaron:
>>
>> I updated the CCMP code today on JIRA.
>>
>> Here is updated list:
>>
>> Use database_* routines to check or update VCL database.
>> Use is_inblockrequest($computer_id) to check if computer belong to block
>> allocation computer pool.
>> Use is_request_deleted($request_id) to check reservation status.
>> Create power_off function, and use it to power off computers.
>>
>> Again, thank you for your recommendations,
>>
>> Xianqing Yu
>>
>> ------
>> Graduate Research Assistant, Cyber Defense Lab
>> Department of Computer Science
>> North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
>> E-mail: xyu6@ncsu.edu
>> -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Peeler
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 04:29 PM
>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>
>> Hi Milen, Xianqing,
>>
>> Thanks for the update.
>>
>> Overall the code looks really good.
>>
>> Some suggestions, which would help clean up the code a little bit.
>>
>> I see your making sql calls directly in the ccmp module.
>> Something to help simplify is to use these routines.
>>
>> database_select()
>> database_execute()
>>
>> These database_* routines will check for and create a db handle if
>> needed. Also if we every need to move away from mysql to another
>>
>> Some other ones related to sql statements:
>> for the blockComputers check you can use
>> is_inblockrequest($computer_id)
>> to see if a user deleted a request you can use this routine
>> is_request_deleted($request_id)
>>
>> In your does_image_exist routine. You can do away with the Check in the
>> local database and only confirm the image is available in the IBM cloud.
>> If the image wasn't in the local VCL database, then the user request
>> would not be able to get that far anyway.
>>
>>
>> Also you might be able to make use of the variable table.
>> An example starts on line 250 in the xCAT2.pm provisioning module
>> if($self->data->is_variable_set($variable_name)){
>> notify($ERRORS{'DEBUG'}, 0, "throttle is set for $variable_name");
>> #fetch variable
>> $xcat_throttle = $self->data->get_variable($variable_name);
>> }
>>
>> The variable table can used to handle variables that do not have a home
>> or that need to be flexible.
>>
>> I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim
>> and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
>>
>> In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you
>> working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related
>> to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would
>> want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work
>> with all the provisioning modules.
>>
>> Thanks again for your work,
>> Aaron
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/20/11 11:47 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello community,
>>>
>>> There is now a JIRA issue with the code attached to it
>>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457). We are currently
>>> working on getting some more documentation and will upload once we have
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Here is a link about IBM Cloud where you can find some more information
>>> about it:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/igs/cloud-development/#tab:overview/#leadspace:default
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Milen Paskov
>>> WSTI Intern
>>> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>>
>>> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi
>>> Milen, Please discuss the module details on this list so Aaron Peeler
>>> ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi Milen, Please discuss the module details
>>> on this list so others are aware of
>>>
>>> From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>> Date: 04/19/2011 09:37 AM
>>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Milen,
>>>
>>> Please discuss the module details on this list so others are aware of
>>> it. All development discussions should be done on this list for
>>> community public record.
>>>
>>> For instance, Talk about what the module is doing. What sort of changes
>>> need to take place on the management node? What changes in the db?
>>>
>>> Have you created a Jira issue for it yet?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Aaron
>>>
>>> On 4/18/11 5:39 PM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>> > Hi Aaron,
>>> >
>>> > As we are very close to NCSU campus me and Xianqing will be able to
>>> drop
>>> > by on Wednesday, how does 9am sound. Then we can discuss the module
>>> in
>>> > detail as well as what needs to be done to test it in a production
>>> VCL.
>>> >
>>> > Once again we would like to thank you and NCSU for the opportunity to
>>> > test our module
>>> >
>>> > Best Regards,
>>> > Milen Paskov
>>> > WSTI Intern
>>> > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>> >
>>> > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi
>>> > Milen, This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.Aaron Peeler
>>> > ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi Milen, This is great. We'd like to
>>> test
>>> > it here at NCSU.
>>> >
>>> > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>> > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>> > Date: 04/15/2011 12:58 PM
>>> > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>> >
>>> >
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hi Milen,
>>> >
>>> > This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
>>> >
>>> > If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
>>> > add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for
>>> the
>>> > module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have
>>> to
>>> > some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
>>> >
>>> > Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Aaron
>>> >
>>> > On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>> > > Hello community,
>>> > >
>>> > > I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the
>>> module
>>> > > has taken shape.
>>> > >
>>> > > The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone
>>> else
>>> > > interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional
>>> resources.
>>> > > Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some
>>> just
>>> > > to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local
>>> machine
>>> or
>>> > > one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on
>>> IBM
>>> > > Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In
>>> addition the
>>> > > module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently
>>> > operational VCL.
>>> > >
>>> > > Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
>>> > > provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images.
>>> The
>>> > > module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to
>>> try
>>> > > and test on a production VCL.
>>> > >
>>> > > Best Regards,
>>> > > Milen Paskov
>>> > > WSTI Intern
>>> > > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>> > >
>>> > > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51
>>> PM---Hi
>>> > > Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron
>>> Peeler
>>> > > ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward
>>> to
>>> > > seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>>> > >
>>> > > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>> > > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>> > > Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
>>> > > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > Hi Xianqing,
>>> > >
>>> > > Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>>> > > approval for donation).
>>> > >
>>> > > Aaron
>>> > >
>>> > > On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
>>> > > > Hello VCL community,
>>> > > >
>>> > > > I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module)
>>> for
>>> > > VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances
>>> on the
>>> > > IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and
>>> now
>>> I
>>> > > take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
>>> > > testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
>>> > > relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Best Regards,
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Xianqing Yu
>>> > > > WSTI Intern
>>> > > > yux@us.ibm.com
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > --
>>> > >
>>> > > Aaron Peeler
>>> > > Program Manager
>>> > > Virtual Computing Lab
>>> > > NC State University
>>> > > aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
>>> > > 919-513-4571
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Aaron Peeler
>>> > Program Manager
>>> > Virtual Computing Lab
>>> > NC State University
>>> >
>>>
>>> --
>>> Aaron Peeler
>>> Program Manager
>>> Virtual Computing Lab
>>> NC State University
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Aaron Peeler
>> Program Manager
>> Virtual Computing Lab
>> NC State University
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
>
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Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>.
ok, thanks. Probably makes sense to wait the on the clearance document.
Aaron
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Kevan Miller <ke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Apr 26, 2012, at 10:50 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote:
>
>> Since we are going to delay these two contributions until a later
>> release, we have some time to accomplish the IP clearance related to
>> the contribution or future contribution(since I feel we'll re-design
>> to handle public clouds).
>>
>> The contributors on these two jira issues do have their iCLA's on
>> file, but from the provided link there also needs to be a Corp CLA or
>> Software grant from IBM as it relates to the Apache VCL codebase.
>>
>> So, Xianqing, Milen, Young, you'll need to check with your IBM
>> managers to help make this happen.
>>
>> Kevan,
>> Am I correct in my understanding?
>
> Yes. When/when not to require a Software Grant/CCLA is a grey area. In this case, I would ask for a grant.
>
>>
>> Also on http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html do we go
>> ahead and start a Clearance document?
>
> Either way - start now or wait for a grant...
>
> --kevan
>
--
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Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
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Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Kevan Miller <ke...@gmail.com>.
On Apr 26, 2012, at 10:50 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote:
> Since we are going to delay these two contributions until a later
> release, we have some time to accomplish the IP clearance related to
> the contribution or future contribution(since I feel we'll re-design
> to handle public clouds).
>
> The contributors on these two jira issues do have their iCLA's on
> file, but from the provided link there also needs to be a Corp CLA or
> Software grant from IBM as it relates to the Apache VCL codebase.
>
> So, Xianqing, Milen, Young, you'll need to check with your IBM
> managers to help make this happen.
>
> Kevan,
> Am I correct in my understanding?
Yes. When/when not to require a Software Grant/CCLA is a grey area. In this case, I would ask for a grant.
>
> Also on http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html do we go
> ahead and start a Clearance document?
Either way - start now or wait for a grant...
--kevan
Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Aaron Peeler <fa...@ncsu.edu>.
Since we are going to delay these two contributions until a later
release, we have some time to accomplish the IP clearance related to
the contribution or future contribution(since I feel we'll re-design
to handle public clouds).
The contributors on these two jira issues do have their iCLA's on
file, but from the provided link there also needs to be a Corp CLA or
Software grant from IBM as it relates to the Apache VCL codebase.
So, Xianqing, Milen, Young, you'll need to check with your IBM
managers to help make this happen.
Kevan,
Am I correct in my understanding?
Also on http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html do we go
ahead and start a Clearance document?
Thanks,
Aaron
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 6:13 PM, Kevan Miller <ke...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Aaron Peeler wrote:
>
>> As Kevan commented on in the jira issue, one of the things that need
>> to be addressed are the IP clearance. When attaching contributions and
>> you intend for it to be included, make sure to click "Grant license to
>> ASF for inclusion in ASF works". By doing this, the attachments in the
>> jira issue will have an apache feather beside each file, telling us it
>> has been contributed to Apache community.
>
> That certainly helps. However, in some cases, the "Grant license to ASF" is not sufficient. For larger contributions and also for contributions with multiple authors (and obviously sponsored by a corporate entity), there is an additional IP clearance process. See http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html for more information. The process is pretty lightweight, but does require a Software Grant or Corporate CLA to be submitted.
>
> --kevan
>
>
--
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Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
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are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public
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Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Kevan Miller <ke...@gmail.com>.
On Apr 25, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Aaron Peeler wrote:
> As Kevan commented on in the jira issue, one of the things that need
> to be addressed are the IP clearance. When attaching contributions and
> you intend for it to be included, make sure to click "Grant license to
> ASF for inclusion in ASF works". By doing this, the attachments in the
> jira issue will have an apache feather beside each file, telling us it
> has been contributed to Apache community.
That certainly helps. However, in some cases, the "Grant license to ASF" is not sufficient. For larger contributions and also for contributions with multiple authors (and obviously sponsored by a corporate entity), there is an additional IP clearance process. See http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html for more information. The process is pretty lightweight, but does require a Software Grant or Corporate CLA to be submitted.
--kevan
Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>.
Hi Xianqing, All,
While brokering resources from the IBM cloud is important and has
great value, it's my opinion we need to delay the inclusion of the
CCMP module until the 2.4 release.
As Kevan commented on in the jira issue, one of the things that need
to be addressed are the IP clearance. When attaching contributions and
you intend for it to be included, make sure to click "Grant license to
ASF for inclusion in ASF works". By doing this, the attachments in the
jira issue will have an apache feather beside each file, telling us it
has been contributed to Apache community.
Also a larger community discussion is needed on dealing with public
clouds. This will also affect EC2 api, IBM SCP, and likely libcloud
provisioning module related work. As the folks who have already
started experimenting/working with those, you've realized there are
default behaviors in VCL that keep nodes in a hot-standby mode waiting
for the next user. This is great in local VCL instances, but it's not
feasible in public clouds, as someone is going to get billed for a
running machine.
So here is my basic list of design discussion for public clouds :
* policies to define node behavior, turn off after each non-user load, suspend?
* best way to handle available images/environments from a given cloud
* billing based on affiliation
* single IP from public clouds
* storing API credentials in the vcl database (securely)
* other topics as we design it out
By discussion a general design for these (and other) cases, I think we
can better handle public clouds than we do today.
Anyway. I suggest we move both VCL-457 and VCL-537 jira issues to 2.4
release roadmap and have more discussion about the public cloud topic.
Here are the links for current issues assigned for 2.3 release.
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-537
Thoughts?
Best Regards,
Aaron
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:14 PM, Xianqing Yu <yu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Aaron,
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> I will test it out.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Xianqing Yu
>
> IBM WSTI
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Peeler
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 9:14 AM
>
> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>
> Hi Xianqing,
>
> Thanks for the contribution.
>
> Accounting for charge back is important feature.
>
> I'll do my best to review this and followup soon.
>
> If you haven't done so already, Can you test your provisioning module
> with the latest code in trunk?
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Xianqing Yu <yu...@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi VCL Community,
>>
>> Milen and I wrote CCMP() provisioning module to enable VCL provisioning
>> virtual machine in IBM Smart Cloud. We created JIRA
>> issue(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457) and hope it can be
>> added into VCL release. I would like to keep updating the code until it
>> satisfy all requirements. Please let me know your opinion, thanks in
>> advance.
>>
>> Because IBM Smart Cloud has its own account information which is different
>> from the VCL user. Generally, if VCL uses CCMP module, multiple users
>> (such
>> as students in one department) share one IBM Cloud Account. Thus it
>> raising
>> an demand to record individual VCL users' usage history for one IBM Cloud
>> Account for varies purposes (administration, accounting, etc.). So I wrote
>> an initial Perl script to generate a VCL users' IBM Cloud usage report.
>> From
>> this report, administrator can see which vcl user and how long she or he
>> used which IBM Cloud Account. The main idea of this script is that CCMP
>> module would put down necessary information into vcl log file, and my
>> script
>> can scan the log file to generate the report. Another possible solution I
>> can think about is that also using CCMP module but record information into
>> VCL database, later on accounting script can fetch information from VCL
>> database to generate report. However, in this method, you have to open VCL
>> database access to accounting code. I am not sure which method is better,
>> more discussion is appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Xianqing Yu
>>
>> IBM WSTI Intern
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Xianqing Yu
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:07 PM
>>
>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>
>> Hi Aaron:
>>
>> I updated the CCMP code today on JIRA.
>>
>> Here is updated list:
>>
>> Use database_* routines to check or update VCL database.
>> Use is_inblockrequest($computer_id) to check if computer belong to block
>> allocation computer pool.
>> Use is_request_deleted($request_id) to check reservation status.
>> Create power_off function, and use it to power off computers.
>>
>> Again, thank you for your recommendations,
>>
>> Xianqing Yu
>>
>> ------
>> Graduate Research Assistant, Cyber Defense Lab
>> Department of Computer Science
>> North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
>> E-mail: xyu6@ncsu.edu
>> -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Peeler
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 04:29 PM
>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>
>> Hi Milen, Xianqing,
>>
>> Thanks for the update.
>>
>> Overall the code looks really good.
>>
>> Some suggestions, which would help clean up the code a little bit.
>>
>> I see your making sql calls directly in the ccmp module.
>> Something to help simplify is to use these routines.
>>
>> database_select()
>> database_execute()
>>
>> These database_* routines will check for and create a db handle if
>> needed. Also if we every need to move away from mysql to another
>>
>> Some other ones related to sql statements:
>> for the blockComputers check you can use
>> is_inblockrequest($computer_id)
>> to see if a user deleted a request you can use this routine
>> is_request_deleted($request_id)
>>
>> In your does_image_exist routine. You can do away with the Check in the
>> local database and only confirm the image is available in the IBM cloud.
>> If the image wasn't in the local VCL database, then the user request
>> would not be able to get that far anyway.
>>
>>
>> Also you might be able to make use of the variable table.
>> An example starts on line 250 in the xCAT2.pm provisioning module
>> if($self->data->is_variable_set($variable_name)){
>> notify($ERRORS{'DEBUG'}, 0, "throttle is set for $variable_name");
>> #fetch variable
>> $xcat_throttle = $self->data->get_variable($variable_name);
>> }
>>
>> The variable table can used to handle variables that do not have a home
>> or that need to be flexible.
>>
>> I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim
>> and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
>>
>> In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you
>> working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related
>> to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would
>> want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work
>> with all the provisioning modules.
>>
>> Thanks again for your work,
>> Aaron
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/20/11 11:47 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello community,
>>>
>>> There is now a JIRA issue with the code attached to it
>>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457). We are currently
>>> working on getting some more documentation and will upload once we have
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Here is a link about IBM Cloud where you can find some more information
>>> about it:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/igs/cloud-development/#tab:overview/#leadspace:default
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Milen Paskov
>>> WSTI Intern
>>> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>>
>>> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi
>>> Milen, Please discuss the module details on this list so Aaron Peeler
>>> ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi Milen, Please discuss the module details
>>> on this list so others are aware of
>>>
>>> From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>> Date: 04/19/2011 09:37 AM
>>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Milen,
>>>
>>> Please discuss the module details on this list so others are aware of
>>> it. All development discussions should be done on this list for
>>> community public record.
>>>
>>> For instance, Talk about what the module is doing. What sort of changes
>>> need to take place on the management node? What changes in the db?
>>>
>>> Have you created a Jira issue for it yet?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Aaron
>>>
>>> On 4/18/11 5:39 PM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>> > Hi Aaron,
>>> >
>>> > As we are very close to NCSU campus me and Xianqing will be able to
>>> drop
>>> > by on Wednesday, how does 9am sound. Then we can discuss the module in
>>> > detail as well as what needs to be done to test it in a production
>>> VCL.
>>> >
>>> > Once again we would like to thank you and NCSU for the opportunity to
>>> > test our module
>>> >
>>> > Best Regards,
>>> > Milen Paskov
>>> > WSTI Intern
>>> > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>> >
>>> > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi
>>> > Milen, This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.Aaron Peeler
>>> > ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi Milen, This is great. We'd like to test
>>> > it here at NCSU.
>>> >
>>> > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>> > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>> > Date: 04/15/2011 12:58 PM
>>> > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>> >
>>> >
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hi Milen,
>>> >
>>> > This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
>>> >
>>> > If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
>>> > add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for the
>>> > module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have to
>>> > some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
>>> >
>>> > Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Aaron
>>> >
>>> > On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>> > > Hello community,
>>> > >
>>> > > I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the
>>> module
>>> > > has taken shape.
>>> > >
>>> > > The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone
>>> else
>>> > > interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional
>>> resources.
>>> > > Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some
>>> just
>>> > > to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine
>>> or
>>> > > one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on
>>> IBM
>>> > > Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In
>>> addition the
>>> > > module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently
>>> > operational VCL.
>>> > >
>>> > > Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
>>> > > provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images.
>>> The
>>> > > module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to
>>> try
>>> > > and test on a production VCL.
>>> > >
>>> > > Best Regards,
>>> > > Milen Paskov
>>> > > WSTI Intern
>>> > > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>> > >
>>> > > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51
>>> PM---Hi
>>> > > Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron
>>> Peeler
>>> > > ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward
>>> to
>>> > > seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>>> > >
>>> > > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>> > > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>> > > Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
>>> > > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > Hi Xianqing,
>>> > >
>>> > > Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>>> > > approval for donation).
>>> > >
>>> > > Aaron
>>> > >
>>> > > On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
>>> > > > Hello VCL community,
>>> > > >
>>> > > > I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for
>>> > > VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances
>>> on the
>>> > > IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and
>>> now
>>> I
>>> > > take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
>>> > > testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
>>> > > relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Best Regards,
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Xianqing Yu
>>> > > > WSTI Intern
>>> > > > yux@us.ibm.com
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > --
>>> > >
>>> > > Aaron Peeler
>>> > > Program Manager
>>> > > Virtual Computing Lab
>>> > > NC State University
>>> > > aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
>>> > > 919-513-4571
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Aaron Peeler
>>> > Program Manager
>>> > Virtual Computing Lab
>>> > NC State University
>>> >
>>>
>>> --
>>> Aaron Peeler
>>> Program Manager
>>> Virtual Computing Lab
>>> NC State University
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Aaron Peeler
>> Program Manager
>> Virtual Computing Lab
>> NC State University
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
>
> All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which
> are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public
> Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
--
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Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
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Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Xianqing Yu <yu...@hotmail.com>.
Hi Aaron,
Thanks for your help.
I will test it out.
Thanks,
Xianqing Yu
IBM WSTI
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Peeler
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 9:14 AM
To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Hi Xianqing,
Thanks for the contribution.
Accounting for charge back is important feature.
I'll do my best to review this and followup soon.
If you haven't done so already, Can you test your provisioning module
with the latest code in trunk?
Thanks,
Aaron
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Xianqing Yu <yu...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi VCL Community,
>
> Milen and I wrote CCMP() provisioning module to enable VCL provisioning
> virtual machine in IBM Smart Cloud. We created JIRA
> issue(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457) and hope it can be
> added into VCL release. I would like to keep updating the code until it
> satisfy all requirements. Please let me know your opinion, thanks in
> advance.
>
> Because IBM Smart Cloud has its own account information which is different
> from the VCL user. Generally, if VCL uses CCMP module, multiple users
> (such
> as students in one department) share one IBM Cloud Account. Thus it
> raising
> an demand to record individual VCL users' usage history for one IBM Cloud
> Account for varies purposes (administration, accounting, etc.). So I wrote
> an initial Perl script to generate a VCL users' IBM Cloud usage report.
> From
> this report, administrator can see which vcl user and how long she or he
> used which IBM Cloud Account. The main idea of this script is that CCMP
> module would put down necessary information into vcl log file, and my
> script
> can scan the log file to generate the report. Another possible solution I
> can think about is that also using CCMP module but record information into
> VCL database, later on accounting script can fetch information from VCL
> database to generate report. However, in this method, you have to open VCL
> database access to accounting code. I am not sure which method is better,
> more discussion is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Xianqing Yu
>
> IBM WSTI Intern
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Xianqing Yu
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:07 PM
>
> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>
> Hi Aaron:
>
> I updated the CCMP code today on JIRA.
>
> Here is updated list:
>
> Use database_* routines to check or update VCL database.
> Use is_inblockrequest($computer_id) to check if computer belong to block
> allocation computer pool.
> Use is_request_deleted($request_id) to check reservation status.
> Create power_off function, and use it to power off computers.
>
> Again, thank you for your recommendations,
>
> Xianqing Yu
>
> ------
> Graduate Research Assistant, Cyber Defense Lab
> Department of Computer Science
> North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
> E-mail: xyu6@ncsu.edu
> -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Peeler
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 04:29 PM
> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>
> Hi Milen, Xianqing,
>
> Thanks for the update.
>
> Overall the code looks really good.
>
> Some suggestions, which would help clean up the code a little bit.
>
> I see your making sql calls directly in the ccmp module.
> Something to help simplify is to use these routines.
>
> database_select()
> database_execute()
>
> These database_* routines will check for and create a db handle if
> needed. Also if we every need to move away from mysql to another
>
> Some other ones related to sql statements:
> for the blockComputers check you can use
> is_inblockrequest($computer_id)
> to see if a user deleted a request you can use this routine
> is_request_deleted($request_id)
>
> In your does_image_exist routine. You can do away with the Check in the
> local database and only confirm the image is available in the IBM cloud.
> If the image wasn't in the local VCL database, then the user request
> would not be able to get that far anyway.
>
>
> Also you might be able to make use of the variable table.
> An example starts on line 250 in the xCAT2.pm provisioning module
> if($self->data->is_variable_set($variable_name)){
> notify($ERRORS{'DEBUG'}, 0, "throttle is set for $variable_name");
> #fetch variable
> $xcat_throttle = $self->data->get_variable($variable_name);
> }
>
> The variable table can used to handle variables that do not have a home
> or that need to be flexible.
>
> I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim
> and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
>
> In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you
> working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related
> to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would
> want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work
> with all the provisioning modules.
>
> Thanks again for your work,
> Aaron
>
>
>
> On 4/20/11 11:47 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>
>> Hello community,
>>
>> There is now a JIRA issue with the code attached to it
>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457). We are currently
>> working on getting some more documentation and will upload once we have
>> it.
>>
>> Here is a link about IBM Cloud where you can find some more information
>> about it:
>>
>> http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/igs/cloud-development/#tab:overview/#leadspace:default
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Milen Paskov
>> WSTI Intern
>> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>
>> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi
>> Milen, Please discuss the module details on this list so Aaron Peeler
>> ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi Milen, Please discuss the module details
>> on this list so others are aware of
>>
>> From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> Date: 04/19/2011 09:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Milen,
>>
>> Please discuss the module details on this list so others are aware of
>> it. All development discussions should be done on this list for
>> community public record.
>>
>> For instance, Talk about what the module is doing. What sort of changes
>> need to take place on the management node? What changes in the db?
>>
>> Have you created a Jira issue for it yet?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Aaron
>>
>> On 4/18/11 5:39 PM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>> > Hi Aaron,
>> >
>> > As we are very close to NCSU campus me and Xianqing will be able to
>> drop
>> > by on Wednesday, how does 9am sound. Then we can discuss the module in
>> > detail as well as what needs to be done to test it in a production
>> VCL.
>> >
>> > Once again we would like to thank you and NCSU for the opportunity to
>> > test our module
>> >
>> > Best Regards,
>> > Milen Paskov
>> > WSTI Intern
>> > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>> >
>> > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi
>> > Milen, This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.Aaron Peeler
>> > ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi Milen, This is great. We'd like to test
>> > it here at NCSU.
>> >
>> > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>> > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> > Date: 04/15/2011 12:58 PM
>> > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>> >
>> >
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Milen,
>> >
>> > This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
>> >
>> > If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
>> > add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for the
>> > module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have to
>> > some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
>> >
>> > Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Aaron
>> >
>> > On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>> > > Hello community,
>> > >
>> > > I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the
>> module
>> > > has taken shape.
>> > >
>> > > The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone
>> else
>> > > interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional
>> resources.
>> > > Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some
>> just
>> > > to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine
>> or
>> > > one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on
>> IBM
>> > > Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In
>> addition the
>> > > module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently
>> > operational VCL.
>> > >
>> > > Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
>> > > provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images.
>> The
>> > > module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to
>> try
>> > > and test on a production VCL.
>> > >
>> > > Best Regards,
>> > > Milen Paskov
>> > > WSTI Intern
>> > > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>> > >
>> > > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51
>> PM---Hi
>> > > Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron
>> Peeler
>> > > ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward
>> to
>> > > seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>> > >
>> > > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>> > > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> > > Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
>> > > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>> > >
>> > >
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Hi Xianqing,
>> > >
>> > > Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>> > > approval for donation).
>> > >
>> > > Aaron
>> > >
>> > > On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
>> > > > Hello VCL community,
>> > > >
>> > > > I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for
>> > > VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances
>> on the
>> > > IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and
>> now
>> I
>> > > take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
>> > > testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
>> > > relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Best Regards,
>> > > >
>> > > > Xianqing Yu
>> > > > WSTI Intern
>> > > > yux@us.ibm.com
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > >
>> > > Aaron Peeler
>> > > Program Manager
>> > > Virtual Computing Lab
>> > > NC State University
>> > > aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
>> > > 919-513-4571
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Aaron Peeler
>> > Program Manager
>> > Virtual Computing Lab
>> > NC State University
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Aaron Peeler
>> Program Manager
>> Virtual Computing Lab
>> NC State University
>>
>
> --
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
>
--
Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
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Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>.
Hi Xianqing,
Thanks for the contribution.
Accounting for charge back is important feature.
I'll do my best to review this and followup soon.
If you haven't done so already, Can you test your provisioning module
with the latest code in trunk?
Thanks,
Aaron
On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Xianqing Yu <yu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi VCL Community,
>
> Milen and I wrote CCMP() provisioning module to enable VCL provisioning
> virtual machine in IBM Smart Cloud. We created JIRA
> issue(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457) and hope it can be
> added into VCL release. I would like to keep updating the code until it
> satisfy all requirements. Please let me know your opinion, thanks in
> advance.
>
> Because IBM Smart Cloud has its own account information which is different
> from the VCL user. Generally, if VCL uses CCMP module, multiple users (such
> as students in one department) share one IBM Cloud Account. Thus it raising
> an demand to record individual VCL users' usage history for one IBM Cloud
> Account for varies purposes (administration, accounting, etc.). So I wrote
> an initial Perl script to generate a VCL users' IBM Cloud usage report. From
> this report, administrator can see which vcl user and how long she or he
> used which IBM Cloud Account. The main idea of this script is that CCMP
> module would put down necessary information into vcl log file, and my script
> can scan the log file to generate the report. Another possible solution I
> can think about is that also using CCMP module but record information into
> VCL database, later on accounting script can fetch information from VCL
> database to generate report. However, in this method, you have to open VCL
> database access to accounting code. I am not sure which method is better,
> more discussion is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Xianqing Yu
>
> IBM WSTI Intern
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Xianqing Yu
> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:07 PM
>
> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>
> Hi Aaron:
>
> I updated the CCMP code today on JIRA.
>
> Here is updated list:
>
> Use database_* routines to check or update VCL database.
> Use is_inblockrequest($computer_id) to check if computer belong to block
> allocation computer pool.
> Use is_request_deleted($request_id) to check reservation status.
> Create power_off function, and use it to power off computers.
>
> Again, thank you for your recommendations,
>
> Xianqing Yu
>
> ------
> Graduate Research Assistant, Cyber Defense Lab
> Department of Computer Science
> North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
> E-mail: xyu6@ncsu.edu
> -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Peeler
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 04:29 PM
> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>
> Hi Milen, Xianqing,
>
> Thanks for the update.
>
> Overall the code looks really good.
>
> Some suggestions, which would help clean up the code a little bit.
>
> I see your making sql calls directly in the ccmp module.
> Something to help simplify is to use these routines.
>
> database_select()
> database_execute()
>
> These database_* routines will check for and create a db handle if
> needed. Also if we every need to move away from mysql to another
>
> Some other ones related to sql statements:
> for the blockComputers check you can use
> is_inblockrequest($computer_id)
> to see if a user deleted a request you can use this routine
> is_request_deleted($request_id)
>
> In your does_image_exist routine. You can do away with the Check in the
> local database and only confirm the image is available in the IBM cloud.
> If the image wasn't in the local VCL database, then the user request
> would not be able to get that far anyway.
>
>
> Also you might be able to make use of the variable table.
> An example starts on line 250 in the xCAT2.pm provisioning module
> if($self->data->is_variable_set($variable_name)){
> notify($ERRORS{'DEBUG'}, 0, "throttle is set for $variable_name");
> #fetch variable
> $xcat_throttle = $self->data->get_variable($variable_name);
> }
>
> The variable table can used to handle variables that do not have a home
> or that need to be flexible.
>
> I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim
> and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
>
> In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you
> working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related
> to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would
> want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work
> with all the provisioning modules.
>
> Thanks again for your work,
> Aaron
>
>
>
> On 4/20/11 11:47 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>
>> Hello community,
>>
>> There is now a JIRA issue with the code attached to it
>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457). We are currently
>> working on getting some more documentation and will upload once we have
>> it.
>>
>> Here is a link about IBM Cloud where you can find some more information
>> about it:
>>
>> http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/igs/cloud-development/#tab:overview/#leadspace:default
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Milen Paskov
>> WSTI Intern
>> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>
>> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi
>> Milen, Please discuss the module details on this list so Aaron Peeler
>> ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi Milen, Please discuss the module details
>> on this list so others are aware of
>>
>> From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> Date: 04/19/2011 09:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Milen,
>>
>> Please discuss the module details on this list so others are aware of
>> it. All development discussions should be done on this list for
>> community public record.
>>
>> For instance, Talk about what the module is doing. What sort of changes
>> need to take place on the management node? What changes in the db?
>>
>> Have you created a Jira issue for it yet?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Aaron
>>
>> On 4/18/11 5:39 PM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>> > Hi Aaron,
>> >
>> > As we are very close to NCSU campus me and Xianqing will be able to
>> drop
>> > by on Wednesday, how does 9am sound. Then we can discuss the module in
>> > detail as well as what needs to be done to test it in a production VCL.
>> >
>> > Once again we would like to thank you and NCSU for the opportunity to
>> > test our module
>> >
>> > Best Regards,
>> > Milen Paskov
>> > WSTI Intern
>> > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>> >
>> > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi
>> > Milen, This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.Aaron Peeler
>> > ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi Milen, This is great. We'd like to test
>> > it here at NCSU.
>> >
>> > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>> > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> > Date: 04/15/2011 12:58 PM
>> > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>> >
>> >
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Milen,
>> >
>> > This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
>> >
>> > If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
>> > add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for the
>> > module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have to
>> > some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
>> >
>> > Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Aaron
>> >
>> > On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>> > > Hello community,
>> > >
>> > > I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the module
>> > > has taken shape.
>> > >
>> > > The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone else
>> > > interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional
>> resources.
>> > > Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some
>> just
>> > > to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine
>> or
>> > > one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on IBM
>> > > Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In
>> addition the
>> > > module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently
>> > operational VCL.
>> > >
>> > > Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
>> > > provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images. The
>> > > module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to try
>> > > and test on a production VCL.
>> > >
>> > > Best Regards,
>> > > Milen Paskov
>> > > WSTI Intern
>> > > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>> > >
>> > > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi
>> > > Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron Peeler
>> > > ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward
>> to
>> > > seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>> > >
>> > > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>> > > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> > > Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
>> > > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>> > >
>> > >
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Hi Xianqing,
>> > >
>> > > Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>> > > approval for donation).
>> > >
>> > > Aaron
>> > >
>> > > On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
>> > > > Hello VCL community,
>> > > >
>> > > > I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for
>> > > VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances
>> on the
>> > > IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and now
>> I
>> > > take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
>> > > testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
>> > > relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Best Regards,
>> > > >
>> > > > Xianqing Yu
>> > > > WSTI Intern
>> > > > yux@us.ibm.com
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > >
>> > > Aaron Peeler
>> > > Program Manager
>> > > Virtual Computing Lab
>> > > NC State University
>> > > aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
>> > > 919-513-4571
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Aaron Peeler
>> > Program Manager
>> > Virtual Computing Lab
>> > NC State University
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Aaron Peeler
>> Program Manager
>> Virtual Computing Lab
>> NC State University
>>
>
> --
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
>
--
Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
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Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Xianqing Yu <yu...@hotmail.com>.
Hi VCL Community,
Milen and I wrote CCMP() provisioning module to enable VCL provisioning
virtual machine in IBM Smart Cloud. We created JIRA
issue(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457) and hope it can be
added into VCL release. I would like to keep updating the code until it
satisfy all requirements. Please let me know your opinion, thanks in
advance.
Because IBM Smart Cloud has its own account information which is different
from the VCL user. Generally, if VCL uses CCMP module, multiple users (such
as students in one department) share one IBM Cloud Account. Thus it raising
an demand to record individual VCL users' usage history for one IBM Cloud
Account for varies purposes (administration, accounting, etc.). So I wrote
an initial Perl script to generate a VCL users' IBM Cloud usage report. From
this report, administrator can see which vcl user and how long she or he
used which IBM Cloud Account. The main idea of this script is that CCMP
module would put down necessary information into vcl log file, and my script
can scan the log file to generate the report. Another possible solution I
can think about is that also using CCMP module but record information into
VCL database, later on accounting script can fetch information from VCL
database to generate report. However, in this method, you have to open VCL
database access to accounting code. I am not sure which method is better,
more discussion is appreciated.
Thanks,
Xianqing Yu
IBM WSTI Intern
-----Original Message-----
From: Xianqing Yu
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 7:07 PM
To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Hi Aaron:
I updated the CCMP code today on JIRA.
Here is updated list:
Use database_* routines to check or update VCL database.
Use is_inblockrequest($computer_id) to check if computer belong to block
allocation computer pool.
Use is_request_deleted($request_id) to check reservation status.
Create power_off function, and use it to power off computers.
Again, thank you for your recommendations,
Xianqing Yu
------
Graduate Research Assistant, Cyber Defense Lab
Department of Computer Science
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
E-mail: xyu6@ncsu.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Peeler
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 04:29 PM
To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Hi Milen, Xianqing,
Thanks for the update.
Overall the code looks really good.
Some suggestions, which would help clean up the code a little bit.
I see your making sql calls directly in the ccmp module.
Something to help simplify is to use these routines.
database_select()
database_execute()
These database_* routines will check for and create a db handle if
needed. Also if we every need to move away from mysql to another
Some other ones related to sql statements:
for the blockComputers check you can use
is_inblockrequest($computer_id)
to see if a user deleted a request you can use this routine
is_request_deleted($request_id)
In your does_image_exist routine. You can do away with the Check in the
local database and only confirm the image is available in the IBM cloud.
If the image wasn't in the local VCL database, then the user request
would not be able to get that far anyway.
Also you might be able to make use of the variable table.
An example starts on line 250 in the xCAT2.pm provisioning module
if($self->data->is_variable_set($variable_name)){
notify($ERRORS{'DEBUG'}, 0, "throttle is set for $variable_name");
#fetch variable
$xcat_throttle = $self->data->get_variable($variable_name);
}
The variable table can used to handle variables that do not have a home
or that need to be flexible.
I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim
and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you
working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related
to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would
want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work
with all the provisioning modules.
Thanks again for your work,
Aaron
On 4/20/11 11:47 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> Hello community,
>
> There is now a JIRA issue with the code attached to it
> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457). We are currently
> working on getting some more documentation and will upload once we have
> it.
>
> Here is a link about IBM Cloud where you can find some more information
> about it:
> http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/igs/cloud-development/#tab:overview/#leadspace:default
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Milen Paskov
> WSTI Intern
> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>
> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi
> Milen, Please discuss the module details on this list so Aaron Peeler
> ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi Milen, Please discuss the module details
> on this list so others are aware of
>
> From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Date: 04/19/2011 09:37 AM
> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi Milen,
>
> Please discuss the module details on this list so others are aware of
> it. All development discussions should be done on this list for
> community public record.
>
> For instance, Talk about what the module is doing. What sort of changes
> need to take place on the management node? What changes in the db?
>
> Have you created a Jira issue for it yet?
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
>
> On 4/18/11 5:39 PM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> > Hi Aaron,
> >
> > As we are very close to NCSU campus me and Xianqing will be able to
> drop
> > by on Wednesday, how does 9am sound. Then we can discuss the module in
> > detail as well as what needs to be done to test it in a production VCL.
> >
> > Once again we would like to thank you and NCSU for the opportunity to
> > test our module
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Milen Paskov
> > WSTI Intern
> > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
> >
> > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi
> > Milen, This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.Aaron Peeler
> > ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi Milen, This is great. We'd like to test
> > it here at NCSU.
> >
> > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > Date: 04/15/2011 12:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Milen,
> >
> > This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
> >
> > If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
> > add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for the
> > module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have to
> > some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
> >
> > Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Aaron
> >
> > On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> > > Hello community,
> > >
> > > I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the module
> > > has taken shape.
> > >
> > > The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone else
> > > interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional
> resources.
> > > Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some
> just
> > > to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine
> or
> > > one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on IBM
> > > Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In
> addition the
> > > module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently
> > operational VCL.
> > >
> > > Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
> > > provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images. The
> > > module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to try
> > > and test on a production VCL.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Milen Paskov
> > > WSTI Intern
> > > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
> > >
> > > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi
> > > Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron Peeler
> > > ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward
> to
> > > seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
> > >
> > > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> > > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
> > > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
> > >
> > >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Xianqing,
> > >
> > > Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
> > > approval for donation).
> > >
> > > Aaron
> > >
> > > On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
> > > > Hello VCL community,
> > > >
> > > > I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for
> > > VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances
> on the
> > > IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and now
> I
> > > take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
> > > testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
> > > relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Xianqing Yu
> > > > WSTI Intern
> > > > yux@us.ibm.com
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Aaron Peeler
> > > Program Manager
> > > Virtual Computing Lab
> > > NC State University
> > > aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
> > > 919-513-4571
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Aaron Peeler
> > Program Manager
> > Virtual Computing Lab
> > NC State University
> >
>
> --
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
>
--
Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Xianqing Yu <yu...@hotmail.com>.
Hi Aaron:
I updated the CCMP code today on JIRA.
Here is updated list:
Use database_* routines to check or update VCL database.
Use is_inblockrequest($computer_id) to check if computer belong to block
allocation computer pool.
Use is_request_deleted($request_id) to check reservation status.
Create power_off function, and use it to power off computers.
Again, thank you for your recommendations,
Xianqing Yu
------
Graduate Research Assistant, Cyber Defense Lab
Department of Computer Science
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
E-mail: xyu6@ncsu.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Peeler
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 04:29 PM
To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Hi Milen, Xianqing,
Thanks for the update.
Overall the code looks really good.
Some suggestions, which would help clean up the code a little bit.
I see your making sql calls directly in the ccmp module.
Something to help simplify is to use these routines.
database_select()
database_execute()
These database_* routines will check for and create a db handle if
needed. Also if we every need to move away from mysql to another
Some other ones related to sql statements:
for the blockComputers check you can use
is_inblockrequest($computer_id)
to see if a user deleted a request you can use this routine
is_request_deleted($request_id)
In your does_image_exist routine. You can do away with the Check in the
local database and only confirm the image is available in the IBM cloud.
If the image wasn't in the local VCL database, then the user request
would not be able to get that far anyway.
Also you might be able to make use of the variable table.
An example starts on line 250 in the xCAT2.pm provisioning module
if($self->data->is_variable_set($variable_name)){
notify($ERRORS{'DEBUG'}, 0, "throttle is set for $variable_name");
#fetch variable
$xcat_throttle = $self->data->get_variable($variable_name);
}
The variable table can used to handle variables that do not have a home
or that need to be flexible.
I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim
and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you
working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related
to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would
want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work
with all the provisioning modules.
Thanks again for your work,
Aaron
On 4/20/11 11:47 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> Hello community,
>
> There is now a JIRA issue with the code attached to it
> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457). We are currently
> working on getting some more documentation and will upload once we have
> it.
>
> Here is a link about IBM Cloud where you can find some more information
> about it:
> http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/igs/cloud-development/#tab:overview/#leadspace:default
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Milen Paskov
> WSTI Intern
> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>
> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi
> Milen, Please discuss the module details on this list so Aaron Peeler
> ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi Milen, Please discuss the module details
> on this list so others are aware of
>
> From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Date: 04/19/2011 09:37 AM
> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi Milen,
>
> Please discuss the module details on this list so others are aware of
> it. All development discussions should be done on this list for
> community public record.
>
> For instance, Talk about what the module is doing. What sort of changes
> need to take place on the management node? What changes in the db?
>
> Have you created a Jira issue for it yet?
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
>
> On 4/18/11 5:39 PM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> > Hi Aaron,
> >
> > As we are very close to NCSU campus me and Xianqing will be able to
> drop
> > by on Wednesday, how does 9am sound. Then we can discuss the module in
> > detail as well as what needs to be done to test it in a production VCL.
> >
> > Once again we would like to thank you and NCSU for the opportunity to
> > test our module
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Milen Paskov
> > WSTI Intern
> > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
> >
> > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi
> > Milen, This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.Aaron Peeler
> > ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi Milen, This is great. We'd like to test
> > it here at NCSU.
> >
> > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > Date: 04/15/2011 12:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Milen,
> >
> > This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
> >
> > If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
> > add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for the
> > module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have to
> > some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
> >
> > Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Aaron
> >
> > On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> > > Hello community,
> > >
> > > I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the module
> > > has taken shape.
> > >
> > > The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone else
> > > interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional
> resources.
> > > Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some
> just
> > > to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine
> or
> > > one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on IBM
> > > Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In
> addition the
> > > module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently
> > operational VCL.
> > >
> > > Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
> > > provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images. The
> > > module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to try
> > > and test on a production VCL.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Milen Paskov
> > > WSTI Intern
> > > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
> > >
> > > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi
> > > Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron Peeler
> > > ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward
> to
> > > seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
> > >
> > > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> > > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
> > > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
> > >
> > >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Xianqing,
> > >
> > > Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
> > > approval for donation).
> > >
> > > Aaron
> > >
> > > On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
> > > > Hello VCL community,
> > > >
> > > > I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for
> > > VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances
> on the
> > > IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and now
> I
> > > take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
> > > testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
> > > relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Xianqing Yu
> > > > WSTI Intern
> > > > yux@us.ibm.com
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Aaron Peeler
> > > Program Manager
> > > Virtual Computing Lab
> > > NC State University
> > > aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
> > > 919-513-4571
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Aaron Peeler
> > Program Manager
> > Virtual Computing Lab
> > NC State University
> >
>
> --
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
>
--
Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Aaron Peeler <fa...@ncsu.edu>.
On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 10:58 PM, Xianqing Yu <yu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Aaron:
>
> Thank you for taking time to look at that code. I will update the code very soon according to you suggestion.
>
>> I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
> Because IBM Cloud will charge the IBM Cloud Account for any running machines, no matter if there is user using or not. So in order to minimize the cost, we want to make sure there is no running machines in IBM Cloud when users don't make a reservation. So there are several ways we achieve that.
>
Makes sense.
> First, when the user end one reservation, VCL daemon would call the load function in CCMP module, load function at this time would check the userid, node's status and block allocation computer table. When load function finds out userid is "vclreload", the node is running, and the node is not inside block allocation computer pool, it would power off the node and return. So the node would not be reload after the reservation.
>
> Second, the code would power off the node if it detects any errors during provisioning process. For instance, when provisioning request failed, or provisioned instance doesn't get the IP address, or reservation is canceled before the whole load function finishing, the code would initiate power off process to power off the instance and delete it inside IBM Cloud.
>
> Third, we make block allocation works with CCMP module. However, (correct me if I am wrong) currently VCL code would not power off nodes which belong to the block allocation node's pool when block allocation time expired. So we add some codes inside blockrequest.pm to power off those nodes when time expired. In order to avoid interfere other parts of VCL, the code we added would only check the nodes which are using ccmp module as provisioning module.
>
Cool. I suggest to make a general power_off routine in the ccmp.pm
module, then it can be called from anywhere once the module is loaded,
resulting in a call similar to:
Within ccmp.pm
$self->power_off();
In blockrequest.pm, since this module is not pulling in the full
datastructure we have a couple of options.
short-term - load in the ccmp.pm provisioning module.
eval "use $provisioning_perl_package";
my $power_off_status = eval "&$provisioning_perl_package" .
'::power_off($info->{computertable}->{$cid});';
Long-term solution would be to call the vcl api.
>>
>> In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work with all the provisioning modules.
>
> The main reason we create a separate OS module is that the instance in IBM Cloud only has one network connection which is public network. And traditional OS module, like Linux module and Windows Module, would fetch both configurations for public ethernet network card and private ethernet network card. So the way we get around this is that our code would always return the public network's configuration when VCL daemon request configuration information for public NIC or private NIC. The OS modules is based on VCL 2.2 OS modules, linux.pm and windows.pm, I may make a lot of changes when I develop and test these modules. So if extend original OS modules is the best way, I can extend both modules, and then send you guys the code to check, sounds good?
Yes I think it would be best to extend the OS modules to handle only 1
nic. This is something we've had in the road map or maybe in a jira
issue.
Aaron
>
> Again, thank you for your time,
>
> Xianqing Yu
>
> ------
> Graduate Research Assistant, Cyber Defense Lab
> Department of Computer Science
> North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
> E-mail: xyu6@ncsu.edu
>
>
> On Apr 20, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Aaron Peeler wrote:
>
>> Hi Milen, Xianqing,
>>
>> Thanks for the update.
>>
>> Overall the code looks really good.
>>
>> Some suggestions, which would help clean up the code a little bit.
>>
>> I see your making sql calls directly in the ccmp module.
>> Something to help simplify is to use these routines.
>>
>> database_select()
>> database_execute()
>>
>> These database_* routines will check for and create a db handle if needed. Also if we every need to move away from mysql to another
>>
>> Some other ones related to sql statements:
>> for the blockComputers check you can use
>> is_inblockrequest($computer_id)
>> to see if a user deleted a request you can use this routine
>> is_request_deleted($request_id)
>>
>> In your does_image_exist routine. You can do away with the Check in the local database and only confirm the image is available in the IBM cloud.
>> If the image wasn't in the local VCL database, then the user request would not be able to get that far anyway.
>>
>>
>> Also you might be able to make use of the variable table.
>> An example starts on line 250 in the xCAT2.pm provisioning module
>> if($self->data->is_variable_set($variable_name)){
>> notify($ERRORS{'DEBUG'}, 0, "throttle is set for $variable_name");
>> #fetch variable
>> $xcat_throttle = $self->data->get_variable($variable_name);
>> }
>>
>> The variable table can used to handle variables that do not have a home or that need to be flexible.
>>
>> I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
>>
>> In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work with all the provisioning modules.
>>
>> Thanks again for your work,
>> Aaron
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/20/11 11:47 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>> Hello community,
>>>
>>> There is now a JIRA issue with the code attached to it
>>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457). We are currently
>>> working on getting some more documentation and will upload once we have it.
>>>
>>> Here is a link about IBM Cloud where you can find some more information
>>> about it:
>>> http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/igs/cloud-development/#tab:overview/#leadspace:default
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Milen Paskov
>>> WSTI Intern
>>> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>>
>>> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi
>>> Milen, Please discuss the module details on this list so Aaron Peeler
>>> ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi Milen, Please discuss the module details
>>> on this list so others are aware of
>>>
>>> From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>> Date: 04/19/2011 09:37 AM
>>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Milen,
>>>
>>> Please discuss the module details on this list so others are aware of
>>> it. All development discussions should be done on this list for
>>> community public record.
>>>
>>> For instance, Talk about what the module is doing. What sort of changes
>>> need to take place on the management node? What changes in the db?
>>>
>>> Have you created a Jira issue for it yet?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Aaron
>>>
>>> On 4/18/11 5:39 PM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>> > Hi Aaron,
>>> >
>>> > As we are very close to NCSU campus me and Xianqing will be able to drop
>>> > by on Wednesday, how does 9am sound. Then we can discuss the module in
>>> > detail as well as what needs to be done to test it in a production VCL.
>>> >
>>> > Once again we would like to thank you and NCSU for the opportunity to
>>> > test our module
>>> >
>>> > Best Regards,
>>> > Milen Paskov
>>> > WSTI Intern
>>> > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>> >
>>> > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi
>>> > Milen, This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.Aaron Peeler
>>> > ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi Milen, This is great. We'd like to test
>>> > it here at NCSU.
>>> >
>>> > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>> > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>> > Date: 04/15/2011 12:58 PM
>>> > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>> >
>>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Hi Milen,
>>> >
>>> > This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
>>> >
>>> > If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
>>> > add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for the
>>> > module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have to
>>> > some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
>>> >
>>> > Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Aaron
>>> >
>>> > On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>> > > Hello community,
>>> > >
>>> > > I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the module
>>> > > has taken shape.
>>> > >
>>> > > The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone else
>>> > > interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional resources.
>>> > > Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some just
>>> > > to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine or
>>> > > one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on IBM
>>> > > Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In
>>> addition the
>>> > > module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently
>>> > operational VCL.
>>> > >
>>> > > Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
>>> > > provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images. The
>>> > > module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to try
>>> > > and test on a production VCL.
>>> > >
>>> > > Best Regards,
>>> > > Milen Paskov
>>> > > WSTI Intern
>>> > > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>> > >
>>> > > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi
>>> > > Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron Peeler
>>> > > ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to
>>> > > seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>>> > >
>>> > > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>> > > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>> > > Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
>>> > > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > Hi Xianqing,
>>> > >
>>> > > Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>>> > > approval for donation).
>>> > >
>>> > > Aaron
>>> > >
>>> > > On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
>>> > > > Hello VCL community,
>>> > > >
>>> > > > I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for
>>> > > VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances
>>> on the
>>> > > IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and now I
>>> > > take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
>>> > > testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
>>> > > relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Best Regards,
>>> > > >
>>> > > > Xianqing Yu
>>> > > > WSTI Intern
>>> > > > yux@us.ibm.com
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > > --
>>> > >
>>> > > Aaron Peeler
>>> > > Program Manager
>>> > > Virtual Computing Lab
>>> > > NC State University
>>> > > aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
>>> > > 919-513-4571
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Aaron Peeler
>>> > Program Manager
>>> > Virtual Computing Lab
>>> > NC State University
>>> >
>>>
>>> --
>>> Aaron Peeler
>>> Program Manager
>>> Virtual Computing Lab
>>> NC State University
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Aaron Peeler
>> Program Manager
>> Virtual Computing Lab
>> NC State University
>>
>
>
--
Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Xianqing Yu <yu...@hotmail.com>.
Andy:
Question about:
my $management_node_keys = $self->data->get_vmhost_profile_datastore_path();
Sorry I forget to mention that. I define the key which management node
should use in datastore path in vmhost profile table. So in that way, users
can define different keys to login to the different IBM accounts. For
instances, there 3 IBM Cloud accounts on the same management node. Different
Cloud accounts have different keys they try to use. So in the vmhost profile
table, we define the IBM Cloud account username, password and the key should
be used.
I think how to design this is still a open quesiton. Generally, different
IBM Cloud account may belong to different organizations, for instance,
different departments own different IBM Cloud accounts for university
scenario, so they would pay billing seperately. They may not want to share
the key to each other and may want to update the keys for different reasons.
So our current method can simplify the user's usage. However, this method
also make the code more complex and make IBM OS modules are more different
from any other OS modules which also only own one NIC.
Thanks,
Xianqing Yu
------
Graduate Research Assistant, Cyber Defense Lab
Department of Computer Science
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
E-mail: xyu6@ncsu.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Kurth
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 12:56 PM
To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
I have taken a look at your modules. It would be good to update the
existing OS modules to handle both a single NIC and dual NICs. This
would be pretty easy for the Windows OS code. Linux would take more work.
I think the best way to accomplish this will be to first update the
Windows code to support a single NIC and then move as much code as
possible up to OS.pm. I'll look into doing this for VCL 2.3.
I have a question about the following:
my $management_node_keys = $self->data->get_vmhost_profile_datastore_path();
Why was this variable assignment was changed throughout the code from
the original?:
my $management_node_keys = $self->data->get_management_node_keys();
-Andy
On 4/20/2011 10:58 PM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
> Hi Aaron:
>
> Thank you for taking time to look at that code. I will update the code
> very soon according to you suggestion.
>
>> I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim
>> and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
> Because IBM Cloud will charge the IBM Cloud Account for any running
> machines, no matter if there is user using or not. So in order to minimize
> the cost, we want to make sure there is no running machines in IBM Cloud
> when users don't make a reservation. So there are several ways we achieve
> that.
>
> First, when the user end one reservation, VCL daemon would call the load
> function in CCMP module, load function at this time would check the
> userid, node's status and block allocation computer table. When load
> function finds out userid is "vclreload", the node is running, and the
> node is not inside block allocation computer pool, it would power off the
> node and return. So the node would not be reload after the reservation.
>
> Second, the code would power off the node if it detects any errors during
> provisioning process. For instance, when provisioning request failed, or
> provisioned instance doesn't get the IP address, or reservation is
> canceled before the whole load function finishing, the code would initiate
> power off process to power off the instance and delete it inside IBM
> Cloud.
>
> Third, we make block allocation works with CCMP module. However, (correct
> me if I am wrong) currently VCL code would not power off nodes which
> belong to the block allocation node's pool when block allocation time
> expired. So we add some codes inside blockrequest.pm to power off those
> nodes when time expired. In order to avoid interfere other parts of VCL,
> the code we added would only check the nodes which are using ccmp module
> as provisioning module.
>
>>
>> In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you
>> working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related
>> to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would
>> want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work with
>> all the provisioning modules.
>
> The main reason we create a separate OS module is that the instance in IBM
> Cloud only has one network connection which is public network. And
> traditional OS module, like Linux module and Windows Module, would fetch
> both configurations for public ethernet network card and private ethernet
> network card. So the way we get around this is that our code would always
> return the public network's configuration when VCL daemon request
> configuration information for public NIC or private NIC. The OS modules is
> based on VCL 2.2 OS modules, linux.pm and windows.pm, I may make a lot of
> changes when I develop and test these modules. So if extend original OS
> modules is the best way, I can extend both modules, and then send you guys
> the code to check, sounds good?
>
> Again, thank you for your time,
>
> Xianqing Yu
>
> ------
> Graduate Research Assistant, Cyber Defense Lab
> Department of Computer Science
> North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
> E-mail: xyu6@ncsu.edu
>
>
> On Apr 20, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Aaron Peeler wrote:
>
>> Hi Milen, Xianqing,
>>
>> Thanks for the update.
>>
>> Overall the code looks really good.
>>
>> Some suggestions, which would help clean up the code a little bit.
>>
>> I see your making sql calls directly in the ccmp module.
>> Something to help simplify is to use these routines.
>>
>> database_select()
>> database_execute()
>>
>> These database_* routines will check for and create a db handle if
>> needed. Also if we every need to move away from mysql to another
>>
>> Some other ones related to sql statements:
>> for the blockComputers check you can use
>> is_inblockrequest($computer_id)
>> to see if a user deleted a request you can use this routine
>> is_request_deleted($request_id)
>>
>> In your does_image_exist routine. You can do away with the Check in the
>> local database and only confirm the image is available in the IBM cloud.
>> If the image wasn't in the local VCL database, then the user request
>> would not be able to get that far anyway.
>>
>>
>> Also you might be able to make use of the variable table.
>> An example starts on line 250 in the xCAT2.pm provisioning module
>> if($self->data->is_variable_set($variable_name)){
>> notify($ERRORS{'DEBUG'}, 0, "throttle is set for $variable_name");
>> #fetch variable
>> $xcat_throttle = $self->data->get_variable($variable_name);
>> }
>>
>> The variable table can used to handle variables that do not have a home
>> or that need to be flexible.
>>
>> I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim
>> and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
>>
>> In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you
>> working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related
>> to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would
>> want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work with
>> all the provisioning modules.
>>
>> Thanks again for your work,
>> Aaron
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/20/11 11:47 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>> Hello community,
>>>
>>> There is now a JIRA issue with the code attached to it
>>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457). We are currently
>>> working on getting some more documentation and will upload once we have
>>> it.
>>>
>>> Here is a link about IBM Cloud where you can find some more information
>>> about it:
>>> http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/igs/cloud-development/#tab:overview/#leadspace:default
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Milen Paskov
>>> WSTI Intern
>>> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>>
>>> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi
>>> Milen, Please discuss the module details on this list so Aaron Peeler
>>> ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi Milen, Please discuss the module details
>>> on this list so others are aware of
>>>
>>> From: Aaron Peeler<aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>> Date: 04/19/2011 09:37 AM
>>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Milen,
>>>
>>> Please discuss the module details on this list so others are aware of
>>> it. All development discussions should be done on this list for
>>> community public record.
>>>
>>> For instance, Talk about what the module is doing. What sort of changes
>>> need to take place on the management node? What changes in the db?
>>>
>>> Have you created a Jira issue for it yet?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Aaron
>>>
>>> On 4/18/11 5:39 PM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>>> Hi Aaron,
>>>>
>>>> As we are very close to NCSU campus me and Xianqing will be able to
>>>> drop
>>>> by on Wednesday, how does 9am sound. Then we can discuss the module in
>>>> detail as well as what needs to be done to test it in a production VCL.
>>>>
>>>> Once again we would like to thank you and NCSU for the opportunity to
>>>> test our module
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Milen Paskov
>>>> WSTI Intern
>>>> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>>>
>>>> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi
>>>> Milen, This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.Aaron Peeler
>>>> ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi Milen, This is great. We'd like to test
>>>> it here at NCSU.
>>>>
>>>> From: Aaron Peeler<aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>>> Date: 04/15/2011 12:58 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Milen,
>>>>
>>>> This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
>>>>
>>>> If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
>>>> add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for the
>>>> module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have to
>>>> some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
>>>>
>>>> Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Aaron
>>>>
>>>> On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>>>> Hello community,
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the module
>>>>> has taken shape.
>>>>>
>>>>> The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone else
>>>>> interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional resources.
>>>>> Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some just
>>>>> to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine
>>>>> or
>>>>> one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on IBM
>>>>> Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In
>>> addition the
>>>>> module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently
>>>> operational VCL.
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
>>>>> provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images. The
>>>>> module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to try
>>>>> and test on a production VCL.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>> Milen Paskov
>>>>> WSTI Intern
>>>>> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi
>>>>> Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron Peeler
>>>>> ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to
>>>>> seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Aaron Peeler<aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>>>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>>>> Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Xianqing,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>>>>> approval for donation).
>>>>>
>>>>> Aaron
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
>>>>>> Hello VCL community,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for
>>>>> VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances
>>> on the
>>>>> IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and now
>>>>> I
>>>>> take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
>>>>> testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
>>>>> relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Xianqing Yu
>>>>>> WSTI Intern
>>>>>> yux@us.ibm.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Aaron Peeler
>>>>> Program Manager
>>>>> Virtual Computing Lab
>>>>> NC State University
>>>>> aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
>>>>> 919-513-4571
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Aaron Peeler
>>>> Program Manager
>>>> Virtual Computing Lab
>>>> NC State University
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Aaron Peeler
>>> Program Manager
>>> Virtual Computing Lab
>>> NC State University
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Aaron Peeler
>> Program Manager
>> Virtual Computing Lab
>> NC State University
>>
>
>
Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Andy Kurth <an...@ncsu.edu>.
I have taken a look at your modules. It would be good to update the
existing OS modules to handle both a single NIC and dual NICs. This
would be pretty easy for the Windows OS code. Linux would take more work.
I think the best way to accomplish this will be to first update the
Windows code to support a single NIC and then move as much code as
possible up to OS.pm. I'll look into doing this for VCL 2.3.
I have a question about the following:
my $management_node_keys = $self->data->get_vmhost_profile_datastore_path();
Why was this variable assignment was changed throughout the code from
the original?:
my $management_node_keys = $self->data->get_management_node_keys();
-Andy
On 4/20/2011 10:58 PM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
> Hi Aaron:
>
> Thank you for taking time to look at that code. I will update the code very soon according to you suggestion.
>
>> I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
> Because IBM Cloud will charge the IBM Cloud Account for any running machines, no matter if there is user using or not. So in order to minimize the cost, we want to make sure there is no running machines in IBM Cloud when users don't make a reservation. So there are several ways we achieve that.
>
> First, when the user end one reservation, VCL daemon would call the load function in CCMP module, load function at this time would check the userid, node's status and block allocation computer table. When load function finds out userid is "vclreload", the node is running, and the node is not inside block allocation computer pool, it would power off the node and return. So the node would not be reload after the reservation.
>
> Second, the code would power off the node if it detects any errors during provisioning process. For instance, when provisioning request failed, or provisioned instance doesn't get the IP address, or reservation is canceled before the whole load function finishing, the code would initiate power off process to power off the instance and delete it inside IBM Cloud.
>
> Third, we make block allocation works with CCMP module. However, (correct me if I am wrong) currently VCL code would not power off nodes which belong to the block allocation node's pool when block allocation time expired. So we add some codes inside blockrequest.pm to power off those nodes when time expired. In order to avoid interfere other parts of VCL, the code we added would only check the nodes which are using ccmp module as provisioning module.
>
>>
>> In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work with all the provisioning modules.
>
> The main reason we create a separate OS module is that the instance in IBM Cloud only has one network connection which is public network. And traditional OS module, like Linux module and Windows Module, would fetch both configurations for public ethernet network card and private ethernet network card. So the way we get around this is that our code would always return the public network's configuration when VCL daemon request configuration information for public NIC or private NIC. The OS modules is based on VCL 2.2 OS modules, linux.pm and windows.pm, I may make a lot of changes when I develop and test these modules. So if extend original OS modules is the best way, I can extend both modules, and then send you guys the code to check, sounds good?
>
> Again, thank you for your time,
>
> Xianqing Yu
>
> ------
> Graduate Research Assistant, Cyber Defense Lab
> Department of Computer Science
> North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
> E-mail: xyu6@ncsu.edu
>
>
> On Apr 20, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Aaron Peeler wrote:
>
>> Hi Milen, Xianqing,
>>
>> Thanks for the update.
>>
>> Overall the code looks really good.
>>
>> Some suggestions, which would help clean up the code a little bit.
>>
>> I see your making sql calls directly in the ccmp module.
>> Something to help simplify is to use these routines.
>>
>> database_select()
>> database_execute()
>>
>> These database_* routines will check for and create a db handle if needed. Also if we every need to move away from mysql to another
>>
>> Some other ones related to sql statements:
>> for the blockComputers check you can use
>> is_inblockrequest($computer_id)
>> to see if a user deleted a request you can use this routine
>> is_request_deleted($request_id)
>>
>> In your does_image_exist routine. You can do away with the Check in the local database and only confirm the image is available in the IBM cloud.
>> If the image wasn't in the local VCL database, then the user request would not be able to get that far anyway.
>>
>>
>> Also you might be able to make use of the variable table.
>> An example starts on line 250 in the xCAT2.pm provisioning module
>> if($self->data->is_variable_set($variable_name)){
>> notify($ERRORS{'DEBUG'}, 0, "throttle is set for $variable_name");
>> #fetch variable
>> $xcat_throttle = $self->data->get_variable($variable_name);
>> }
>>
>> The variable table can used to handle variables that do not have a home or that need to be flexible.
>>
>> I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
>>
>> In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work with all the provisioning modules.
>>
>> Thanks again for your work,
>> Aaron
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/20/11 11:47 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>> Hello community,
>>>
>>> There is now a JIRA issue with the code attached to it
>>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457). We are currently
>>> working on getting some more documentation and will upload once we have it.
>>>
>>> Here is a link about IBM Cloud where you can find some more information
>>> about it:
>>> http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/igs/cloud-development/#tab:overview/#leadspace:default
>>>
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Milen Paskov
>>> WSTI Intern
>>> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>>
>>> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi
>>> Milen, Please discuss the module details on this list so Aaron Peeler
>>> ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi Milen, Please discuss the module details
>>> on this list so others are aware of
>>>
>>> From: Aaron Peeler<aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>> Date: 04/19/2011 09:37 AM
>>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Milen,
>>>
>>> Please discuss the module details on this list so others are aware of
>>> it. All development discussions should be done on this list for
>>> community public record.
>>>
>>> For instance, Talk about what the module is doing. What sort of changes
>>> need to take place on the management node? What changes in the db?
>>>
>>> Have you created a Jira issue for it yet?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Aaron
>>>
>>> On 4/18/11 5:39 PM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>>> Hi Aaron,
>>>>
>>>> As we are very close to NCSU campus me and Xianqing will be able to drop
>>>> by on Wednesday, how does 9am sound. Then we can discuss the module in
>>>> detail as well as what needs to be done to test it in a production VCL.
>>>>
>>>> Once again we would like to thank you and NCSU for the opportunity to
>>>> test our module
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Milen Paskov
>>>> WSTI Intern
>>>> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>>>
>>>> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi
>>>> Milen, This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.Aaron Peeler
>>>> ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi Milen, This is great. We'd like to test
>>>> it here at NCSU.
>>>>
>>>> From: Aaron Peeler<aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>>> Date: 04/15/2011 12:58 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>>>
>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Milen,
>>>>
>>>> This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
>>>>
>>>> If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
>>>> add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for the
>>>> module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have to
>>>> some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
>>>>
>>>> Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Aaron
>>>>
>>>> On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>>>>> Hello community,
>>>>>
>>>>> I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the module
>>>>> has taken shape.
>>>>>
>>>>> The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone else
>>>>> interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional resources.
>>>>> Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some just
>>>>> to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine or
>>>>> one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on IBM
>>>>> Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In
>>> addition the
>>>>> module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently
>>>> operational VCL.
>>>>>
>>>>> Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
>>>>> provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images. The
>>>>> module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to try
>>>>> and test on a production VCL.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>> Milen Paskov
>>>>> WSTI Intern
>>>>> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi
>>>>> Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron Peeler
>>>>> ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to
>>>>> seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Aaron Peeler<aa...@ncsu.edu>
>>>>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>>>>> Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Xianqing,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>>>>> approval for donation).
>>>>>
>>>>> Aaron
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
>>>>>> Hello VCL community,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for
>>>>> VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances
>>> on the
>>>>> IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and now I
>>>>> take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
>>>>> testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
>>>>> relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Xianqing Yu
>>>>>> WSTI Intern
>>>>>> yux@us.ibm.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Aaron Peeler
>>>>> Program Manager
>>>>> Virtual Computing Lab
>>>>> NC State University
>>>>> aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
>>>>> 919-513-4571
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Aaron Peeler
>>>> Program Manager
>>>> Virtual Computing Lab
>>>> NC State University
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Aaron Peeler
>>> Program Manager
>>> Virtual Computing Lab
>>> NC State University
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Aaron Peeler
>> Program Manager
>> Virtual Computing Lab
>> NC State University
>>
>
>
Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Xianqing Yu <yu...@hotmail.com>.
Hi Aaron:
Thank you for taking time to look at that code. I will update the code very soon according to you suggestion.
> I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
Because IBM Cloud will charge the IBM Cloud Account for any running machines, no matter if there is user using or not. So in order to minimize the cost, we want to make sure there is no running machines in IBM Cloud when users don't make a reservation. So there are several ways we achieve that.
First, when the user end one reservation, VCL daemon would call the load function in CCMP module, load function at this time would check the userid, node's status and block allocation computer table. When load function finds out userid is "vclreload", the node is running, and the node is not inside block allocation computer pool, it would power off the node and return. So the node would not be reload after the reservation.
Second, the code would power off the node if it detects any errors during provisioning process. For instance, when provisioning request failed, or provisioned instance doesn't get the IP address, or reservation is canceled before the whole load function finishing, the code would initiate power off process to power off the instance and delete it inside IBM Cloud.
Third, we make block allocation works with CCMP module. However, (correct me if I am wrong) currently VCL code would not power off nodes which belong to the block allocation node's pool when block allocation time expired. So we add some codes inside blockrequest.pm to power off those nodes when time expired. In order to avoid interfere other parts of VCL, the code we added would only check the nodes which are using ccmp module as provisioning module.
>
> In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work with all the provisioning modules.
The main reason we create a separate OS module is that the instance in IBM Cloud only has one network connection which is public network. And traditional OS module, like Linux module and Windows Module, would fetch both configurations for public ethernet network card and private ethernet network card. So the way we get around this is that our code would always return the public network's configuration when VCL daemon request configuration information for public NIC or private NIC. The OS modules is based on VCL 2.2 OS modules, linux.pm and windows.pm, I may make a lot of changes when I develop and test these modules. So if extend original OS modules is the best way, I can extend both modules, and then send you guys the code to check, sounds good?
Again, thank you for your time,
Xianqing Yu
------
Graduate Research Assistant, Cyber Defense Lab
Department of Computer Science
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
E-mail: xyu6@ncsu.edu
On Apr 20, 2011, at 4:29 PM, Aaron Peeler wrote:
> Hi Milen, Xianqing,
>
> Thanks for the update.
>
> Overall the code looks really good.
>
> Some suggestions, which would help clean up the code a little bit.
>
> I see your making sql calls directly in the ccmp module.
> Something to help simplify is to use these routines.
>
> database_select()
> database_execute()
>
> These database_* routines will check for and create a db handle if needed. Also if we every need to move away from mysql to another
>
> Some other ones related to sql statements:
> for the blockComputers check you can use
> is_inblockrequest($computer_id)
> to see if a user deleted a request you can use this routine
> is_request_deleted($request_id)
>
> In your does_image_exist routine. You can do away with the Check in the local database and only confirm the image is available in the IBM cloud.
> If the image wasn't in the local VCL database, then the user request would not be able to get that far anyway.
>
>
> Also you might be able to make use of the variable table.
> An example starts on line 250 in the xCAT2.pm provisioning module
> if($self->data->is_variable_set($variable_name)){
> notify($ERRORS{'DEBUG'}, 0, "throttle is set for $variable_name");
> #fetch variable
> $xcat_throttle = $self->data->get_variable($variable_name);
> }
>
> The variable table can used to handle variables that do not have a home or that need to be flexible.
>
> I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
>
> In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work with all the provisioning modules.
>
> Thanks again for your work,
> Aaron
>
>
>
> On 4/20/11 11:47 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>> Hello community,
>>
>> There is now a JIRA issue with the code attached to it
>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457). We are currently
>> working on getting some more documentation and will upload once we have it.
>>
>> Here is a link about IBM Cloud where you can find some more information
>> about it:
>> http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/igs/cloud-development/#tab:overview/#leadspace:default
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Milen Paskov
>> WSTI Intern
>> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>>
>> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi
>> Milen, Please discuss the module details on this list so Aaron Peeler
>> ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi Milen, Please discuss the module details
>> on this list so others are aware of
>>
>> From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> Date: 04/19/2011 09:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Milen,
>>
>> Please discuss the module details on this list so others are aware of
>> it. All development discussions should be done on this list for
>> community public record.
>>
>> For instance, Talk about what the module is doing. What sort of changes
>> need to take place on the management node? What changes in the db?
>>
>> Have you created a Jira issue for it yet?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Aaron
>>
>> On 4/18/11 5:39 PM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>> > Hi Aaron,
>> >
>> > As we are very close to NCSU campus me and Xianqing will be able to drop
>> > by on Wednesday, how does 9am sound. Then we can discuss the module in
>> > detail as well as what needs to be done to test it in a production VCL.
>> >
>> > Once again we would like to thank you and NCSU for the opportunity to
>> > test our module
>> >
>> > Best Regards,
>> > Milen Paskov
>> > WSTI Intern
>> > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>> >
>> > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi
>> > Milen, This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.Aaron Peeler
>> > ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi Milen, This is great. We'd like to test
>> > it here at NCSU.
>> >
>> > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>> > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> > Date: 04/15/2011 12:58 PM
>> > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>> >
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Milen,
>> >
>> > This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
>> >
>> > If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
>> > add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for the
>> > module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have to
>> > some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
>> >
>> > Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Aaron
>> >
>> > On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
>> > > Hello community,
>> > >
>> > > I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the module
>> > > has taken shape.
>> > >
>> > > The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone else
>> > > interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional resources.
>> > > Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some just
>> > > to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine or
>> > > one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on IBM
>> > > Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In
>> addition the
>> > > module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently
>> > operational VCL.
>> > >
>> > > Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
>> > > provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images. The
>> > > module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to try
>> > > and test on a production VCL.
>> > >
>> > > Best Regards,
>> > > Milen Paskov
>> > > WSTI Intern
>> > > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>> > >
>> > > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi
>> > > Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron Peeler
>> > > ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to
>> > > seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>> > >
>> > > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
>> > > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> > > Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
>> > > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>> > >
>> > >
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Hi Xianqing,
>> > >
>> > > Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>> > > approval for donation).
>> > >
>> > > Aaron
>> > >
>> > > On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
>> > > > Hello VCL community,
>> > > >
>> > > > I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for
>> > > VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances
>> on the
>> > > IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and now I
>> > > take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
>> > > testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
>> > > relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Best Regards,
>> > > >
>> > > > Xianqing Yu
>> > > > WSTI Intern
>> > > > yux@us.ibm.com
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > >
>> > > Aaron Peeler
>> > > Program Manager
>> > > Virtual Computing Lab
>> > > NC State University
>> > > aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
>> > > 919-513-4571
>> > >
>> > >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Aaron Peeler
>> > Program Manager
>> > Virtual Computing Lab
>> > NC State University
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Aaron Peeler
>> Program Manager
>> Virtual Computing Lab
>> NC State University
>>
>
> --
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
>
Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>.
Hi Milen, Xianqing,
Thanks for the update.
Overall the code looks really good.
Some suggestions, which would help clean up the code a little bit.
I see your making sql calls directly in the ccmp module.
Something to help simplify is to use these routines.
database_select()
database_execute()
These database_* routines will check for and create a db handle if
needed. Also if we every need to move away from mysql to another
Some other ones related to sql statements:
for the blockComputers check you can use
is_inblockrequest($computer_id)
to see if a user deleted a request you can use this routine
is_request_deleted($request_id)
In your does_image_exist routine. You can do away with the Check in the
local database and only confirm the image is available in the IBM cloud.
If the image wasn't in the local VCL database, then the user request
would not be able to get that far anyway.
Also you might be able to make use of the variable table.
An example starts on line 250 in the xCAT2.pm provisioning module
if($self->data->is_variable_set($variable_name)){
notify($ERRORS{'DEBUG'}, 0, "throttle is set for $variable_name");
#fetch variable
$xcat_throttle = $self->data->get_variable($variable_name);
}
The variable table can used to handle variables that do not have a home
or that need to be flexible.
I see your powering off the nodes in certain cases, after each reclaim
and at the end of block allocations. Can you explain more about that?
In the OS modules, what are main changes there? What version were you
working against? I see a lot of little changes, but many may be related
to the differences in the version your were working on. Ideally we would
want to extend the OS modules to handle what would be needed to work
with all the provisioning modules.
Thanks again for your work,
Aaron
On 4/20/11 11:47 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> Hello community,
>
> There is now a JIRA issue with the code attached to it
> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457). We are currently
> working on getting some more documentation and will upload once we have it.
>
> Here is a link about IBM Cloud where you can find some more information
> about it:
> http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/igs/cloud-development/#tab:overview/#leadspace:default
>
>
> Best Regards,
> Milen Paskov
> WSTI Intern
> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>
> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi
> Milen, Please discuss the module details on this list so Aaron Peeler
> ---04/19/2011 09:37:57 AM---Hi Milen, Please discuss the module details
> on this list so others are aware of
>
> From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Date: 04/19/2011 09:37 AM
> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi Milen,
>
> Please discuss the module details on this list so others are aware of
> it. All development discussions should be done on this list for
> community public record.
>
> For instance, Talk about what the module is doing. What sort of changes
> need to take place on the management node? What changes in the db?
>
> Have you created a Jira issue for it yet?
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
>
> On 4/18/11 5:39 PM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> > Hi Aaron,
> >
> > As we are very close to NCSU campus me and Xianqing will be able to drop
> > by on Wednesday, how does 9am sound. Then we can discuss the module in
> > detail as well as what needs to be done to test it in a production VCL.
> >
> > Once again we would like to thank you and NCSU for the opportunity to
> > test our module
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Milen Paskov
> > WSTI Intern
> > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
> >
> > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi
> > Milen, This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.Aaron Peeler
> > ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi Milen, This is great. We'd like to test
> > it here at NCSU.
> >
> > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > Date: 04/15/2011 12:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Milen,
> >
> > This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
> >
> > If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
> > add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for the
> > module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have to
> > some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
> >
> > Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Aaron
> >
> > On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> > > Hello community,
> > >
> > > I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the module
> > > has taken shape.
> > >
> > > The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone else
> > > interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional resources.
> > > Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some just
> > > to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine or
> > > one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on IBM
> > > Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In
> addition the
> > > module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently
> > operational VCL.
> > >
> > > Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
> > > provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images. The
> > > module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to try
> > > and test on a production VCL.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > Milen Paskov
> > > WSTI Intern
> > > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
> > >
> > > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi
> > > Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron Peeler
> > > ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to
> > > seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
> > >
> > > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> > > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
> > > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
> > >
> > >
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Xianqing,
> > >
> > > Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
> > > approval for donation).
> > >
> > > Aaron
> > >
> > > On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
> > > > Hello VCL community,
> > > >
> > > > I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for
> > > VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances
> on the
> > > IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and now I
> > > take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
> > > testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
> > > relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Xianqing Yu
> > > > WSTI Intern
> > > > yux@us.ibm.com
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Aaron Peeler
> > > Program Manager
> > > Virtual Computing Lab
> > > NC State University
> > > aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
> > > 919-513-4571
> > >
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Aaron Peeler
> > Program Manager
> > Virtual Computing Lab
> > NC State University
> >
>
> --
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
>
--
Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Milen P Paskov <mp...@us.ibm.com>.
Hello community,
There is now a JIRA issue with the code attached to it
(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-457). We are currently working
on getting some more documentation and will upload once we have it.
Here is a link about IBM Cloud where you can find some more information
about it:
http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/igs/cloud-development/#tab:overview/#leadspace:default
Best Regards,
Milen Paskov
WSTI Intern
mppaskov@us.ibm.com
From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
Date: 04/19/2011 09:37 AM
Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Hi Milen,
Please discuss the module details on this list so others are aware of
it. All development discussions should be done on this list for
community public record.
For instance, Talk about what the module is doing. What sort of changes
need to take place on the management node? What changes in the db?
Have you created a Jira issue for it yet?
Thanks,
Aaron
On 4/18/11 5:39 PM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> Hi Aaron,
>
> As we are very close to NCSU campus me and Xianqing will be able to drop
> by on Wednesday, how does 9am sound. Then we can discuss the module in
> detail as well as what needs to be done to test it in a production VCL.
>
> Once again we would like to thank you and NCSU for the opportunity to
> test our module
>
> Best Regards,
> Milen Paskov
> WSTI Intern
> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>
> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi
> Milen, This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.Aaron Peeler
> ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi Milen, This is great. We'd like to test
> it here at NCSU.
>
> From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Date: 04/15/2011 12:58 PM
> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi Milen,
>
> This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
>
> If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
> add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for the
> module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have to
> some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
>
> Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
>
> On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> > Hello community,
> >
> > I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the module
> > has taken shape.
> >
> > The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone else
> > interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional resources.
> > Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some just
> > to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine
or
> > one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on IBM
> > Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In addition
the
> > module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently
> operational VCL.
> >
> > Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
> > provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images. The
> > module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to try
> > and test on a production VCL.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Milen Paskov
> > WSTI Intern
> > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
> >
> > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi
> > Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron Peeler
> > ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to
> > seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
> >
> > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
> >
> >
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Xianqing,
> >
> > Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
> > approval for donation).
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> > On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
> > > Hello VCL community,
> > >
> > > I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for
> > VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances on
the
> > IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and now
I
> > take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
> > testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
> > relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
> > >
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Xianqing Yu
> > > WSTI Intern
> > > yux@us.ibm.com
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Aaron Peeler
> > Program Manager
> > Virtual Computing Lab
> > NC State University
> > aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
> > 919-513-4571
> >
> >
>
> --
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
>
--
Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>.
Hi Milen,
Please discuss the module details on this list so others are aware of
it. All development discussions should be done on this list for
community public record.
For instance, Talk about what the module is doing. What sort of changes
need to take place on the management node? What changes in the db?
Have you created a Jira issue for it yet?
Thanks,
Aaron
On 4/18/11 5:39 PM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> Hi Aaron,
>
> As we are very close to NCSU campus me and Xianqing will be able to drop
> by on Wednesday, how does 9am sound. Then we can discuss the module in
> detail as well as what needs to be done to test it in a production VCL.
>
> Once again we would like to thank you and NCSU for the opportunity to
> test our module
>
> Best Regards,
> Milen Paskov
> WSTI Intern
> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>
> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi
> Milen, This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.Aaron Peeler
> ---04/15/2011 12:58:53 PM---Hi Milen, This is great. We'd like to test
> it here at NCSU.
>
> From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Date: 04/15/2011 12:58 PM
> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi Milen,
>
> This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
>
> If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
> add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for the
> module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have to
> some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
>
> Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
>
> Thanks,
> Aaron
>
> On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> > Hello community,
> >
> > I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the module
> > has taken shape.
> >
> > The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone else
> > interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional resources.
> > Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some just
> > to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine or
> > one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on IBM
> > Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In addition the
> > module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently
> operational VCL.
> >
> > Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
> > provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images. The
> > module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to try
> > and test on a production VCL.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Milen Paskov
> > WSTI Intern
> > mppaskov@us.ibm.com
> >
> > Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi
> > Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron Peeler
> > ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to
> > seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
> >
> > From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Xianqing,
> >
> > Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
> > approval for donation).
> >
> > Aaron
> >
> > On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
> > > Hello VCL community,
> > >
> > > I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for
> > VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances on the
> > IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and now I
> > take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
> > testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
> > relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
> > >
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Xianqing Yu
> > > WSTI Intern
> > > yux@us.ibm.com
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Aaron Peeler
> > Program Manager
> > Virtual Computing Lab
> > NC State University
> > aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
> > 919-513-4571
> >
> >
>
> --
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
>
--
Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Milen P Paskov <mp...@us.ibm.com>.
Hi Aaron,
As we are very close to NCSU campus me and Xianqing will be able to drop by
on Wednesday, how does 9am sound. Then we can discuss the module in detail
as well as what needs to be done to test it in a production VCL.
Once again we would like to thank you and NCSU for the opportunity to test
our module
Best Regards,
Milen Paskov
WSTI Intern
mppaskov@us.ibm.com
From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
Date: 04/15/2011 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Hi Milen,
This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for the
module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have to
some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
Thanks,
Aaron
On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> Hello community,
>
> I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the module
> has taken shape.
>
> The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone else
> interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional resources.
> Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some just
> to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine or
> one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on IBM
> Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In addition the
> module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently operational
VCL.
>
> Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
> provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images. The
> module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to try
> and test on a production VCL.
>
> Best Regards,
> Milen Paskov
> WSTI Intern
> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>
> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi
> Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron Peeler
> ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to
> seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>
> From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi Xianqing,
>
> Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
> approval for donation).
>
> Aaron
>
> On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
> > Hello VCL community,
> >
> > I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for
> VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances on the
> IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and now I
> take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
> testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
> relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Xianqing Yu
> > WSTI Intern
> > yux@us.ibm.com
>
>
> --
>
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
> aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
> 919-513-4571
>
>
--
Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
Posted by Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>.
Hi Milen,
This is great. We'd like to test it here at NCSU.
If you haven't already do so, please create a JIRA issue for this and
add any info you can to it. Normally you can attached the code for the
module to the jira issue for review, but I can only assume you have to
some kind of clearance from IBM legal.
Just let us know the next steps to be able to review and test it out.
Thanks,
Aaron
On 4/15/11 10:14 AM, Milen P Paskov wrote:
> Hello community,
>
> I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the module
> has taken shape.
>
> The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone else
> interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional resources.
> Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some just
> to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine or
> one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on IBM
> Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In addition the
> module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently operational VCL.
>
> Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can
> provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images. The
> module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to try
> and test on a production VCL.
>
> Best Regards,
> Milen Paskov
> WSTI Intern
> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>
> Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi
> Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefuAaron Peeler
> ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to
> seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>
> From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> Hi Xianqing,
>
> Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
> approval for donation).
>
> Aaron
>
> On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
> > Hello VCL community,
> >
> > I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for
> VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances on the
> IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and now I
> take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the
> testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation
> relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Xianqing Yu
> > WSTI Intern
> > yux@us.ibm.com
>
>
> --
>
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
> aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
> 919-513-4571
>
>
--
Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
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Posted by Norma P Estrella <no...@yahoo.com>.
Norma P. Estrella, xoxo
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 15, 2011, at 7:14 AM, Milen P Paskov <mp...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hello community,
>
> I would like to bring some more attention to this topic as the module has taken shape.
>
> The idea behind this module is that university as well as anyone else interested in VCL will be able to have access to additional resources. Hardware can be expensive and not everyone can afford to buy some just to test VCL. Using this module one can set up VCL on a local machine or one on IBM Cloud and provision images on the IBM Cloud. Images on IBM Cloud can be modified and saved just like a regular VCL. In addition the module can be used to increase the capacity of of currently operational VCL.
>
> Currently the module is fully functional with Linux images and can provision Windows images, but it can not save the Windows images. The module has been tested within IBM, but we are looking for ways to try and test on a production VCL.
>
> Best Regards,
> Milen Paskov
> WSTI Intern
> mppaskov@us.ibm.com
>
> Aaron Peeler ---12/10/2010 02:54:51 PM---Hi Xianqing, Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
>
> From: Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>
> To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> Date: 12/10/2010 02:54 PM
> Subject: Re: The CCMP module for IBM Cloud
>
>
>
> Hi Xianqing,
>
> Sounds great, look forward to seeing it (hopefully it will get IBM
> approval for donation).
>
> Aaron
>
> On 12/10/10 10:49 AM, Xianqing Yu wrote:
> > Hello VCL community,
> >
> > I have been working on a new provisioning module (ccmp module) for VCL. With this module the VCL will be able to provision instances on the IBM Developer Could. Milen Paskov was working on the project, and now I take over it. I updated the module and now the module is under the testing. I think we can contribute ccmp module and documentation relative to the module to VCL community in January next year.
> >
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Xianqing Yu
> > WSTI Intern
> > yux@us.ibm.com
>
>
> --
>
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
> aaron_peeler@ncsu.edu
> 919-513-4571
>
>