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Posted to dev@vcl.apache.org by Brian Bouterse <bm...@ncsu.edu> on 2009/04/09 14:54:14 UTC
Re: Much Improved VCL Virtual Appliance (VCL 2.1 unofficial RC) Released
Some other folks in the community are specializing the bare metal
installs through some form of integration with xcat 2.1.1. To keep
my sanity, I am specializing in virtualization only VCL deployments
and functionality. Who in the community is in charge of the bare
metal integration moving forward?
Best,
Brian
Brian Bouterse
Secure Open Systems Initiative
919.698.8796
On Apr 8, 2009, at 10:31 PM, 杨杰 wrote:
> Hi,
> Thank you for your greate help ! According to the email, this
> release does
> not support the deployment to the bare metal images. Then how could
> i make
> it ? Will you give some direction? Or is there any higher release
> version
> recently ?
>
> Thanks again !
>
> 2009/4/9 Brian Bouterse <bm...@ncsu.edu>
>
>> I've finished building the new version of the VCL VM appliance
>> which is
>> ready to deploy virtual machines onto ESX and ESX 3i hypervisors.
>> This VM
>> does not contain xcat and cannot deploy bare metal images or vmware-
>> server
>> images. The announcement is happening on this list because this VM
>> appliance should lower the barrier to working with VCL within this
>> community. Just to be clear, this VM is not being released by
>> Apache. The
>> major improvements include:
>>
>> The entire VM is only 3.1GB so it should be easy for folks to
>> download
>> The setup has been greatly simplified from the older and deprecated
>> version
>> hosted at the http://www.ibiblio.org/vclvm/ site
>> The VM comes with the ESX/ESX 3i provisioning module pre-installed
>> and
>> ready to use
>>
>> To get started working with this VM, you will need:
>>
>> At least one ESX or ESX 3i hypervisor
>> Some form of NFS storage which can also be SSH'd into. A good
>> example of
>> this is a simple Linux box acting as an NFS server.
>>
>> The link to the instructions (which include a VM download link) are
>> located
>> below. These instructions are on wiki ... if you use them, and find
>> improvements, please update the documentation!
>>
>> https://wiki.oscr.ncsu.edu/wiki/index.php/The_VCL_2.1_Virtual_Appliance
>>
>> Best,
>> Brian
>>
>> Brian Bouterse
>> Secure Open Systems Initiative
>> 919.698.8796
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Yang Jie（杨杰）
>
> Team of MRMSS, Xi'an Jiaotong University
>
> Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong
> University
>
> TEL: +8613468883723;029-82665263 EXT.24
>
> MSN: xtyangjie2004@yahoo.com.cn
>
> E-mail: xtyangjie@gmail.com
Re: Much Improved VCL Virtual Appliance (VCL 2.1 unofficial RC)
Released
Posted by 乔木 <qi...@gmail.com>.
Hi,
We got two problems.
I did as esx.README and the wiki suggested but got the following error:
2009-04-21 11:50:41|14883|15:15|reload|esx.pm:load(336)|Register Command:
/usr/lib/vmware-viperl/apps/vm/vmregister.pl --server 'esxi2' --username vcl
--password 'xjtudlc' --vmxpath '[VCL]/inuse/VM_ubuntu8/esx3-ubuntu-v0.vmx'
--operation register --vmname VM_ubuntu8 --pool Resources --hostname 'esxi2'
--datacenter 'ha-datacenter'
2009-04-21 11:50:44|14883|15:15|reload|esx.pm:load(339)|Registered:
|14883|15:15|reload| No host found with name esxi2.
Our DNS is configured and the 'esxi2' can be resolved. But we still got this
error.
Another problem is that we are not sure whether our NFS is configured
correctly.
/etc/exports:
/mnt/sdb/ *(rw,sync,no_root_squash)
the directory structure is: /mnt/sdb/[VCL]/golden/esx3-ubuntu-v0
Is it right?
2009/4/20 Brian Bouterse <bm...@ncsu.edu>
> You can check on a VM as it is being provisioned by watching the vcld log.
> You can also view the hypervisor directly by using the VMware Virtual
> Infrastructure Client pointing at your hypervisor.
>
> For instructions on creating a base linux VM image which the VCL VM can
> deploy out see here:
> https://wiki.oscr.ncsu.edu/wiki/index.php/Creating_a_base_linux_ESX_image_for_VCL
>
> For windows instructions, see here:
> https://wiki.oscr.ncsu.edu/wiki/index.php/Creating_a_base_windows_ESX_image_for_VCL
>
> Best,
> Brian
>
> Brian Bouterse
> Secure Open Systems Initiative
> 919.698.8796
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 20, 2009, at 4:03 AM, 乔木 wrote:
>
> Hi,
>> Thank you for your release.
>> We have setup the environment for your VCL 2.1 Virtual Applicance. How
>> could
>> we know whether the VCL VM provision is OK? I didn't see any imformation
>> about how to load a VM to the Hypervisor and run it.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> 2009/4/9 Brian Bouterse <bm...@ncsu.edu>
>>
>> Some other folks in the community are specializing the bare metal
>>> installs
>>> through some form of integration with xcat 2.1.1. To keep my sanity, I
>>> am
>>> specializing in virtualization only VCL deployments and functionality.
>>> Who
>>> in the community is in charge of the bare metal integration moving
>>> forward?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>>> Brian Bouterse
>>> Secure Open Systems Initiative
>>> 919.698.8796
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 8, 2009, at 10:31 PM, 杨杰 wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>> Thank you for your greate help ! According to the email, this release
>>>> does
>>>> not support the deployment to the bare metal images. Then how could i
>>>> make
>>>> it ? Will you give some direction? Or is there any higher release
>>>> version
>>>> recently ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again !
>>>>
>>>> 2009/4/9 Brian Bouterse <bm...@ncsu.edu>
>>>>
>>>> I've finished building the new version of the VCL VM appliance which is
>>>>
>>>>> ready to deploy virtual machines onto ESX and ESX 3i hypervisors. This
>>>>> VM
>>>>> does not contain xcat and cannot deploy bare metal images or
>>>>> vmware-server
>>>>> images. The announcement is happening on this list because this VM
>>>>> appliance should lower the barrier to working with VCL within this
>>>>> community. Just to be clear, this VM is not being released by Apache.
>>>>> The
>>>>> major improvements include:
>>>>>
>>>>> The entire VM is only 3.1GB so it should be easy for folks to download
>>>>> The setup has been greatly simplified from the older and deprecated
>>>>> version
>>>>> hosted at the http://www.ibiblio.org/vclvm/ site
>>>>> The VM comes with the ESX/ESX 3i provisioning module pre-installed and
>>>>> ready to use
>>>>>
>>>>> To get started working with this VM, you will need:
>>>>>
>>>>> At least one ESX or ESX 3i hypervisor
>>>>> Some form of NFS storage which can also be SSH'd into. A good example
>>>>> of
>>>>> this is a simple Linux box acting as an NFS server.
>>>>>
>>>>> The link to the instructions (which include a VM download link) are
>>>>> located
>>>>> below. These instructions are on wiki ... if you use them, and find
>>>>> improvements, please update the documentation!
>>>>>
>>>>> https://wiki.oscr.ncsu.edu/wiki/index.php/The_VCL_2.1_Virtual_Appliance
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Brian
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian Bouterse
>>>>> Secure Open Systems Initiative
>>>>> 919.698.8796
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Yang Jie（杨杰）
>>>>
>>>> Team of MRMSS, Xi'an Jiaotong University
>>>>
>>>> Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University
>>>>
>>>> TEL: +8613468883723;029-82665263 EXT.24
>>>>
>>>> MSN: xtyangjie2004@yahoo.com.cn
>>>>
>>>> E-mail: xtyangjie@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Best wishes,
>> 乔木
>> MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University
>> Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University
>> TEL: 15991676983
>> E-mail: qiaomuf@gmail.com
>>
>
>
--
Best wishes,
乔木
MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University
TEL: 15991676983
E-mail: qiaomuf@gmail.com
Re: Much Improved VCL Virtual Appliance (VCL 2.1 unofficial RC) Released
Posted by Brian Bouterse <bm...@ncsu.edu>.
You can check on a VM as it is being provisioned by watching the vcld
log. You can also view the hypervisor directly by using the VMware
Virtual Infrastructure Client pointing at your hypervisor.
For instructions on creating a base linux VM image which the VCL VM
can deploy out see here: https://wiki.oscr.ncsu.edu/wiki/index.php/Creating_a_base_linux_ESX_image_for_VCL
For windows instructions, see here: https://wiki.oscr.ncsu.edu/wiki/index.php/Creating_a_base_windows_ESX_image_for_VCL
Best,
Brian
Brian Bouterse
Secure Open Systems Initiative
919.698.8796
On Apr 20, 2009, at 4:03 AM, 乔木 wrote:
> Hi,
> Thank you for your release.
> We have setup the environment for your VCL 2.1 Virtual Applicance.
> How could
> we know whether the VCL VM provision is OK? I didn't see any
> imformation
> about how to load a VM to the Hypervisor and run it.
>
> Thanks
>
> 2009/4/9 Brian Bouterse <bm...@ncsu.edu>
>
>> Some other folks in the community are specializing the bare metal
>> installs
>> through some form of integration with xcat 2.1.1. To keep my
>> sanity, I am
>> specializing in virtualization only VCL deployments and
>> functionality. Who
>> in the community is in charge of the bare metal integration moving
>> forward?
>>
>> Best,
>> Brian
>>
>>
>> Brian Bouterse
>> Secure Open Systems Initiative
>> 919.698.8796
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2009, at 10:31 PM, 杨杰 wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>> Thank you for your greate help ! According to the email, this
>>> release does
>>> not support the deployment to the bare metal images. Then how
>>> could i
>>> make
>>> it ? Will you give some direction? Or is there any higher release
>>> version
>>> recently ?
>>>
>>> Thanks again !
>>>
>>> 2009/4/9 Brian Bouterse <bm...@ncsu.edu>
>>>
>>> I've finished building the new version of the VCL VM appliance
>>> which is
>>>> ready to deploy virtual machines onto ESX and ESX 3i
>>>> hypervisors. This
>>>> VM
>>>> does not contain xcat and cannot deploy bare metal images or
>>>> vmware-server
>>>> images. The announcement is happening on this list because this VM
>>>> appliance should lower the barrier to working with VCL within this
>>>> community. Just to be clear, this VM is not being released by
>>>> Apache.
>>>> The
>>>> major improvements include:
>>>>
>>>> The entire VM is only 3.1GB so it should be easy for folks to
>>>> download
>>>> The setup has been greatly simplified from the older and deprecated
>>>> version
>>>> hosted at the http://www.ibiblio.org/vclvm/ site
>>>> The VM comes with the ESX/ESX 3i provisioning module pre-
>>>> installed and
>>>> ready to use
>>>>
>>>> To get started working with this VM, you will need:
>>>>
>>>> At least one ESX or ESX 3i hypervisor
>>>> Some form of NFS storage which can also be SSH'd into. A good
>>>> example of
>>>> this is a simple Linux box acting as an NFS server.
>>>>
>>>> The link to the instructions (which include a VM download link) are
>>>> located
>>>> below. These instructions are on wiki ... if you use them, and
>>>> find
>>>> improvements, please update the documentation!
>>>>
>>>> https://wiki.oscr.ncsu.edu/wiki/index.php/The_VCL_2.1_Virtual_Appliance
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>> Brian Bouterse
>>>> Secure Open Systems Initiative
>>>> 919.698.8796
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Yang Jie（杨杰）
>>>
>>> Team of MRMSS, Xi'an Jiaotong University
>>>
>>> Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong
>>> University
>>>
>>> TEL: +8613468883723;029-82665263 EXT.24
>>>
>>> MSN: xtyangjie2004@yahoo.com.cn
>>>
>>> E-mail: xtyangjie@gmail.com
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Best wishes,
> 乔木
> MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University
> Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong
> University
> TEL: 15991676983
> E-mail: qiaomuf@gmail.com
Re: Much Improved VCL Virtual Appliance (VCL 2.1 unofficial RC)
Released
Posted by 乔木 <qi...@gmail.com>.
Hi,
Thank you for your release.
We have setup the environment for your VCL 2.1 Virtual Applicance. How could
we know whether the VCL VM provision is OK? I didn't see any imformation
about how to load a VM to the Hypervisor and run it.
Thanks
2009/4/9 Brian Bouterse <bm...@ncsu.edu>
> Some other folks in the community are specializing the bare metal installs
> through some form of integration with xcat 2.1.1. To keep my sanity, I am
> specializing in virtualization only VCL deployments and functionality. Who
> in the community is in charge of the bare metal integration moving forward?
>
> Best,
> Brian
>
>
> Brian Bouterse
> Secure Open Systems Initiative
> 919.698.8796
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 8, 2009, at 10:31 PM, 杨杰 wrote:
>
> Hi,
>> Thank you for your greate help ! According to the email, this release does
>> not support the deployment to the bare metal images. Then how could i
>> make
>> it ? Will you give some direction? Or is there any higher release version
>> recently ?
>>
>> Thanks again !
>>
>> 2009/4/9 Brian Bouterse <bm...@ncsu.edu>
>>
>> I've finished building the new version of the VCL VM appliance which is
>>> ready to deploy virtual machines onto ESX and ESX 3i hypervisors. This
>>> VM
>>> does not contain xcat and cannot deploy bare metal images or
>>> vmware-server
>>> images. The announcement is happening on this list because this VM
>>> appliance should lower the barrier to working with VCL within this
>>> community. Just to be clear, this VM is not being released by Apache.
>>> The
>>> major improvements include:
>>>
>>> The entire VM is only 3.1GB so it should be easy for folks to download
>>> The setup has been greatly simplified from the older and deprecated
>>> version
>>> hosted at the http://www.ibiblio.org/vclvm/ site
>>> The VM comes with the ESX/ESX 3i provisioning module pre-installed and
>>> ready to use
>>>
>>> To get started working with this VM, you will need:
>>>
>>> At least one ESX or ESX 3i hypervisor
>>> Some form of NFS storage which can also be SSH'd into. A good example of
>>> this is a simple Linux box acting as an NFS server.
>>>
>>> The link to the instructions (which include a VM download link) are
>>> located
>>> below. These instructions are on wiki ... if you use them, and find
>>> improvements, please update the documentation!
>>>
>>> https://wiki.oscr.ncsu.edu/wiki/index.php/The_VCL_2.1_Virtual_Appliance
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Brian
>>>
>>> Brian Bouterse
>>> Secure Open Systems Initiative
>>> 919.698.8796
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Yang Jie（杨杰）
>>
>> Team of MRMSS, Xi'an Jiaotong University
>>
>> Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University
>>
>> TEL: +8613468883723;029-82665263 EXT.24
>>
>> MSN: xtyangjie2004@yahoo.com.cn
>>
>> E-mail: xtyangjie@gmail.com
>>
>
>
--
Best wishes,
乔木
MOE KLINNS Lab and SKLMS Lab, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University
TEL: 15991676983
E-mail: qiaomuf@gmail.com