Questions about IP Settings in Manage Computers

[杨杰 <xt...@gmail.com>]

Hi,
I am now trying the operation of VCL. A problem comes about that the IP
Addresses in the "Computer Utility" List are all "1.1.1.1".

I had got information from http://ibiblio.org/vclvm/  telling us to change
the IPs to match the public IPs via DHCP service. But when i tried to login
into the managed Blade via remote control, i was puzzled at the unknown root
password. And even after a new reservation has been created and then logined
( via remote control), the command ifconfig is still invalid~

Will you please answer me two questions ?
1. how could i get the public ip of the managed blades and then match them
efficiently ?
2. is there any way to get the public IPs from blades to the Computer
Utility List automatically ?

PS: i am using VCL VM version 1.6 now got from http://ibiblio.org/vclvm/.
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: Questions about IP Settings in Manage Computers

[Brian Bouterse <bm...@ncsu.edu>]

It's been a while since I've worked with this older code, but I'll try  
to offer some answers.  Did you see the diagram on the pre-install  
checklist located here: http://ibiblio.org/vclvm/pre-install.htm?

1)  Each blade has a MAC address of it's "public" interface.  Let's  
say for a given blade, this MAC is 00:11:22:33:44:55  In the DHCP  
system this blade's public (eth0) interface needs to have it's MAC  
placed so that when the MAC 00:11:22:33:44:55 is requested, it gets  
the same IP address every time.

2)  Whatever IP the MAC 00:11:22:33:44:55 corresponds to 152.14.14.23  
and hostname blade4-2.cnl.ncsu.edu  where the naming convention is  
blade-CHASSISNUM-BLADENUM.yourdomain.com  Update the "hostname" and  
"IP Address" fields of that blade's computer table entry.

The way to do this automatically is to use VCL to manage an all  
virtualized infrastructure using the ESX provisioning capabilities  
currently located available through the apache.org VCL SVN.  The all  
virtual environment requires the most minimal configuration and the  
least amount of  complexity.  To read about how that is done look at  
these directions:

https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/vcl/trunk/managementnode/lib/VCL/Module/Provisioning/esx.README

I also have a virtual machine appliance (similar to the VCL 1.9)  
except this is designed for all-virtual environments and requires  
minimal configuration.  It's in beta stages right now, so if anyone  
wants to pre-release copy, post back to the list, and let me know.

Best,
Brian


Brian Bouterse
Secure Open Systems Initiative
919.698.8796




On Mar 27, 2009, at 7:42 AM, 杨杰 wrote:

> Hi,
> I am now trying the operation of VCL. A problem comes about that the  
> IP
> Addresses in the "Computer Utility" List are all "1.1.1.1".
>
> I had got information from http://ibiblio.org/vclvm/  telling us to  
> change
> the IPs to match the public IPs via DHCP service. But when i tried  
> to login
> into the managed Blade via remote control, i was puzzled at the  
> unknown root
> password. And even after a new reservation has been created and then  
> logined
> ( via remote control), the command ifconfig is still invalid~
>
> Will you please answer me two questions ?
> 1. how could i get the public ip of the managed blades and then  
> match them
> efficiently ?
> 2. is there any way to get the public IPs from blades to the Computer
> Utility List automatically ?
>
> PS: i am using VCL VM version 1.6 now got from http://ibiblio.org/vclvm/ 
> .
> 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