I don't think 4.2 is coming out anytime soon. Right now all 4.1 builds are stable except for the systemvm. Have a look in their jenkins server http://jenkins.cloudstack.org/. 4.2 is not even listed there. :(
Best Regards, Dewan Shamsul Alam On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 9:04 PM, Wido den Hollander <w...@42on.com> wrote: > On 05/16/2013 04:34 PM, Dewan Shamsul Alam wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I will be deploying CloudStack and will use Ceph. Too bad CloudStack >> requires NFS as the primary storage for System VM. So I have to use a >> DRBD+NFS for that. The setup is as follows: >> > > Wait for CloudStack 4.2 :) As we speak I'm working on the new features for > CloudStack 4.2, which will bring: > - Cloning (Layering) of templates > - Snapshotting > - Running SystemVMs of RBD > > The last was made possible by removing the so called "patch disk" in > CloudStack. > > When a SystemVM boots up it requires metadata, like what his IP-address > should be, where the management server can be found, etc, etc. We used to > generate a file (Yes, FILE) on the Primary Storage which was attached as an > extra disk. As you can guess, RBD images are no files and the Bash script > which did this didn't understand RBD. > > The new way is that we open a VirtIO Serial Console to the SystemVM on the > Hypervisor where it is running and over that Serial Console the SystemVM > will get his metadata. > > This way we can deploy System VMs from Ceph without the need for NFS or > anything else. > > -- > Wido den Hollander > 42on B.V. > > Phone: +31 (0)20 700 9902 > Skype: contact42on > > >> 3 Node Ceph Cluster [Bobtail] - Planning to upgrade to Cuttle fish after >> trying this. >> 2 Node for DRBD+NFS >> 1 VM for the management system - I'm not worried about high availability >> of this node at this point. >> 3 Compute nodes >> All commodity hardware backed by a gigabit switch >> >> I will have this setup running after next week. I will let you guys know >> how it went. >> >> Best Regards, >> Dewan Shamsul Alam >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Patrick McGarry <patr...@inktank.com >> <mailto:patr...@inktank.com>> wrote: >> >> Greetings ceph-ers, >> >> As you may have noticed lately, there has been a lot of talk about >> Ceph and OpenStack. While we love all of the excitement that this has >> generated, we want to make sure that other cloud setups aren't getting >> neglected or ignored. CloudStack, for instance, also has a great Ceph >> integration thanks to some enterprising work from Wido at 42on.com >> <http://42on.com>. >> >> >> So, are you using CloudStack and Ceph? If so we'd love to hear from >> you. Whether it's just a quiet note for our eyes only, or whether you >> have a story to share with the world, we'd love to know. Of course, >> we'd love to hear about anything you're working on. So, if you have >> notes to share about Ceph with other cloud flavors, massive storage >> clusters, or custom work, we'd treasure them appropriately. >> >> Feel free to just reply to this email, send a message to >> commun...@inktank.com <mailto:commun...@inktank.com>**, message >> 'scuttlemonkey' on irc.oftc.net <http://irc.oftc.net>, or tie >> >> a note to our ip-over-carrier-pigeon network. Thanks, and happy >> Ceph-ing. >> >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Patrick McGarry >> Director, Community || Inktank >> >> http://ceph.com || http://inktank.com >> @scuttlemonkey || @ceph || @inktank >> ______________________________**_________________ >> ceph-users mailing list >> ceph-users@lists.ceph.com >> <mailto:ceph-us...@lists.ceph.**com<ceph-users@lists.ceph.com> >> > >> >> http://lists.ceph.com/**listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.**com<http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com> >> >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> ceph-users mailing list >> ceph-users@lists.ceph.com >> http://lists.ceph.com/**listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.**com<http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com> >> >> > ______________________________**_________________ > ceph-users mailing list > ceph-users@lists.ceph.com > http://lists.ceph.com/**listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.**com<http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com> >
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