On 13 August 2012 19:50, Mice Xia <mice_...@tcloudcomputing.com> wrote: > Watnuss, > > You can refer to class Request.java (and related) from package > com.cloud.agent.transport, project core. It uses a library 'Gson' to convert > commands into Json. > > About how management server chooses host, simply speaking, each command is > sent to the host which should do the job, e.g. for KVM, a StartCommand for a > specified VM is sent to the host that VM runs on. > > Regards > Mice > > -----Original Message----- > From: watn...@gmx.com [mailto:watn...@gmx.com] > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 7:45 PM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Mechanics of the Management Server -> Agent interface > > Hello, > > I wonder how Cloudstack messages the agent from the management server. What > I am particular interested in is, where and how the JSON object are created > and how they look like. (The first step would be in which package/file is the > JSON file created? Couln't find yet) > What I am also interested in is how the management server chooses the host. > As I assume from the log files it sends keep-alives to the management server? > > It would be really great if you could give me a hand with these questions > Best regards > > Watnuss
Alex wrote down some notes on the architecture and the request dispatch mechanism that I've put on the wiki here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Alex%27s+Architecture+Notes -- Prasanna.,
