Mike, this may help a bit: http://vimeo.com/54610161
On Jan 23, 2013, at 4:34 AM, Mike Tutkowski <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: > OK, cool...I can start with DevCloud, but at some point I'd like to create > my own from scratch just to understand the details better. For the time > being, though, I do want to get up and running, use SolidFire storage, > etc., so using DevCloud is the way to go. > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Marcus Sorensen <shadow...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> The only thing that works in virtualbox for running VMs is a Xen kernel. >> You can roll your own distribution with a Xen kernel, sure, but devcloud is >> preconfigured and is documented on how to set up. That shouldn't stop you >> from doing your own, though! >> >> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Mike Tutkowski < >> mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: >> >>> No...it is network accessible...I was just thinking I would not use NFS. >>> If I use SolidFire's storage, run the management server on my host OS, >>> then I guess all that leaves for DevCloud to do is provide a hypervisor >> to >>> run VMs...is that true? If that's the case, I could just run my own >>> hypervisor in a different VirtualBox VM. That's all I was thinking. Do >>> you think that's not a good way to go? Just curious. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:14 PM, Marcus Sorensen <shadow...@gmail.com >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> Why not? Is solid fire storage not network accessible? >>>> On Jan 22, 2013 8:11 PM, "Mike Tutkowski" < >> mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> OK, guys...thanks for the info! >>>>> >>>>> In my case, I will need to make use of SolidFire's storage, so using >>>>> DevCloud for storage is probably not going to be applicable for me. >>>>> >>>>> I could use DevCloud to run VMs...I see now. I also have another VM >>> I've >>>>> been using that has XenServer installed where I could run my VMs. >> This >>>> is >>>>> making more sense to me now. I just wasn't really confident I >>> understood >>>>> what DevCloud provided. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks again >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Marcus Sorensen < >> shadow...@gmail.com >>>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Devcloud is where your VMS run. So in cloudstack when you add >> hosts, >>> it >>>>> is >>>>>> your host. In production you generally would have 3 or so >> management >>>>>> servers controlling tens or hundreds of hosts that run VMS. So the >>> mac >>>> is >>>>>> your management server and devcloud is what it controls. >>>>>> On Jan 22, 2013 6:34 PM, "Mike Tutkowski" < >>>> mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Sorry about what might be silly questions :) but if I develop my >>> code >>>>> on >>>>>>> Mac OS X, I'm not really sure what DevCloud would do for me? >> Could >>>> you >>>>>>> explain that part to me? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Mike Tutkowski < >>>>>>> mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Ah, didn't realize that DevCloud2 was Debian based. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm developing on Max OS X. So, it sounds like for a developer >>> in >>>>> that >>>>>>>> situation, it is best for me to download the source code to my >>> Mac, >>>>>> code, >>>>>>>> build, run, test, etc. on Mac OS X? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Fang Wang < >> fang.w...@citrix.com >>>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> IT depends on what OS X you have. IF you have Ubuntu, then >>> either >>>>>>>>> DevCloud or your environment is the same. >>>>>>>>> You may directly use your Ubuntu. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> But if OS X is windows, for some hypervisor, you can't >> directly >>>>> deploy >>>>>>> MS >>>>>>>>> on Windows. >>>>>>>>> Then DevCloud provides a way to bypass this Windows >> limitation. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -Fang >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>>>> From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com] >>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2013 3:43 PM >>>>>>>>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >>>>>>>>> Subject: DevCloud Question >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi everyone, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm curious to learn a bit about DevCloud. I don't currently >>>>>> understand >>>>>>>>> how it relates from a development-workflow perspective. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> My host OS is OS X. I have VirtualBox, Eclipse, Git, Maven, >>> etc. >>>>>>>>> installed in OS X. I am running the DevCloud appliance via >>>>>> VirtualBox. >>>>>>> I >>>>>>>>> can bring up the CloudStack GUI and log in this way and that's >>>> easy >>>>>> and >>>>>>>>> great to be able to do. What I don't really understand is how >>> our >>>>>>>>> development workflow should be using DevCloud. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Do I develop code in Eclipse on OS X and port the artifacts >> over >>>> to >>>>>>>>> DevCloud to update it? Am I supposed to develop directly on >>>> Ubuntu >>>>> in >>>>>>>>> DevCloud (and, as such, should not use Eclipse). Should I >> just >>>>> ignore >>>>>>>>> DevCloud completely and develop everything on OS X? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm a little lost here. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks!! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> *Mike Tutkowski* >>>>>>>>> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* >>>>>>>>> e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com >>>>>>>>> o: 303.746.7302 >>>>>>>>> Advancing the way the world uses the >>>>>>>>> cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> >>>>>>>>> *(tm)* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> *Mike Tutkowski* >>>>>>>> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* >>>>>>>> e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com >>>>>>>> o: 303.746.7302 >>>>>>>> Advancing the way the world uses the cloud< >>>>>>> http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> >>>>>>>> *™* >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> *Mike Tutkowski* >>>>>>> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* >>>>>>> e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com >>>>>>> o: 303.746.7302 >>>>>>> Advancing the way the world uses the >>>>>>> cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> >>>>>>> *™* >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> *Mike Tutkowski* >>>>> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* >>>>> e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com >>>>> o: 303.746.7302 >>>>> Advancing the way the world uses the >>>>> cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> >>>>> *™* >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> *Mike Tutkowski* >>> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* >>> e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com >>> o: 303.746.7302 >>> Advancing the way the world uses the >>> cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> >>> *™* >>> >> > > > > -- > *Mike Tutkowski* > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > o: 303.746.7302 > Advancing the way the world uses the > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > *™*
