I can answer this for you. No, it does not support KVM as the base hypervisor. This was a design decision early in the Trillian project. We just need to get some VMware in the lab for testing (we need to do this anyway).
*Will STEVENS* Lead Developer *CloudOps* *| *Cloud Solutions Experts 420 rue Guy *|* Montreal *|* Quebec *|* H3J 1S6 w cloudops.com *|* tw @CloudOps_ On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Syed Mushtaq <syed1.mush...@gmail.com> wrote: > Followup question: Does Trillian support KVM as the "Base" hypervisor > instead of ESXi? If not, what would it take to enable this. > > -Syed > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Syed Mushtaq <syed1.mush...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Awesome job Paul. I was in such dire need of a tool like this, everything > > I need to check if a feature works for different hardware, I have to > spend > > an obscene amount of time to set things up. This would really be > > productivity booster for sure. > > > > -Syed > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 5:53 AM, Paul Angus <paul.an...@shapeblue.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi all > >> > >> As some of you may know, I have been working for some time on a project > >> called Trillian. This started out as an internal project at $dayjob with > >> the intentions of being able to quickly build environments to: > >> > >> > >> a) Test new feature software builds (manually and via Marvin) > >> > >> b) Test community releases (manually and via Marvin) > >> > >> c) Replicate failure scenarios > >> > >> d) Evaluate new features > >> > >> To meet these and a number of other requirements I started Trillian. At > >> Trillian's core are Ansible, CloudStack and vSphere virtualisation. > Ansible > >> takes a command line input and requests VM instances from CloudStack and > >> then configures all of the hypervisor hosts and mgmt. servers, finally > >> creating a zone which incorporates all of the components which were > >> requested. > >> > >> The environments are built in projects and the accounts which are > allowed > >> access are specified on the commandline. > >> > >> The commandline arguments look like this: > >> > >> --extra-vars "env_name=myACSenv env_version=cs45 hvtype=x hv=2 > >> xs_ver=xs65sp1 env_accounts=all pri=1 mgmt_os=6" > >> > >> There is a global file which holds the mapping of ACS version to > relevant > >> URLs or OS types to specific templates, however EVERY mapping can be > >> overridden from commandline. > >> > >> --extra-vars "env_name=cs49-vmw55-pga env_version=cs49 mgmt_os=6 > >> hvtype=v vmware_ver=55u3 hv=2 pri=2 env_accounts=all build_marvin=yes > >> baseurl_cloudstack=http://10.2.0.4/shapeblue/cloudstack/testing/ > >> mgmtsrv_template=Testc6Template" > >> > >> CloudStack deploys the virtualised hypervisor hosts and mgmt. servers as > >> and when required - CloudStack mgmt. server, MySQL hosts Marvin host, > >> vCenter server) onto the ESXi hosts. > >> > >> The output from each request is a bespoke, fully working virtualised > >> CloudStack environment. > >> > >> > >> > >> The reason trillion came about in its current form is that at $dayjob we > >> have to deal with lots of different types of environment, hypervisors > and > >> configurations. > >> I know others have put a lot of work into similar tools, which I've used > >> over the years and found useful but I needed some tooling that could > also > >> support vSphere hosts and Hyper-V and also be easy to connect to > external > >> integration points such as SolidFire storage, NetScalers, Cloudian S3 > >> installations etc. as well as supporting multi-tenancy. > >> > >> For some time, it's been my intention to make this open source and > >> generally available for this community. While I could have done this > sooner > >> but I held back a little as I wanted to make sure that it was well > >> documented and could be easily deployed for a wide range of use-cases > >> > >> I'm happy to say I think we're just about there. > >> Trillion is now available: > >> https://github.com/shapeblue/Trillian > >> > >> Please feel free to use, comment, find bugs or come up with any ideas on > >> how we can make this better. > >> Rohit has integrated this with Jenkins and will be sharing how he has > >> done this soon too. > >> > >> > >> If people think this is useful for the community, I've got clearance > from > >> $dayjob to donate the work into ACS (if we want it). > >> > >> > >> > >> Marvin: "I think you ought to know I'm feeling very depressed." > >> Trillian: "Well, we have something that may take your mind off it." > >> Marvin: "It won't work, I have an exceptionally large mind." > >> > >> > >> > >> Kind regards, > >> > >> Paul Angus > >> > >> > >> paul.an...@shapeblue.com > >> www.shapeblue.com > >> 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK > >> @shapeblue > >> > >> > >> > >> > > >
