> Hi there all-ye-operators, > I am investigating how to help move godaddy from rpms to a > container-like solution (virtualenvs, lxc, or docker...) and a set of > questions that comes up is the following (and I would think that some > folks on this mailing list may have some useful insight into the answers):
> * Have you done the transition? We are currently in the middle of the transition to a containerized deployment solution for Cray's OpenStack-based System Management platform. > * How did the transition go? So far, so good. > * Was/is kolla used or looked into? or something custom? We evaluated both openstack-ansible and Kolla. Each has its advantages but Kolla won over thanks to its simplicity, speed of deployment and use of immutable containers. We're also using Kolla's ansible deployment tool. > * How long did it take to do the transition from a package based > solution (with say puppet/chef being used to deploy these packages)? For the first iteration we're still using a package-based solution. This is largely because we have considerable infrastructure built up around this. We're using OpenStack's Anvil tool, which I know you are familiar with, Josh :). Kolla supports installing from both packages and source, so we have the option of moving to source in future if it fits. > * Follow-up being how big was the team to do this? There are 4 of us working on this project. The work involved is considerably more than for an operator because we are building a platform based on OpenStack with multiple deployment environments. We estimated about 6 man-months. > > * What was the roll-out strategy to achieve the final container solution? This will be difficult. As others have said, we expect to do this one service at a time, and will add considerable automation around it. Migrating stateful services such as the DB and nova-compute will need care. > > Any other feedback (and/or questions that I missed)? > > Thanks, > Josh Thanks, Mark Cray, UK Ltd. Cray U.K. Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Company Registration No. 03941275. Registered Office: 5 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RD, UK
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