The heart of nova-biling is built around accounts, resources, billing segments with a tariff and cost. Not clear at my first review where/how these costs are set.
Brian ------------------------------------------------- Brian Schott, CTO Nimbis Services, Inc. brian.sch...@nimbisservices.com ph: 443-274-6064 fx: 443-274-6060 On Apr 22, 2012, at 5:38 PM, Luis Gervaso wrote: > I see this is an accounting system, a billing system needs things like > promotional codes, vat, invoices ... > > I'm proposing the way the events should be orchestated > > Please, correct me, if i'm wrong > > Luis > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Atul Jha <atul....@csscorp.com> wrote: > Hi, > Has anyone checked this > http://www.griddynamics.com/openstack/docs/nova-billing/quickstart.html > ________________________________________ > From: openstack-bounces+atul.jha=csscorp....@lists.launchpad.net > [openstack-bounces+atul.jha=csscorp....@lists.launchpad.net] on behalf of > Endre Karlson [endre.karl...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 2:27 AM > To: openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Subject: Re: [Openstack] Monitoring / Billing Architecture proposed > > What is Dough then compared to what you want to do ? > > 2012/4/22 Endre Karlson > <endre.karl...@gmail.com<mailto:endre.karl...@gmail.com>> > What is Dough then ? > > > 2012/4/22 Brian Schott > <brian.sch...@nimbisservices.com<mailto:brian.sch...@nimbisservices.com>> > I see this blueprint for metering, but none for Dough currently. > http://wiki.openstack.org/EfficientMetering > > Here are the Dough slides, however: > http://www.slideshare.net/lzyeval/dough-openstack-billing-project > > We collectively need to talk more about the user scenarios, because I don't > think you can just put a decorator around the API rpc calls and get an > accurate picture of what to bill for later. There are metered things like > bandwidth or IOPS, events that happen outside of the API (shutdown -h), and > it is hard to predict what a reseller will want to charge for. It is better > to put a metering system in that can handle many billing configurations. > > > ------------------------------------------------- > Brian Schott, CTO > Nimbis Services, Inc. > brian.sch...@nimbisservices.com<mailto:brian.sch...@nimbisservices.com> > ph: 443-274-6064<tel:443-274-6064> fx: 443-274-6060<tel:443-274-6060> > > > > On Apr 22, 2012, at 3:36 PM, Luis Gervaso wrote: > > Dough is the proposed billing platform/product (where the billing rules > live), isn't it? > > I don't know Dough enough, so please me correct me if i'm wrong. > > I'm trying to define a generic/agnostic integration process, obviously where > Dough > can fit perfectly. I would like it become part to the reference architecture. > > Option 1) [3b in the arch proposed] > > Dough should pull NoSQL > > Option 2) > > A Mediator can feed Dough > > > On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 9:13 PM, Endre Karlson > <endre.karl...@gmail.com<mailto:endre.karl...@gmail.com>> wrote: > What about using the Dough project? > > Endre. > > > 2012/4/22 Endre Karlson > <endre.karl...@gmail.com<mailto:endre.karl...@gmail.com>> > What about using the Dough project ? > > Endre. > > 2012/4/22 Luis Gervaso <l...@woorea.es<mailto:l...@woorea.es>> > Hi, > > I want to share the architecture i am developing in order to perform the > monitorig / billing OpenStack support: > > 1. AMQP Client which listen to RabbitMQ / QPid (this should be > interchangeable) (Own Stuff or ServiceMix / Camel) > > 2. Events should be stored on a NoSQL document oriented database (I think > mongodb is perfect, since we can query in a super easy fashion) > > 3a. The monitoring system can pull/push MongoDB > > 3b. The billing system can pull to create invoices > > 4. A mediation EIP should be necessary to integrate a billing/monitoring > product. (ServiceMix / Camel) > > This is to receive your feedback. So please, critics are welcome! > > Cheers! > > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Luis Alberto Gervaso Martin > Woorea Solutions, S.L > CEO & CTO > mobile: (+34) 627983344<tel:%28%2B34%29%20627983344> > luis@<mailto:luis.gerv...@gmail.com>woorea.es<http://woorea.es/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : > openstack@lists.launchpad.net<mailto:openstack@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : > openstack@lists.launchpad.net<mailto:openstack@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Luis Alberto Gervaso Martin > Woorea Solutions, S.L > CEO & CTO > mobile: (+34) 627983344<tel:%28%2B34%29%20627983344> > luis@<mailto:luis.gerv...@gmail.com>woorea.es<http://woorea.es/> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : > openstack@lists.launchpad.net<mailto:openstack@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > http://www.csscorp.com/common/email-disclaimer.php > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------- > Luis Alberto Gervaso Martin > Woorea Solutions, S.L > CEO & CTO > mobile: (+34) 627983344 > l...@woorea.es > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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