On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Michael DeHaan <mich...@puppetlabs.com>wrote:
> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Dan Bode <d...@puppetlabs.com> wrote: > > Hi Carla, > > > > I am currently working on a "noder" type that I will use to model cloud > > provisioning with puppet. It would be nice if we could use the same type > > specification. Let me get what I have checked in to github so you can at > > least have a peek at the specification. > > > > Also, here is a primitive example of virtual machine modeling in Puppet > > lang. > > > > http://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-nodes > > > > -Dan > > thats not my creation, I just mentioned it because it exists. > Can you give some examples of your system in practice Dan? I'm > confused as to why the YAML is there as an intermediate layer. > > I am working on an EC2 type/provider, here is an example of its usage: noder{'blah': ensure => present, user => 'user', password => 'password', image => 'ami-84db39ed', desc => 'happy instance', } > Ideally I want to be able to do something like this on a host: > > virt { > vmname => 'example-host', > virt_ram => 512, # Megs, changeable > install_kernel => '/path/to/vmlinuz', > install_initrd => '/path/to/initrd.img', > virt_disk_size => 100 # GB, not changeable > ensure => running, > autoboot => true, > } > > FYI, some things I want to make sure we can do: > > * install qemu and KVM guests > * install Xen guests both fullvirt and paravirt > * kernel + initrd installs (not image based) if the given VM name does > not exist (if we do images, we do them second). > * change RAM assigned to virtual machine > * control virtual machine start/stop state as well as "autoboot at > next OS restart" state > * change number of virtual CPUs. > > Eventually we'll want to augment install_kernel and install_initrd to > take an image, and then for bonus points, a cobbler profile or system > name and a server address, in which case, it wouldn't need to supply > any parameters other than the name of the profile/system. > > --Michael > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Carla Araujo <carla.aso...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi! > >> > >> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Marc Fournier > >> <marc.fourn...@camptocamp.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Cool, I'm looking forward to check out your work ! > >>> > >>> Just wondering if there are plans to use libvirt, which supports > >>> much more systems than just xen and kvm ? It even seems to have ruby > >>> bindings. > >>> > >>> Marc > >> > >> Yes, I will use libvirt. Initially I plan to test it using XEN and KVM, > >> and then further technologies will be added =) > >> --Carla > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Puppet Users" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<puppet-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Puppet Users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<puppet-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<puppet-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
