[one-users] OneFlow with Chef ? AppStage is gone ?

Zeeshan Ali Shah zashah at pdc.kth.se
Wed Aug 21 03:01:09 PDT 2013


Thanks Javier,

It will be really good to have integrated in 4.x .


Do you think we can install it as a separate component ?


Zee




On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 5:59 PM, Javier Fontan <jfontan at opennebula.org>wrote:

> We didn't have time to port AppStage to 4.2 and we are evaluating its
> usefulness as a standalone component.
>
> If you are going to use the server mode of chef then you don't need
> much in the VMs appart from chef itself. What you do need is to have
> proper host names in your VMs and register the hostname in chef server
> beforehand with its configuration.
>
> I found this server mode a bit cumbersome for our needs and chosen a
> chef solo approach where a init script downloaded the recipes from a
> repository and a manifests and run chef solo with a parameter in
> contextualization. Something like this:
>
> * Web server with a directory for recipes and other for manifests
> * init script:
>   * downloads recipes and manifests to some known directories
>   * starts chef solo giving the recipes directory and the manifest
> chosen in the context
>
> When creating the VM you can add a context variable stating which
> manifest to use, like
>
> MANIFEST="web_server"
>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Zeeshan Ali Shah <zashah at pdc.kth.se>
> wrote:
> > Hi, in 4.2 appstage is gone ? or replace with other . I am looking to use
> > chef in open-nebula any hint ?
> >
> >
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> >
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Regards

Zeeshan Ali Shah
System Administrator - PDC HPC
PhD researcher (IT security)
Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan
+46 8 790 9115
http://www.pdc.kth.se/members/zashah
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