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* '''Launchpad Entry''': [[NovaSpec]]:austin-stats-utilization
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= Welcome! =
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* '''Contributors''':
 
  
== Summary ==
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Welcome to the [[OpenStack]] Wiki! We're glad you're here, floating around a bit.
  
Gather utilization data from Nova resources. (for the purpose of billing, organizational governance, etc.)
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We're still setting up some helpful categories to give this page more polish, but here are some additional [[StartingPage|starting points]]:
  
== Release Note ==
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== Tutorials ==
  
The end user impact of this is a subsystem to collect utilization.
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* [[GettingTheCode|Getting the Code (using Launchpad and bzr)]]
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* [[InstallInstructions|Install Instructions]]
  
Different organizations will likely have different ideas and different needs, so ideally this will be a flexible and configurable feature.
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== Project Development ==
  
Our current plans separate collection, aggregation, storage, query and representation, but we would like to hear more about what people want/need.
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* [[CodingStandards|Coding Standards]]
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* [[[LifeWithBzrAndLaunchpad|| Learning bzr and Launchpad ]]]
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* [[[HowToContribute|| How to Contribute ]]]
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* [[Meetings | Weekly Release Meeting]]
  
== Rationale ==
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== People ==
  
If a vm launches in a cloud and there is no one there to hear it, can we pay any bills?
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* [[People]]
 
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* [[Contact]]
Organizations who intend to provide cloud services need a way to gather system usage by users. For those who will be selling services this is core to the business. Organization who will mainly support a private deployment may desire auditing and governance based on utilization.
 
 
 
== User stories ==
 
 
 
As a service provider, I want to know who is using how much of what on my service, so I can keep the lights on.
 
 
 
As an organization, I want to know who is using the cloud service, so I can audit and govern usage.
 
 
 
== Assumptions ==
 
 
 
Different organizations will have different needs. We intend to focus on gathering stats appropriate for an organization providing services.
 
 
 
== Design ==
 
 
 
The design is a WIP, will update.
 
 
 
Also, we solicit suggestions.
 
 
 
== Implementation ==
 
 
 
Current plan is a combination of processing logs, events from the queue and polling the hypervisors.
 
 
 
=== UI Changes ===
 
 
 
This pass the intended usage is api only
 
 
 
=== Code Changes ===
 
 
 
WIP
 
 
 
== Test/Demo Plan ==
 
 
 
Use resources in the system and make sure the stats reflect the actual usage.
 

Revision as of 16:21, 10 September 2010

Welcome!

Welcome to the OpenStack Wiki! We're glad you're here, floating around a bit.

We're still setting up some helpful categories to give this page more polish, but here are some additional starting points:

Tutorials

Project Development

People