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+ | * Deployment System Extensibility: Compass is not limited to OpenStack cluster, it provides a data-driven framework for deployment. | ||
+ | ** Example: Providing capability to create a Ceph cluster by extending the data fields in Compass system | ||
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+ | * Hardware Support Extensibility: Like the Cinder's supports multiple storage vendors' system controlled by OpenStack API through plug-in framework, Compass supports topology-aware resource discovery to multiple networking vendor's equipment through its plug-in framework. | ||
+ | ** Example: Compass originally supports Huawei switches for topology-aware resource discovery, and we added support to HP switches with less than a couple of hundred lines of plug-in code. | ||
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+ | * Host OS/Hypervisor Extensibility: | ||
+ | ** Example: we first streamlined the process for CentOS, and Ubuntu support is being supported at this moment. We imagine we can repeat the similar easy effort to systems like ESXi. | ||
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+ | * Small Code Base: | ||
+ | ** Currently, the total code base is around 5,000 line of Python code | ||
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= Compass Use Cases = | = Compass Use Cases = |
Revision as of 00:30, 1 November 2013
What is Compass?
Compass is an open source project trying to providing "deployment as a service" to a set of bare metal machines.
It can provide a Restful API service for operators to pragmatically deploy an OpenStack system on to the raw physical resources, from 10,000 feet view, it can be considered as a Live CD to a set of physical machines to the end users (staff deploying OpenStack system).
Why Compass?
- Deployment System Extensibility: Compass is not limited to OpenStack cluster, it provides a data-driven framework for deployment.
- Example: Providing capability to create a Ceph cluster by extending the data fields in Compass system
- Hardware Support Extensibility: Like the Cinder's supports multiple storage vendors' system controlled by OpenStack API through plug-in framework, Compass supports topology-aware resource discovery to multiple networking vendor's equipment through its plug-in framework.
- Example: Compass originally supports Huawei switches for topology-aware resource discovery, and we added support to HP switches with less than a couple of hundred lines of plug-in code.
- Host OS/Hypervisor Extensibility:
- Example: we first streamlined the process for CentOS, and Ubuntu support is being supported at this moment. We imagine we can repeat the similar easy effort to systems like ESXi.
- Small Code Base:
- Currently, the total code base is around 5,000 line of Python code