Revision as of 17:34, 14 October 2013

Available Server providers

DummyProvider

Description

This provider does nothing, but returns endpoints from configuration. This may be useful if you have specific software/hardware configuration ready to deploy OpenStack.

Configuration Example

   {
       "name": "ExampleEngine",
       "provider": {
           "name": "DummyProvider",
           "credentials": ["root@host1.net", "root@host2.net"]
       }
   }

VirshProvider

Description

This provider creates virtual machines on host provided by configuration.

Configuration Examples

Clone VM from pre-built template using virsh

   {
       "name": "VirshProvider",
       "virsh_connection": "qemu+ssh://user@host.net/system",
       "vm_name": "virsh-test",
       "clone_from_template": "devstack-template"
   }

Create new VM on local machine

   {
       "name": "VirshProvider",
       "virsh_connection": "qemu:///system",
       "vm_name": "devstack-virsh-test",
       "netinstall_url": "http://mirror.net/debian/amd64/"
   }

LxcProvider

Description

This provider creates lxc containers on host provided by another provider. This may be useful if you want to run a lots of compute nodes with fake virt.

Configuration Example

   {
       "name": "LxcProvider",
       "containers_per_host": 4,
       "distribution": "debian",
       "host_provider": {
           "name": "DummyProvider",
           "credentials": ["root@host.net"]
           }
   }

Note

All these providers, except DummyProvider still under development. Stay tuned.