Rally/ServerProviders
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Contents
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.