Boris Stoyanov - some new features in Apache cloudStack
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The document provides an overview of new features and functionalities in the CloudStack platform, focusing on deployment heuristics, additional VM configuration options, and system diagnostics. It outlines how to use these features through both the user interface and API, along with specific use cases and demos. Additionally, it mentions the upcoming CloudStack user group meetings and conferences, relevant to the community.
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D e p l o y m e n t h e u r i s t i c s – H o w t o u s e i ?
How to use it?
• UI
• API
deploy/start virtualmachine
…
podid=[id] clusterid=[id]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/borisstoyanov-somenewfeaturesinacs-190319155745/85/Boris-Stoyanov-some-new-features-in-Apache-cloudStack-6-320.jpg)
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A d d i t i o n a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n d a t a f o r V M s - h o w t o u s e i t ?
How to use it?
Available in deploy and update virtual machine
update virtualmachine … extraconfig=[url-encoded-settings]
deploy virtualmachine … extraconfig=[url-encoded-settings]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/borisstoyanov-somenewfeaturesinacs-190319155745/85/Boris-Stoyanov-some-new-features-in-Apache-cloudStack-9-320.jpg)
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A d d i t i o n a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n d a t a f o r V M s – S p e c i f i c s
Adding extra configuration to a VM
• Supported for KVM, Vmware and XenServer
• enable.additional.vm.configuration
• allow.additional.vm.configuration.list.[hypervisor]
• It would require a VM restart to apply new settings
• Settings being passed needs to be URL encoded](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/borisstoyanov-somenewfeaturesinacs-190319155745/85/Boris-Stoyanov-some-new-features-in-Apache-cloudStack-10-320.jpg)
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C l e a n u p d a t a d i s k s w h e n d e s t r o y i n g a V M
How to use it?
UI and API
destroy virtualmachine … volumeids=[ids]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/borisstoyanov-somenewfeaturesinacs-190319155745/85/Boris-Stoyanov-some-new-features-in-Apache-cloudStack-13-320.jpg)
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R u n D i a g n o s t i c s – h o w t o u s e i t
• UI and API
• run diagnostics ipaddress=[google.com] targetid=[ssvm-id]
params[] type=[ping]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/borisstoyanov-somenewfeaturesinacs-190319155745/85/Boris-Stoyanov-some-new-features-in-Apache-cloudStack-17-320.jpg)
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G e t D i a g n o s t i c s D a t a - H o w i t w o r k s
Global setting which contains list of files to gather
• VR – ‘diagnostics.data.vr.defaults’
“IPTABLES], [IFCONFIG], [ROUTE], /etc/dnsmasq.conf, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/haproxy.conf, /etc/hosts.conf,
/etcdnsmaq-resolv.conf, /var/log/cloud.log, /var/log/routerServiceMonitor.log, /var/log/dnsmasq.log”
• CPVM – ‘diagnostics.data.cpvm.defaults’
“[IPTABLES], [IFCONFIG], [ROUTE], /usr/local/cloud/systemvm/conf/agent.properties,
/usr/local/cloud/systemvm/conf/consoleproxy.properties, /var/log/cloud.log”
• SSVM – ‘diagnostics.data.ssvm.defaults’
“[IPTABLES], [IFCONFIG], [ROUTE], /usr/local/cloud/systemvm/conf/agent.properties,
/usr/local/cloud/systemvm/conf/consoleproxy.properties, /var/log/cloud.log”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/borisstoyanov-somenewfeaturesinacs-190319155745/85/Boris-Stoyanov-some-new-features-in-Apache-cloudStack-20-320.jpg)
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G e t D i a g n o s t i c s D a t a – h o w t o u s e i t
User can also retrieve a
custom file or script
Example API call:
get diagnosticsdata targetid=[ssvm-ip]
files=/root/my-example-file
Or execute a script:
get diagnosticsdata targetid=[ssvm-ip]
files=[script]](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/borisstoyanov-somenewfeaturesinacs-190319155745/85/Boris-Stoyanov-some-new-features-in-Apache-cloudStack-21-320.jpg)
Boris Stoyanov - some new features in Apache cloudStack
- 1. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue C S E U U s e r G r o u p Some new goodies in
- 2. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue About Me • Break Stuff @ ShapeBlue • Background: • More than 10 years in Software Development and Testing • Specialize in: • Test Management • Automated Testing • Testing Frameworks • Joined ShapeBlue and CloudStack 2016 • Committer since 2018
- 3. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue N e w F e a t u r e s • Deployment heuristics • Additional configuration data • Cleaning up data disks after destroying a VM • Run diagnostics on SystemVM • Get diagnostics data on SystemVM
- 4. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue D e p l o y m e n t h e u r i s t i c s What’s that and why do I need it? • Easy way to override current allocation logic directly
- 5. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue D e p l o y m e n t h e u r i s t i c s - W h a t ’ s t h a t a n d w h y d o I n e e d i t ? deployVirtualMachine() API • Host • Affinity group • Project • Account and domain • Service offering • Deployment planner • Pod • Cluster
- 6. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue D e p l o y m e n t h e u r i s t i c s – H o w t o u s e i ? How to use it? • UI • API deploy/start virtualmachine … podid=[id] clusterid=[id]
- 7. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue D e p l o y m e n t h e u r i s t i c s Demo
- 8. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue A d d i t i o n a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n d a t a f o r V M s Adding extra configuration to a VM • KVM – domain xml • XenServer – Using XAPI and vm-param-set key/value argument • Vmware – any additional configuration is parsed and appended to the VMX file
- 9. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue A d d i t i o n a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n d a t a f o r V M s - h o w t o u s e i t ? How to use it? Available in deploy and update virtual machine update virtualmachine … extraconfig=[url-encoded-settings] deploy virtualmachine … extraconfig=[url-encoded-settings]
- 10. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue A d d i t i o n a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n d a t a f o r V M s – S p e c i f i c s Adding extra configuration to a VM • Supported for KVM, Vmware and XenServer • enable.additional.vm.configuration • allow.additional.vm.configuration.list.[hypervisor] • It would require a VM restart to apply new settings • Settings being passed needs to be URL encoded
- 11. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue A d d i t i o n a l c o n f i g u r a t i o n d a t a f o r V M s Demo – Virtual machine running on KVM <memoryBacking> <hugepages /> </memoryBacking > URL encrypted: %3CmemoryBacking%3E%0D%0A++%3Chugepages% 2F%3E%0D%0A%3C%2FmemoryBacking%3E
- 12. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue C l e a n u p d a t a d i s k s w h e n d e s t r o y i n g a V M Adding the option to delete data disks when destroying
- 13. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue C l e a n u p d a t a d i s k s w h e n d e s t r o y i n g a V M How to use it? UI and API destroy virtualmachine … volumeids=[ids]
- 14. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue C l e a n u p d a t a d i s k s w h e n d e s t r o y i n g a V M - H o w i t w o r k s ?
- 15. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue C l e a n u p d a t a d i s k s w h e n d e s t r o y i n g a V M - H o w i t w o r k s ? Demo
- 16. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue R u n D i a g n o s t i c s • Allows the admin to troubleshoot connectivity from a SystemVM • Admin can execute {ping, traceroute and arping} from given system VM to any target address.
- 17. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue R u n D i a g n o s t i c s – h o w t o u s e i t • UI and API • run diagnostics ipaddress=[google.com] targetid=[ssvm-id] params[] type=[ping]
- 18. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue R u n D i a g n o s t i c s – h o w t o u s e i t Demo
- 19. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue G e t D i a g n o s t i c s D a t a What it is? • Easy way to execute scripts on SystemVMs or retrieve files from them
- 20. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue G e t D i a g n o s t i c s D a t a - H o w i t w o r k s Global setting which contains list of files to gather • VR – ‘diagnostics.data.vr.defaults’ “IPTABLES], [IFCONFIG], [ROUTE], /etc/dnsmasq.conf, /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/haproxy.conf, /etc/hosts.conf, /etcdnsmaq-resolv.conf, /var/log/cloud.log, /var/log/routerServiceMonitor.log, /var/log/dnsmasq.log” • CPVM – ‘diagnostics.data.cpvm.defaults’ “[IPTABLES], [IFCONFIG], [ROUTE], /usr/local/cloud/systemvm/conf/agent.properties, /usr/local/cloud/systemvm/conf/consoleproxy.properties, /var/log/cloud.log” • SSVM – ‘diagnostics.data.ssvm.defaults’ “[IPTABLES], [IFCONFIG], [ROUTE], /usr/local/cloud/systemvm/conf/agent.properties, /usr/local/cloud/systemvm/conf/consoleproxy.properties, /var/log/cloud.log”
- 21. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue G e t D i a g n o s t i c s D a t a – h o w t o u s e i t User can also retrieve a custom file or script Example API call: get diagnosticsdata targetid=[ssvm-ip] files=/root/my-example-file Or execute a script: get diagnosticsdata targetid=[ssvm-ip] files=[script]
- 22. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue G e t D i a g n o s t i c s D a t a - L i m i t a t i o n s • Only supports system VMs • A working/running SSVM is required in order to create/generate the public file download URL. • The Zone where target VM is running should have at least 1 secondary storage that has a disk quota utilization of less than 95 %. • Any script that must be executed as part of this API is expected to be present in the system VM under the directory ‘/opt/cloud/bin/’
- 23. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue G e t D i a g n o s t i c s D a t a Demo
- 24. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue S a v e t h e d a t e June 13 Cloudstack User Group meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria! https://www.meetup.com/CloudStack-Bulgaria-User-Group-Meetup/ Apr 26 Cloudstack Collab conference – Florianopolis, Brazil http://br.cloudstackcollab.org/ Sep 9-12 ApacheCon, Cloudstack Collab Conference - Las Vegas, US https://www.apachecon.com/acna19/
- 25. C l i c k t o e d i t The Cloud Specialists ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue