Synnefo + Ganeti = cloud software that works(synnefo.org)
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Synnefo + Ganeti = cloud software that works
http://www.synnefo.org
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I cannot comment on Synnefo itself, but Ganeti is a wonderful software. I have been using it for more than a year in production (June 2011) without a single issue. I even built my own PaaS on top of it[1].
If you want to understand the quality of Ganeti, go and take a look at an example of design document[2]. The quality of the documentation, the time spent in defining the requirements for the next release incorporating the feedback from the users together with the quality of the code and the human quality of the people at Google driving the project make it a pleasure to use this software.
If you are not interested, I anyway always recommend people reading the documentation of this project just to know that one can produce such good documentation.
[1]: http://notes.ceondo.com/mongrel2-zmq-paas/
[2]: http://docs.ganeti.org/ganeti/current/html/design-cpu-pinnin...
If you want to understand the quality of Ganeti, go and take a look at an example of design document[2]. The quality of the documentation, the time spent in defining the requirements for the next release incorporating the feedback from the users together with the quality of the code and the human quality of the people at Google driving the project make it a pleasure to use this software.
If you are not interested, I anyway always recommend people reading the documentation of this project just to know that one can produce such good documentation.
[1]: http://notes.ceondo.com/mongrel2-zmq-paas/
[2]: http://docs.ganeti.org/ganeti/current/html/design-cpu-pinnin...
Here's a talk from the last LISA conference about Ganeti:
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa12/ganeti-your-private...
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa12/ganeti-your-private...
Bareku looks very interesting, but what are the benefits over something like a simple Capistrano deploy script?
I have never heard about Ganeti but it also sounds promising.
I have never heard about Ganeti but it also sounds promising.
Our designer can simply push the updates into the application git repository and a new version of the application is deployed. It removes friction.
This service is delightfully Greek. I haven't tried the actual offering, though. I think the front page copy could be a bit clearer, as I'm hazy on what exactly it does.
Front page should be clearer and it needs a bit more explanation, I first thought its cloud software for managing cloud and clients, but when I tried the trial option I didn't see any client options so that means its a software for managing own cloud vm's ? (but it has API, so it should be easy to build client interface)
Also the "trial" option makes me think there is paid option somewhere, which is quite confusing since there isn't one, it should be replaced with "Demo" maybe ?
It's cloud software for running a full IaaS service of your own, on your own machines, with Ganeti at the backend. There is a client, called kamaki, see http://www.synnefo.org/docs/kamaki/latest/index.html, but it's true we should have a separate page for it.
About the "trial" option, we have it as "Try it out" on the first page of http://www.synnefo.org. If you saw it on okeanos.io, we'll change it there accordingly.
Anyway, have you had a chance to try out? :)
About the "trial" option, we have it as "Try it out" on the first page of http://www.synnefo.org. If you saw it on okeanos.io, we'll change it there accordingly.
Anyway, have you had a chance to try out? :)
Yep, I've tried it, and it looks promising, and simple to use :)
I've read the "quick" installation, which is not quick at all ^^
I've subscribed to git rss feed, and I will follow the development process a bit before trying out the installation on own dedicated, and maybe even try developing the simple "client" interface for our needs using the API provided if the backend proves to be stable and good.
So, how far exactly is the API compatible with Openstack? That's the one thing that would be really necessary to match. Basically, can I take tools and utilities that work with Openstack/keystone and have them working without any/much work? If you're able to do this it would be a nice, simple alternative to Openstack. For anyone installing Openstack for the first time, the install is anything but simple.
We try to be aligned with the OpenStack APIs as much as possible. The thing is that even these APIs tend to change frequently. If you have a working application of your own, you'll find that the changes needed are minimal. Our goal is to be 100% and out-of-the-box compatible.
Two notes:
1. Synnefo supports advanced operations e.g. dropbox-like syncing, so we use custom extensions for that,
2. We have a full-fledged python client library and associated command line client for everybody to use, see http://www.synnefo.org/docs/kamaki/latest/index.html
Two notes:
1. Synnefo supports advanced operations e.g. dropbox-like syncing, so we use custom extensions for that,
2. We have a full-fledged python client library and associated command line client for everybody to use, see http://www.synnefo.org/docs/kamaki/latest/index.html
Okay, thanks. I didn't quite understand from what I read on the site though... is the API accessible to TCP connections? Basically, can I spin up instances via Cloudify or similar through a Openstack v2 compatible interface, etc?
At the last LISA conference there was a talk by yours truly about Ganeti. It explains Ganeti assuming you don't have much virtualization experience:
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa12/ganeti-your-private...
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa12/ganeti-your-private...
Kudos everybody on a job well done. Can't wait for the service to go public.
NB: The whole project is build on commodity hardware with opensource solutions binding everything together. A whitepaper on its design and implementation, and case studies for use etc, would be certainly lovely to read.