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Re: [Q] What is MaaS?

 

thx mikyung

will dig more deeply, esp test in machine

F

On 9/14/12, Mikyung Kang <mkkang@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Frans,
>
> We've tested bare-metal provisioning on "Ubuntu 12.04 x86_64" for PXE case.
> Any x86_64 machine works fine.
>
> https://github.com/NTTdocomo-openstack/nova/blob/multinode/nova/virt/baremetal/doc/pxe-bm-installation.rst
>
> Also we have a test plan using ARM boards soon, maybe in October.
>
> Thanks,
> Mikyung, USC/ISI
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frans Thamura" <frans@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Mikyung Kang" <mkkang@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 5:34:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Openstack] [Q] What is MaaS?
>
> hi kevin and mikyung
>
> i must learn all :) to educate the member which i try to develop it
> (openstack-id).
>
> and now try to link openstack to education, start with our PaaS
> initiative under JENI (JAva Education).
>
> the basic idea of baremetal is to boot using PXE,
>
> any idea recommended hardware to start this baremetal testing?
>
> Frans
>
> On 9/14/12, Mikyung Kang <mkkang@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hi Frans,
>>
>> If you're interested in bare-metal cloud, not MaaS specifically,
>> we(USC/ISI and NTT docomo) want to introduce our bare-metal stuff also.
>> :)
>>
>> http://wiki.openstack.org/GeneralBareMetalProvisioningFramework
>> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/general-bare-metal-provisioning-framework
>>
>> - Non-PXE support (Tilera+PDU): nova/virt/baremetal
>> - General bare-metal framework including PXE+IPMI support: review pending
>> (will be resumed in early Grizzly, maybe next week)
>> - Working branch:
>> https://github.com/NTTdocomo-openstack/nova/tree/multinode
>> (reference: nova/virt/baremetal/doc/*)(final debugging)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mikyung
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kevin Jackson" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Frans Thamura" <frans@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 2:35:10 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Openstack] [Q] What is MaaS?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Frans,
>> There's a wealth of info over at the MAAS website
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam/MAAS/ .
>>
>> It is Canonical's method for PXE booting and installing an OS so that a
>> further service, called Juju, can be used to assign the functions/roles to
>> a
>> server that previously had nothing installed (bare metal).
>> If you're familiar with Cobbler, it is that service with extra hooks to
>> Juju.
>>
>> With Juju you can allocate roles to your MAAS provisioned servers such
>> as,
>> be a Glance server, or Compute host in a very simple way similar to what
>> apt
>> does for installing packages on a server.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kev
>> On Sep 13, 2012 5:27 PM, "Frans Thamura" < frans@xxxxxxxxxxxx > wrote:
>>
>>
>> hi all
>>
>>
>> can help me to understand MaaS, the bare metal cloud
>>
>>
>> how OpenStack can run in a MaaS, and what is MaaS
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> thx in advanced
>>
>>
>> F
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