On 08/24/2012 08:19 AM, Dave Neary wrote:
Hi Garrett,
On 08/22/2012 09:17 PM, Garrett LeSage wrote:
First, a link to the mockup: http://people.redhat.com/glesage/oVirt/website/mockup-1/download.html
I think it looks nice! It does raise a few questions, though.
+1 this looks great
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### Reasons to focus on an all-in-one "appliance" model ###
Having one favored, easy-to-use download allows us to:
* Eliminate the risks of things going wrong when a user sets up oVirt on their own system. * Isolate oVirt from the distribution kernel and subsystem changes in distributions which may break functionality. * Provide the latest and greatest features to oVirt users independent of waiting for distributions to play catch-up. * Test a known stack of software to ensure that oVirt works as intended.
In the mock-up there's a download link for "oVirt live image" - you indicate here it's the all-in-one version, downloadable as a runnable ISO liveCD. You also suggest that it should be possible to install oVirt from that image.
My question is: do we have this? And if not, how much engineering work would be required to create an image which allows you to run all-in-one from a LiveCD, and also enable you to install both Engine and Node? And how would that work? Specifically, how will it work with storage domains, etc?
I've played around with creating an all in one live image. All the needed packages on a livecd image, I can run engine-setup from the live environment, and it looks like I can configure everything. I don't have it all nailed down yet, and I'm finding that after making a certain number of changes, packages downloaded, etc., in the live environment, I'm running out of space. I'm not sure if there's a way to increase the available space, like, if you boost the RAM, will the livecd automatically provide you with more space? After I do a bit more fiddling, I'll blog about it. Combined with the vdsm-faqemu package and a couple config file tweaks, you would be able to run it all in a VM (do everything, all the setup and storage config, etc., just short of actually running a VM)
I realise you might not have the answers - but I don't think we have an all-in-one DVD/CD image right now, never mind one which will handle all of the finnicky things you need to do when installing an engine and setting up nodes.
In any case, the design looks great!
Again, +1 -- I'm stoked about these new designs. Jason I just want to make sure we're
designing something we can deliver.
Thanks, Dave.
-- @jasonbrooks