Re: ceph-standalone

[Loic Dachary <loic@dachary.org>]

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On 24/02/2014 21:59, Jean-Charles LOPEZ wrote:
> Hi Sage,
> 
> I think this is a great idea.
> 
> However, I would recommend that two options to be available:
> 1) First options is a standalone package as you describe it
> 2) Second option is a prepackaged VM in OVA format people can just download and import using VirtualBox, Fusion or VMWarePlayer.
> 
Hi Jean-Charles,

I like the idea of a ready-to-run VM. The "raw" format (i.e. a file which is a disk with partitions and bootloader) is universal and all hypervisor/cloud infrastructures are able to load it natively.

My 2cts ;-)

> I can take care of the second option and prepare an OVA for you using the base I already have.
> 
> JC
> jc.lopez@inktank.com
> 
> 
> On Feb 23, 2014, at 12:30, Sage Weil <sage@inktank.com> wrote:
> 
>> One idea kicking around is to create a simple ceph-standalone package that 
>> is meant to make it really easy to play around with Ceph.  It would:
>>
>> - depend on all the relevant ceph packages
>> - install a simple, generic ceph.conf for use on localhost (or perhaps 
>> whatever /etc/hosts has for our hostname)
>> - mkfs and start up a mon
>> - start up an osd (or two?) in /var/lib/ceph (no dedicated disk/volume)
>> - start an mds
>> - add an apache2 site in /etc/apache2/sites-available (or whatever)
>>
>> The idea would be to do
>>
>> $ sudo apt-get install ceph-standalone
>> $ ceph -s
>> [...]
>>
>> and have a usable mini-cluster.  That makes it really easy for users to 
>> play with the basics, like:
>>
>> $ mkdir /mnt/ceph
>> $ sudo ceph-fuse /mnt/ceph
>>
>> $ rbd create ...
>> $ rbd map ...
>>
>> $ curl http://localhost:8000/
>> <more rgw stuff>
>>
>> Does this sound useful?  Any takers?
>> sage
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Loïc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre


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