From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Loic Dachary Subject: Re: ceph-standalone Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 22:26:56 +0100 Message-ID: <530BB920.1040605@dachary.org> References: <22A49EE2-BD1A-43C2-BBAB-8DD18CBEA550@inktank.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ArjU8X9PcqFX3PtEAn13wLptwHkcXJAos" Return-path: Received: from smtp.dmail.dachary.org ([91.121.254.229]:52757 "EHLO smtp.dmail.dachary.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750899AbaBXV06 (ORCPT ); Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:26:58 -0500 In-Reply-To: <22A49EE2-BD1A-43C2-BBAB-8DD18CBEA550@inktank.com> Sender: ceph-devel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Jean-Charles LOPEZ Cc: ceph-devel@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --ArjU8X9PcqFX3PtEAn13wLptwHkcXJAos Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 24/02/2014 21:59, Jean-Charles LOPEZ wrote: > Hi Sage, >=20 > I think this is a great idea. >=20 > 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 down= load and import using VirtualBox, Fusion or VMWarePlayer. >=20 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 hyperviso= r/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 t= he base I already have. >=20 > JC > jc.lopez@inktank.com >=20 >=20 > On Feb 23, 2014, at 12:30, Sage Weil wrote: >=20 >> One idea kicking around is to create a simple ceph-standalone package = that=20 >> 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= =20 >> 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 t= o=20 >> play with the basics, like: >> >> $ mkdir /mnt/ceph >> $ sudo ceph-fuse /mnt/ceph >> >> $ rbd create ... >> $ rbd map ... >> >> $ curl http://localhost:8000/ >> >> >> Does this sound useful? Any takers? >> sage >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" = in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >=20 > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" i= n > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >=20 --=20 Lo=EFc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre --ArjU8X9PcqFX3PtEAn13wLptwHkcXJAos Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlMLuSAACgkQ8dLMyEl6F20YjwCeL0RNbZjnDqWvJuqOXbWHClTg Pr0AoJ5G3uXUy3f2jvyy5yMkC0k8qEOu =95vm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ArjU8X9PcqFX3PtEAn13wLptwHkcXJAos--