CM

Setting-up the COmmandline version of Cloud Mesh

Use virtualenv

IF you have not yet done so, please install and use virtualenv.

Checkout Cloud Mesh:

git clone git://github.com/futuregrid/cm.git

Activate virtualenv:

. ~/ENV/bin/activate

Install nova-client if not available:

sudo easy_install pip
pip install python-novaclient

For more information see

Install novaclient:

pip install nova

Run make:

(ENV) make

Set the key for Open Stack (You could get this key from your futuregrid account.):

scp gregor@india.futuregrid.org:.futuregrid/openstack/novarc .
cat novarc
mkdir -p ~/.futuregrid/openstack/
cp novarc ~/.futuregrid/openstack/
source ~/.futuregrid/openstack/novarc

Type in a nova command to check whether the key was set properly:

$ nova list

You will see

ID Name Status Networks
26a41ff1-72bc-4185-a212-9d6ceXXXXXXX Server 47XX ACTIVE vlanXXX=1X.X.2.3, XXX.XXX.XXX.8

If you are getting some table like above then you are good.

Install euca2ools (if you have not already done so.)

$ sudo apt-get install euca2ools

Generate euca key pair (this is done wrong we want nova's commands to do that):

$ euca-import-keypair -f ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub gregor

List the generated key pair:

$ nova keypair-list

You will see

Name Fingerprint
gregor shfjpaiuFEHFHEBXPNWUIXEFYBEFYPARUFIYPNERUYFPUEF

If you are getting something like above, then you are good (I have replaced my fingerprint with 'X's)

Using Cloud Mesh

You can use following commands to play around with Cloud Mesh.

Refresh:

$ cm r

You will see

Processing |................................| 10/10
Done.

Start VM:

$ cm start:1

You will see

Launching VM gregor-001
Property Value
status BUILD
updated 2013-03-01T10:17:23Z
metadata {}
Processing |................................| 10/10
Done.

Start 5 VMs in parallel:

$ cm par:5

You will see

Launching VM gregor-000
Launching VM gregor-001
Launching VM gregor-003
Launching VM gregor-004
Launching VM gregor-002
Done.

Reindex the already started VMs:

$ cm reindex

You will see

Skipping gregor-000
Skipping gregor-001
Renameing gregor-001 -> gregor-002
Renameing gregor-002 -> gregor-003
Renameing gregor-003 -> gregor-004
Renameing gregor-004 -> gregor-005
Processing |................................| 10/10
Done.