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@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > On Feb 23, 2014, at 12:30, Sage Weil <sage@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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 >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe ceph-devel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Loïc Dachary, Artisan Logiciel Libre
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