Openstack Virtualization
[GOAL]
Make sure that common hypervisors (KVM/QEMU, Xen(XCP/
[RATIONALE]
Users would like to use something other than QEMU/KVM for their openstack deoployments.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Patricia Gaughen
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- Chuck Short
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Chuck Short
- Definition:
- Superseded
- Series goal:
- Accepted for trusty
- Implementation:
-
Unknown
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Completed by
- Chuck Short
Whiteboard
[USER STORIES]
Roger is systems administrator who wants to run his Openstack installation with vmware as a hypervisor, he wants to run it on the next LTS release.
[ASSUMPTIONS]
Server QA lab will be virtualized using OpenStack supporting regular testing activities.
[RISKS]
Openstack not in a state to support chosen
[IN SCOPE]
LXC, Xen, KVM, Vmware
[OUT OF SCOPE]
[USER ACCEPTANCE]
Multi-node testing of openstack on a regular basis using Juju charms.
[RELEASE NOTE/BLOG]
Openstack on Ubuntu 13.04 supports LXC, XEN, KVM and Vmware
Work Items
Work items for ubuntu-
[smb] select and pull in appropriate xen version for trusty(want 4.4 but need to wait for release and FFE it): DONE
[smb] Make sure xen integration (xapi/libvirt/?) on openstack works (xapi dropped libvirt is claimed to work): DONE
[chucks] libvirt 1.0.2 (libvirt 1.2.0?): INPROGRESS
python packaging libvirt bindings: TODO
Work items for ubuntu-14.03:
[smb] MRE work for xen for Saucy (4.3.1): INPROGRESS
[smb] MRE work for xen for Raring (4.2.3) [EOL]: POSTPONED
[smb] MRE work for xen for Quantal (4.1.6.1): TODO
[smb] MRE work for xen for Precise (4.1.6.1): INPROGRESS
Work items for ubuntu-13.12:
[smb] MRE work for xen for Precise (4.1.5): DONE
[smb] MRE work for xen for Quantal (4.1.5): DONE
[smb] MRE work for xen for Raring (4.2.2): DONE
