Openstack Hypervisors
[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:
- Started
- Approver:
- Dave Walker
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- Ubuntu Server
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Chuck Short
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for saucy
- Implementation:
-
Good progress
- Milestone target:
-
ubuntu-13.10
- Started by
- Dave Walker
- Completed by
Whiteboard
-- Still needs more detail - specifically about which user stories we will be trying to deliver this cycle [james-page]
[USER STORIES]
[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:
Add a more recent version of XCP to the Ubuntu Archive: POSTPONED
Write XCP documentation and Openstack: POSTPONED
Test XCP and Openstack: POSTPONED
Write documenation on vmware and Openstack: POSTPONED
Work items for ubuntu-13.08:
[zulcss] File FFE exception for new LXC driver in nova package: DONE
[smb] File FFe exception for Xen 4.3: DONE
[smb] Resolve outstanding issues with Xen 4.3 upload (zulcss to help): DONE
[zulcss] Rebuild of libvirt post Xen 4.3 upload to pickup new driver: DONE
Work items for ubuntu-13.09:
Test libvirt-xen + Xen 4.3 and Openstack: TODO
Write documentation on libvirt-xen: TODO
Test vmware support and Openstack: INPROGRESS
[zulcss] New LXC based driver for nova: DONE
[zulcss] Add lxc block device support for apparmor: POSTPONED
[zulcss] Add lxc qemu-nbd support for Openstack: POSTPONED
Work items for ubuntu-13.10:
[zulcss] Document supported configurations (including juju charm support): TODO
Collect additional hardening profiles from users: TODO
Dependency tree
* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.
