An Introduction to the CloudStack Container Service from ShapeBlue and Skippbox

1. The Cloud Specialists
CloudStack Container
Service
ShapeBlue.com • @ShapeBlue
Paul Angus, VP Technology • @CloudyAngus
paul.angus@shapeblue.com
A n i n t r o d u c t i o n t o

2. The Cloud Specialists
ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue
“ShapeBlue are expert builders of public
& private clouds. They are the leading
independent global CloudStack services
company”
A b o u t S h a p e B l u e

3. C l i c k t o e d i t
The Cloud Specialists
ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue
Paul Angus – VP Technology
• Global authority on CloudStack & cloud infrastructure design.
• 10+ years C-Level experience.
• Apache CloudStack project committer
• Specialising in deployment of CloudStack
and surrounding infrastructure
• USP, Georgian Ministry of Justice, Orange, TomTom,
PaddyPower, Ascenty, BSkyB
A b o u t m e

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ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue
S h a p e B l u e c u s t o m e r s

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S h a p e B l u e c u s t o m e r s

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ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue
S h a p e B l u e c u s t o m e r s

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ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue
Introduction

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• Why
• What is it
• What it’s not
• CCS Components
• Demonstration
• Roadmap
• Summary
A g e n d a

9. C l i c k t o e d i t
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P a r t n e r e d wi t h s k i p p b o x
“Skippbox provides a developer
toolbox for cloud native
applications coupled with an
application lifecycle solution.”
• Tooling for cloud native
environments
• Professional services:
• Container strategy
• Docker
• Kubernetes

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H e ’s b a c k . .

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• Massive growth of cloud native applications
expected
• Containers are a key component of cloud native
applications
• Application level software delivery
• Lightweight (higher density)
• Faster start-up time
• Multi-tenancy is an afterthought
• IaaS is a VM based business
W h y ?

12. C l i c k t o e d i t
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ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue
• Based on the model offered by Google and Amazon
• CaaS offering within existing IaaS environments
• No disruption to user experience or business
• Users deploy and orchestrate containers within their
IaaS infrastructure
• Users pay for the underlying VM’s / infra.
• Built on established technologies
• Apache CloudStack
• Kubernetes
• CoreOS
W h a t i s i t ?

13. C l i c k t o e d i t
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ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue
• We are not dictating ‘THE’ CloudStack container
solution.
• The architecture of the open sourced framework
will allow other container platforms to use it.
• The framework doesn’t have to run containers on
it.
W h a t i t ’s n o t

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ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue
Components

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ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue
1. Framework adds the concept of a group or cluster of
VMs into CloudStack and enables the creation and
management of those VMs as a group at the API level.
2. Deploy Kubernetes onto a group of VMs, configure them
as a Kubernetes cluster and query the Kubernetes API
to obtain and return state information.
3. UI to simplify interaction with the clusters once created.
C C S c o m p o n e n t s

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@ShapeBlueShapeBlue.com
C C S c o m p o n e n t s

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C C S c o m p o n e n t s

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New APIs
createContainerCluster
name : name of the cluster
description
zoneId: zone in which cluster to be launched. zone to be of 'advanced' zone
networkId: network of 'shared' type
nodeCount: number of node instances in the cluster used for launching the containers
serviceOfferingId: uuid of the computer offering that shall be used for launching nodes, and master k8s VMs
templateId: UUID of the template for creating the VMs
listContainerCluster
deleteContainerCluster
id: UUID of the cluster to be deleted
C C S c o m p o n e n t s

19. C l i c k t o e d i t
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ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue
Plugin functionality for CloudStack
• Orchestrates the deployment of Kubernetes within
those VMs to manage the containers
• Creates secure access to the
Kubernetes API endpoint and dashboard
• Allows pass-through access to VMs
• Acts as a control plane only

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ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue
Creating container clusters using CloudStack
Container Service
• Creating the cluster
• Viewing metrics
• Understanding the VMs
• Accessing the Cluster dashboard
• Deploying a cloud native application
D e m o

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Demonstration

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• Created a Container Cluster
• Viewed the auto-deployed dashboard
• Deployed two HA containerised applications
• Created firewall and load-balancing rules to expose
those applications
• Accessed those applications
S u m m a r y

24. C l i c k t o e d i t
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ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue
• Automate exposing services to public internet
• Support resizing of clusters
• Auto-scaling of clusters
• Upgrade of Kubernetes version
• Intelligent independent sizing of master node
• Optional HA for master nodes.
• Use of distributed etcd data store
• Optional use of anti-affinity groups
• Support for CloudStack volumes in Kubernetes for data persistency
• Support for baremetal deployments.
F e a t u r e r o a d m a p

25. C l i c k t o e d i t
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ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue
• Currently in private preview
• GA end June 2016
• Licensed version available July 2016
• Currently supported in Apache Cloudstack >4.5
• Framework will be open-sourced Q3 2016
Ti m e f r a m e s

26. The Cloud Specialists
ShapeBlue.com @ShapeBlue
Q u e s t i o n s
?

27. The Cloud Specialists
CloudStack Container
Service
ShapeBlue.com • @ShapeBlue
Paul Angus, VP Technology • @CloudyAngus
paul.angus@shapeblue.com
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