ShapeBlue is introducing a CloudStack Container Service (CCS) that allows users to deploy and manage container clusters within their existing CloudStack infrastructure. CCS adds new APIs to CloudStack to create and manage Kubernetes clusters on groups of VMs. It deploys Kubernetes on the VMs to orchestrate containers and provides a dashboard to manage containerized applications. A demonstration showed how to create a cluster, deploy applications, and expose them through load balancing and firewall rules.

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Paul Angus, VP Technology • @CloudyAngus
paul.angus@shapeblue.com
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“ShapeBlue are expert builders of public
& private clouds. They are the leading
independent global CloudStack services
company”
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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
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Introduction

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• Why
• What is it
• What it’s not
• CCS Components
• Demonstration
• Roadmap
• Summary
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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 ?

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• 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 ?

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• 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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Components

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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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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

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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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Creating container clusters using CloudStack
Container Service
• Creating the cluster
• Viewing metrics
• Understanding the VMs
• Accessing the Cluster dashboard
• Deploying a cloud native application
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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
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• 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.
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• 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

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Q u e s t i o n s
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Paul Angus, VP Technology • @CloudyAngus
paul.angus@shapeblue.com
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