The document discusses OpenStack/Hyper-V integration efforts for the Folsom release of OpenStack. A community was established with 5+ contributors who restored Hyper-V support in Nova-Compute on GitHub. Key features like live migration, pause/resume, and volume attach/detach were implemented for Hyper-V. An MSI installer was created to easily install OpenStack on Windows/Hyper-V that configures dependencies, services, and optional features like live migration. The team is looking ahead to implementing additional features for Grizzly like Quantum, RDP access, guest agents, and Cinder integration.

1. OpenStack/Hyper-V
FOLSOM DEEP DIVE

2. Intro
 Alessandro Pilotti
 Cloudbase Solutions
 apilotti@cloudbasesolutions.com
 Peter Pouliot, CISSP
 Microsoft
 ppouliot@microsoft.com

3. OpenStack Essex Summit
 Goals:
 Organize a development community to support
and maintain the OpenStack/Hyper-V codebase
 Re-Integrate Hyper-V codebase for Folsom Release
 Make Hyper-V server the premier hypervisor for
OpenStack compute workloads

4. Folsom Success story
 Established a community
 5+ active members contributing
 Hyper-V restored in Folsom
 All code Integrated and maintained within the
active Nova-Compute codebase on Github
 Original Functionality restored and greatly
improved
 Hyper-V v3 Server 2012 released and ready for
OpenStack compute

5. Microsoft’s Hyper-V Server 2012
Ready for you to try with OpenStack
Folsom!

6. Key Code Contributions
for Folsom
 Alessandro Pilotti
 Pause/Un-pause, Suspend/Resume,
 Snapshot, Live Migration
 Folsom integration, Hyper-V unit Testing Framework
 Folsom Installer
 Pedro Navarro Perez
 Volume attach/Detach
 Boot from volume
 Jordan Rinke
 Initial integration and Essex installer

7. Hyper-V 2012 and
OpenStack
 Python Application installed as an
application/service on the Hyper-V node.
 OpenStack compute utilizes key features baked
into the Hyper-V Virtualization Platform
 Does not require windows clustering services
 Does not require shared storage

8. Which Operating
Systems?
 Operating Systems:
 Windows Server / Hyper-V Server 2008 R2
 Windows Server / Hyper-V Server 2012
 Windows 8 (Testing / Development only)

9. OpenStack Quick
Reference

10. Hyper-V/Glance
Integration
 Native glance client support on Windows.
 Upload images directly from the windows
compute node
 VHDx support planned for Grizzly

11. Volume Attach/Detach
Requirements
 Windows iSCSI initiator service enabled and
running on hyper-v compute node.
 Configuration can be scripted
 Create, attach detach volumes using the
OpenStack Dashboard or Nova commands.
 OS must be installed directly onto the created
volume for “boot from volume” instances

12. Live Migration
Requirements
 Each compute node must have Active Directory
Domain Membership
 Nova-compute service must be running under an
Active Directory Domain account.
 Shared nothing live migration can be enabled via
simple powershell commands or from the Hyper-V
management GUI.
 Live Migration initiated via nova live-migration
commands

13. MSI Installer
Features:
 Independent Python environment to avoid conflicts
with existing applications
 Installs and registers all the required dependencies
 Generates dynamically a nova.conf file based on
the parameters provided by the user
 Creates a new Hyper-V external switch if required
 Registers Nova Compute as a service and starts it
 Enables the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator service (optional)

14. MSI Installer Continued..
 Enables and configures Hyper-V Live Migration
(optional )
 FreeRDP for Hyper-V console access
 Installs a command prompt shortcut in the
applications menu for a ready made OpenStack
prompt (optional)
 Can be executed fully unattended and
automated

15. Grizzly is Coming
 Planning for Grizzly now!
 Quantum
 RDP access to VM Consoles
 Windows Guest Agent
 Cinder

16. Get Involved!
 How can you help?
 Testing
 Documentation
 Find us to chat or ask questions
 Email:
 ppouliot@Microsoft.com
 apilotti@cloudbasesolutions.com