Schlomo Schapiro gave a presentation on Lab Manager Light, an open source project that allows for self-service virtualization. It provides a layer between vSphere virtualization and users to enable policies like enforcing hostnames and VM ownership. It also allows pre-boot quality gates for VMs. The goals are to streamline provisioning, spread knowledge, and give users access to technology without restrictions through a self-service model instead of an internal cloud. Use cases include quality gates for VMs and enabling self-service virtualization. Schlomo works for Immobilien Scout GmbH, a leading German real estate listing portal.

1. www.immobilienscout24.de
Self Service Virtualization
as a Private Cloud
Lab Manager Light
Berlin | 15.01.2009 | Schlomo Schapiro
Systemarchitekt, Open Source Evangelist
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

2. http://code.google.com/p/lml
Agenda
Why?
Show Me!
How?
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Why?
User
Slow Change Process Admin
Many Restrictions
Lots Of Work
Single Point of Failure
No Knowledge Spread
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Lab Manager Light – Concept
Admin
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Show me!
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How?
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Workflow
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Workflow
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Lab Manager Light
Open Source Project: http://code.google.com/p/lml
GNU General Public License
Glue layer: vSphere Virtualization Farm – Users – Network
 VM Name = hostname, enforce hostname policies
 Enforce VM ownership information
 Enforce VM expiration
 Enforce network boot (PXE)
 Manage network (DHCP & DNS)
 Manage host-based entries in a SVN
Pre-Boot Quality Gate for Virtual Machines
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Use Cases
Quality Gate for Virtual Machines
 Enable Users to make use of all vSphere feature without
restrictions
 Protect the network and the IT environment from common
mistakes und misconfigurations
 Integration into Configuration & System Management
 Integration into Provisioning Toolkit
Self Service Virtualization instead of internal cloud
 Expose users to technology
 DevOps mindset – work together on improving the infrastructure
 Managed use of vSphere without commercial addons
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11. http://code.google.com/p/lml
Immobilien Scout GmbH
Operate Germanys Leading Real Estate
Listing Portal: www.immobilienscout24.de
Linux, XEN, Apache, Tomcat, Java, LAMP,
Oracle, MySQL, Nagios, DRBD, RPM
Open Source & DevOps Company
Always seeking to hire new skill:
 Admins
 System Developers
http://bit.ly/is24greatplace
 System Engineers
 Architects
 Java & PHP Developers
 Mobile (iOS & Android) Developers
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Thank you very much!
Please contact me for further
questions and discussions.
Kontakt:
Immobilien Scout GmbH Fon: +49 30 243 01-1229
Andreasstraße 10 Email: schlomo.schapiro@immobilienscout24.de
10243 Berlin URL: www.immobilienscout24.de
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