OpenQRM is an open-source data center management platform that provides a generic virtualization layer and supports complex network topologies. It allows for rapid provisioning of multi-environment infrastructures and dynamic load handling. OpenQRM uses a plug-in architecture that provides extensibility and supports mainstream virtualization technologies like Xen and VMware. It aims to improve server utilization and make patching/configuration management easier.

1. OpenQRM is not Dead by Kris Buytaert

2. Kris Buytaert Senior Linux and Open Source Consultant @ Inuits.be „ Infrastructure Architect“ Linux since 0.98 OpenMosix, openQRM, ... Early Adopter (Xen, MySQL Cluster) Automating Large Scale Deployment , High Availability Surviving the 10 th floor test http://www.krisbuytaert.be/blog/ http://www.virtualization.com/

3. Agenda Managing Physical and Virtual Machines Why openQRM Architecture Plug-ins Virtual Environments Appliance Virtualization

4. Source: Qlusters

5. Data-center Requirements Rapid multi-environment provisioning Dynamic load handling Monitoring and management of commodity servers Improve servers utilization to cut costs Patching + configuration management

6. Managing your Infrastructure Proprietary tools Platform specific tools Infrastructures.org Kickstart/Fai/SystemImager Cfengine / Puppet

7. What is openQRM ? open-source project at sourceforge.net (GPL) data-center management platform Not just your virtual platforms provides generic virtualization layer supports complex network topologies developer-friendly

8. OpenQRM History OpenMosix Qlusters Managing Clusters Managing Infrastructures Open Source early 2006 Set Free April 2008 V4 Rewrite June 2008 Qlusters Closed shop July 2008 OpenQRM 4.1 Mid August 2008

9. Source: Qlusters

10. OpenQRM 4 Concepts Currently in Beta Almost full rewrite Keep it Simple s/Java/PHP/g; New Gui Multiple Databases via aodb

11. OpenQRM Concepts Storage Server Filesystem Image Boot Image Virtual Environment Appliances

12. Plug-able Architecture No more tomcat Plug-ins : the power of openQRM plug-ins can change and enhance base functionality via extensions plug-ins can be implemented in: binary, shell-scripts, php, etc. Plug-ins allow better integration with 3 rd party tools Plugins can be activated in the GUI (Drupal Style)

13. The New Gui Redesign by Alexander Kuballa Looks like phplayer menu but stripped Adodb => no more db lock in Fully Themable Easier to contribute

14. Virtual data-center logical layer for servers/services called virtual environments (VE) virtual environments consist of : a boot-image (e.g. a linux kernel) a root-file system (local, NFS, ISCSI) provisioning meta-data deployed according provisioning meta-data on idle resources

15. Source: Qlusters

16. 1 : Storage Server Centralized storage for fs-images on either NFS or ISCSI , AOE , ... automatic fs-image creation fs-image management tools e.g. create, remove, clone support for local root-file-systems through local-deployment plug-in

17. 2: Filesystem Image From an existing machine (golden image) Generated Template Chroot Install Automagic install

18. 3: Boot Image Kernel to boot the different platforms with. Tied to the hardware => Not to the Service

19. Initial boot of a datacenter node Node is empty Boots from network (dhcp / tftpboot /pxe) Idle Resource

20. Deployment of a service Idle node reboots Chosen kernel boots Minimal initrd mounts filesystem Plugins for storage types Chroots Starts Virtual Environment Appliance

21. Managing A Node Start Stop Put in Maintenance

22. Easy-migration openQRM adapts to the existing data-center environment (not the other way around) step-by-step migration to openQRM environment Install openqrmplugin on existing system moving on from easy-migration to full virtualized data-center

23. Higher-Availability (for the managed nodes) High-Availability in 3 layers Hardware fail-over VE restarts on available resource from the high- availability pool . (This is a restart, not a fail-over) Application fail-over Application fails over to hot-standby system OpenQRM server HA

24. Partitioning seamlessly manages physical servers and virtual machines (Partitions) supports all mainstream virtualization technologies as VMware, Xen, Linux-VServer Partition-engine conforms all different kinds of virtualization Partition plug-ins provide generic resource from type “partition”

25. Managing Partitions Xen plugin is based on the VMWare one Stop / start Pause Change memory config Live Migrate

26. Road-map 4.1 finalyzing the base system Usability improvements for Images and Appliance forms User-management enhancements GUI Design enhancements Event Interface for managed servers Automatic dependency resolving for appliances Deployment parameters clean-up Finalizing Update-Path (backup/restore of the openQRM environment)

27. Road-map 4.2 adding plugins openQRM-server HA-setup Adding udev to the intird Iscsi- and Aoe-storage enhancements + bugfixes Group-command plugin Webmin plugin Consider Nagiosadmin plugin Virtualbox plugin

28. Road-map 4.3 adding even more plugins openVZ plugin Support for clusterfilestem on Iscsi- and Aoe-storage (Ocfs2 + GFS2) LinuxCOE plugin

29. Summary and conclusion Extensible open-architecture Unique features and lots of automatism Better data-center performance through better scalability, more flexibility and dynamic management Supports all mainstream virtualization technologies Smooth integration phase

30. Virtual Demo

31. Kris Buytaert <Kris.Buytaert@inuits.be> http://www.krisbuytaert.be/blog/ http://mattinaction.blogspot.com/ http://virtualization.com http://openqrm.sf.net Contact & Further Reading :

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