Hands on with Ganeti Part 2: Ganeti Web Manager OSCON 2011

Ganeti Web Manager has been pre-installed on the master node. This tutorial assumes you have a working Ganeti cluster with at least a single node. Full install docs and other project information available at http://code.osuosl.org/ projects/ganeti-webmgr

Overview 1. Starting Ganeti Web Manager 2. Importing a Cluster 3. Cluster Details a. instances b. nodes c. permissions 4. Node Detail 5. Creating an Instance 6. Ganeti Jobs 7. Instance Detail a. permissions b. VNC 8. Overview 9. User Management

1) Start Django Development Server

1. cd ganeti_webmgr 2. source bin/activate 3. ./manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000

2) Open http://localhost:8000 in your browser default password for admin user and cluster user are:

username: oscon password: oscon

3) Add A Cluster: Menu > Clusters > Add Cluster 4) Cluster Detail: Menu > Clusters > ganeti.example.org

4) Cluster Detail (nodes): Menu > Clusters > ganeti.example.org > Nodes tab

5) Grant “Create ” Permissions: Menu > Clusters > ganeti.example.org > Users

6) Node Detail: Menu > Clusters > Primary Node

7) Deploy a Virtual Machine: Menu > Create VM

8) Deploy a Virtual Machine: Menu > Create VM > Deploying (click create) 9) Virtual Machine Detail: Virtual Machines > Instance2.example.org (also shown after deployment)

10) Grant Permissions to your VM: Menu > Virtual Machines > Your VM > Users

11) Enable VNC Proxy 1. /etc/init.d/vncap restart

Note: There are a few networking issues within : ● You must restart the proxy after every connection/disconnect for it to accept additional connections. ● VNC only works with Chrome, there is a bug preventing the virtualbox network from working with firefox.

The VNC Proxy is a gateway into your backend infrastructure.

It allows secure connections, without user interaction.

12) VNC Console: Menu > Virtual Machines > instance2.example.org > Console 12) Overview Dashboard: Menu > Overview

13) User Detail: Menu > Users > oscon 14) User Permissions: Menu > Users > oscon > permissions

15) User Resources: Menu > Users > oscon > resources 16) User Action Log: Menu > Users > oscon > user actions