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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">(sorry for the delay BTW!)<br>
I believe this is it, even though the name Alamo isn't on this
page.<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/private/openstack_software/">http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/private/openstack_software/</a><br>
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Again I haven't personally installed this but if you have any
questions about it I can probably find the answer!<br>
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On 04/16/2013 07:17 PM, Josiah Ritchie wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Nope, don't think I've even heard of Alamo. Is that
available for general consumption or only within the Rackspace
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 8:08 PM, Micah
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Tim,<br>
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Maybe I should think about it more for next year, when I'll
have some better experience anyway. I do want to go there
again!<br>
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Josiah,<br>
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Good to hear you're playing with it! Not sure how much
installation advice I can give - I've only installed
OpenStack once, on my desktop. :) My knowlege is along the
lines of designing applications that run in an OpenStack
environment, specifically involving Linux cloud servers and
newfangled database type stuff. :)<br>
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For installing OS, are you using the Alamo installer from
Rackspace? I've not used it but it appears to be pretty
simple. They've fine-tuned all the hundreds of parameters to
what we (Rackspace) believe is the best configuration for
general use.
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On 04/08/2013 10:25 AM, Tim Young wrote:<br>
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Hi Micah,<br>
Good to hear from you again.<br>
<br>
There are a number of ministries who use cloud
servers, and I am sure a session on that would be very
well received. This ICCM, we have all of our general
sessions filled in, but there are still some openings
in the security track. So, if you could use the word
"security" in the title of your session, there would
be a place for it. Something along the lines of
"securely and effectively utilizing cloud servers"
would be awesome. The one major change this year is
that the sessions are 75 minutes long instead of the
normal 45 to 60 minutes.<br>
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The "early bird" registration for ICCM will be closing
before long, so now is a good time to think about
going.<br>
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Would be great to see you again,<br>
<br>
- Tim Young<br>
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Hello again,<br>
<br>
So as I've mentioned a long time ago I work for
Rackspace, who is now of course a major cloud
provider*. As of a couple months I am certified
Cloud Savvy, which is supposed to mean I have a clue
about how to design applications in the cloud.<br>
<br>
Many people who come from a dedicated hosting
platform will spin up a cloud server and install
stuff on it just like they did on their dedicated
server, install their web application on it, and let
it go. If something acts up they troubleshoot it.
It is expected to last a long time. They might
take advantage of virtualization features like
snapshots, but that's as "cloudy" as they get.<br>
<br>
To properly take full advantage of the cloud and use
it as intended, you need to get a completely
different mindset when you're designing
applications. Some principles involve:<br>
-- Everything should be set up via automation,
using something like Chef or Puppet. You should
*never* manually install things or edit the
configuration settings on production (or even
staging) servers.<br>
-- Use the API, not the control panel, to set up
servers and related cloud products.<br>
-- Design for failure. Stuff breaks. If the
application can't access some database, it should if
possible fail over to the replica. If that's not
possible, fudge something so that the user doesn't
notice, if at all possible. And do that quickly so
the user isn't waiting a long time. Also, use load
balancers and take out flaky nodes. If some cloud
server goes weird in some way, you don't nurse it
back to health, you kill it and fire up another one
(with automation). All automatically. (One analogy
is that cloud servers should be treated like cattle,
not like pets!)<br>
-- Put different services on different sets of
cloud servers<br>
-- Design security in at every layer<br>
<br>
Just wanted to throw this out and ask if anyone is
working with a missions organization that is
designing a cloud application. If so, and you want
to run something by me, let me know!<br>
<br>
Also wonder if it might make sense for me to go to
ICCM. If I could be of significant help, I'd
consider it. With any luck I might even be able to
get Rackspace to sponsor me going there.<br>
<br>
<br>
* If you're a great Linux or network device guy and
want to live in San Antonio or Austin, please let me
know. We're having a very hard time filling our
positions!<br>
<br>
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