Virtual Appliance
Create a reference virtual appliance so we can show users features for UCE and EC2.
The work involves:
* Describing the data model for defining virtual appliances on EC2
* Implementing the frontend for deploying them (A special variant of Elasticfox).
* Implementing a backend that can serve the virtual appliance descriptions to the frontend.
* Extend ec2-init to allow for managing persistent storage.
* Package the appliance software with a rich debconf based configuration wizard.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Rick Clark
- Priority:
- Essential
- Drafter:
- Soren Hansen
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Soren Hansen
- Definition:
- Superseded
- Series goal:
- None
- Implementation:
-
Good progress
- Milestone target:
- None
- Started by
- Soren Hansen
- Completed by
- Soren Hansen
Whiteboard
- create a reference appliance based on open-source software
Discussion Topics
- What would be the best reference appliance be.
- What needs to be packaged that is not already in the archive.
- What kind of interface we should provide to manage the virtual machine.
- What should be provided as a client
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UDS Discussion
= Virtual Appliances =
* Create virtual appliance to demonstrate the best of Open Source software.
* A reference appliance displaying what can be done with Open Source.
* Designed to be run on EC2.
* Needs a Wow Effect.
* Something that creates interest in cloud computing.
* Easily deployable
* Little or no configuration.
* And serves as a referance on how to make a good appliance.
* Demonstrate how to have persistance with a virtual appliance.
* Want to be unique compared to previous appliance offerings.
* Application Ideas:
* Caching server
* Something Web2.0-ish
* Share Point like appliance.
* Flikr type application.
* CouchDB
* Nice to write test reports.
* Moodle
* Instant Message server.
* Plone -- Content Management
* SETI@Home/
* Alfresco
* Amahi Home Server
* Small Business application stack.
* Lutece
* Content Management and Document management.
* Not practical because of conifguration
* SugarCRM
