Hi Chris,
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 11:47 PM, chris snow <chsnow...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm trying to follow the instructions for creating a cartridge [1]. > > It would be good if there was a little more information on cartridges > and how they are used by stratos, for example: > > Am I right in thinking we need to create a cartridge for every service > we want to be managed by stratos (such as a PHP service)? Yes. That's how the Cartridge guide has given instructions. > What does > the cartridge run in, is it a cloud compute instance? Yes. The cartridges will be run in an IaaS and it will be a cloud compute instance. > How does > stratos communicate with the cartridge? We put Stratos agent inside to the cartridge and it will communicate with Stratos. The cartridge guide tells you to install Puppet agent and the Puppet Master will configure the Stratos agent. > Can I run more that one > service in a single cartridge (e.g. PHP + Mysql)? Yes. The developer can come up with any custom cartridge. > Can I run more than > one cartridge in a compute instance? > AFAIK, this is not supported for now directly. A cartridge instance is now a compute instance in an IaaS. > > Also, are the wiki instructions assuming that the user has started a > Ubuntu 12.04 instance in a compute service such as AWS, Openstack or > Cloudstack, and that the instructions are being run in that instance? > Yes! After that you are supposed to create an image out of it and give that image ID for your Cartridge definition. I hope these things are clear. If not, please ask again! :) > > Many thanks, > > Chris > > --- > [1] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/STRATOS/4.0.0+Creating+a+Cartridge > -- Isuru Perera Senior Software Engineer | WSO2, Inc. | http://wso2.com/ Lean . Enterprise . Middleware about.me/chrishantha
