Hi All,

Following are the meeting notes of the hangout we had on 25th of July, 2016.

*Centralized logging*

Azure Log Analytics provides centralized logging which facilitates the
users to get logs from a given location in a VM, to a centralized location
so that they can analyse and query those logs as they need.
*next task - Documentation in terms of a blog post or webinar

*Auto scaling*

Auto scaling is achieved through scale sets in Azure. Scale set is a set of
VMs and auto scaling rules that defines auto scale metrics & actions and
the specification of the VMs.

*Limitations - Azure portal doesn't support addition of auto scale rules,
it only allows to add a simple scale set with a given number of instances.
Whereas azure CLI, Powershell and REST API supports full functionality.

I have added the template to the github repo which I used to create the
auto scale settings which includes the ability to add a custom VM image and
auto scale rules. When you deploy from this template you should give the
URI of the VM image. you can edit auto scale rules using CLI, Power shell
or REST API. Azure Resource Explorer <http://resources.azure.com> can be
used if you choose REST API to modify.

*next tasks - 1) Have to figure out a way to pass application and user data
such as usernames and passwords of database, to the VM image through the
template. 2) Documentaion


*Load balancing*

Following are some key terms you need to know.

·         Backend pool: This is a pool of virtual machines that share the
traffic

·         Probe: The load balancer can probe the health of the various
server instances. When a probe fails to respond, the load balancer stops
sending new connections to the unhealthy instances. Existing connections
are not impacted.

·         Availability set: when you have a set of virtual machines for the
same purpose, azure recommends to add them to an availability set.

We can add load balancing rules such that requests coming from a given URL
 are shared among the VMs in backend pool. if we configure the load
balancer with auto scaling, VMs in the scale set can be added to the
backend pool so if the auto scale rules are met, it can scale in or out.

*next tasks - 1)  research more about Probe and service health checking. 2)
 documentation 3) How to automate the whole deployment process.

[1] https://github.com/osuran/Azure-templates

Thank you,


On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Osura Rathnayake <osura...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Isuru,
>
> Thank you. That will solve the issue.
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Isuru Haththotuwa <isu...@wso2.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Osura,
>>
>> If you need any customizations/configurations done at the VM startup, you
>> can use /etc/rc.local script to do it. Also, if you define the JAVA_HOME in
>> a system wide bashrc file at /etc/bash.bashrc it won't get deleted when the
>> user home is removed.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Osura Rathnayake <osura...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Imesh,
>>>
>>> You can only capture a generalized VM image, so when it's being
>>> generalized, all of the data in '/home' is erased. Since .bashrc is also in
>>> '/home/<user home directory>', it's also erased. Only the data that are not
>>> in '/home' is preserved.
>>>
>>> Okay I will try out these steps.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 10:14 AM, Imesh Gunaratne <im...@wso2.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Osura,
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Jul 24, 2016 at 6:30 PM, Osura Rathnayake <osura...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Mentors,
>>>>>
>>>>> I could successfully configure auto scaling with a VM which has a WSO2
>>>>> application server installed in it. When capturing a VM, it first get
>>>>> deallocated and then generalized.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ​I'm sorry I did not get this. Can you please elaborate this further?
>>>> ​
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> So the Java home set in .bashrc is gone in the captured image of the
>>>>> VM. So I had to reset the Java home and also I had to manually start the
>>>>> server after the startup of the VM.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ​​I think you are trying to create a VM image from a running VM
>>>> instance and try to reuse that. Can you please try following:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>    1. Create a VM instance from Ubuntu 14.04 VM image
>>>>    2. Extract JDK 1.7 (JAVA_HOME) and the WSO2 server distribution
>>>>    (CARBON_HOME) to /opt/ directory.
>>>>    3. Write a brash script (init.sh) to start the WSO2 server by
>>>>    invoking CARBON_HOME/bin/wso2server.sh
>>>>    4. Update /etc/rc.local to invoke the above bash script; init.sh
>>>>    5. Create a VM image of this VM instance.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Is there any method developed in WSO2 to overcome this situation?
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Osura Rathnayake <osura...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Isuru,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That time is fine by me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Isuru Haththotuwa <isu...@wso2.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Osura,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:15 AM, Osura Rathnayake <
>>>>>>> osura...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Mentors,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I will try using Puppet.
>>>>>>>> It wasn't a problem with log path/pattern, in fact I used the same
>>>>>>>> log path that I used last time. I believe it was a bug from Azure side,
>>>>>>>> please check the attached screenshots.
>>>>>>>> Shall we please have the meeting on Friday?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> +1. How about 2.00 - 3.0.0 PM on Friday?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> thank you,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 6:50 PM, Isuru Haththotuwa <isu...@wso2.com
>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hi Osura,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Shall we have a hangout on Thursday/ Friday to discuss and
>>>>>>>>> demonstrate the current progress of the project? Please let us know 
>>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>> preference.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 3:35 PM, Imesh Gunaratne <im...@wso2.com>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Osura,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Osura Rathnayake <
>>>>>>>>>> osura...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Mentors,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> This is the progress so far.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *Auto scaling*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Azure supports two paradigms of auto scaling, vertical and
>>>>>>>>>>> horizontal. Vertical scaling, also known as scale up and scale 
>>>>>>>>>>> down, means
>>>>>>>>>>> increasing or decreasing virtual machine (VM) sizes in response to a
>>>>>>>>>>> workload. As I explained in one of my previous emails, vertical auto
>>>>>>>>>>> scaling is achieved through monitoring rules. We can set it to 
>>>>>>>>>>> trigger an
>>>>>>>>>>> alarm when certain conditions are met and also as the action we can 
>>>>>>>>>>> set up
>>>>>>>>>>> a runbook to scale up or down. I could successfully get VMs to 
>>>>>>>>>>> scale up and
>>>>>>>>>>> down using this feature.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ​We would use horizontal scaling in most scenarios.​
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Horizontal scaling, also referred to as scale out and scale in,
>>>>>>>>>>> where the number of VMs is altered depending on the workload. 
>>>>>>>>>>> Horizontal
>>>>>>>>>>> scaling is achieved through virtual machine scale sets (VMSS). One
>>>>>>>>>>> important thing about VMSS is that the VMs included should be of 
>>>>>>>>>>> the same
>>>>>>>>>>> size and have the same OS image. All the VMs in the scale set are 
>>>>>>>>>>> added to
>>>>>>>>>>> the load balancer, as a backend pool. Backend pool is a pool of VMs 
>>>>>>>>>>> which
>>>>>>>>>>> share the traffic coming via the load balancer. We can add auto 
>>>>>>>>>>> scale
>>>>>>>>>>> rules, as to when additional VMs should be added and removed, based 
>>>>>>>>>>> on the
>>>>>>>>>>> conditions. I could test some auto scale rules and observed VMs 
>>>>>>>>>>> getting
>>>>>>>>>>> added to the backend pool. But one problem is that when these VMs 
>>>>>>>>>>> getting
>>>>>>>>>>> added, it’s a whole new VM.  I’m trying to add custom made VMs 
>>>>>>>>>>> which has a
>>>>>>>>>>> wso2 product installed and configured.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ​Yes we would need a VM image with required WSO2 product and
>>>>>>>>>> pre-requisites to test this. At WSO2 we use Puppet​
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ​for automating the installation process [1]. With Puppet we can
>>>>>>>>>> use one base VM image and start a VM for any WSO2 product. Puppet 
>>>>>>>>>> does the
>>>>>>>>>> WSO2 product installation at the VM startup.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Note: only a limited horizontal scaling features are supported
>>>>>>>>>>> in the azure portal yet so I’m using REST API to create and manage 
>>>>>>>>>>> auto
>>>>>>>>>>> scaling features.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *Centralized logging*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I was able to get log to Log Analytics using custom logs. I have
>>>>>>>>>>> collected logs generated from 2 wso2 application servers. You only 
>>>>>>>>>>> have to
>>>>>>>>>>> add respective VMs to the Log analytics and set the path where logs 
>>>>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>>>>> located. This feature was under public preview, which might have 
>>>>>>>>>>> been one
>>>>>>>>>>> reason why it didn’t work last time when I tried.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ​Was the issue with the log file path/pattern?​ Did it work once
>>>>>>>>>> you remove that?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/wso2/puppet-modules/wiki/Use-WSO2-Puppet-Modules-in-puppet-master-agent-Environment
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ​Thanks​
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Osura Rathnayake <
>>>>>>>>>>> osura...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Isuru,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Please accept my apologies I have messed up names in my last
>>>>>>>>>>>> email. I'm not going to be available today due to an unavoidable
>>>>>>>>>>>> circumstance so can we please have the meeting on Wednesday? 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Extremely
>>>>>>>>>>>> sorry if it made any inconvenience. I will update you with a 
>>>>>>>>>>>> detailed email
>>>>>>>>>>>> today for sure.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Isuru Haththotuwa <
>>>>>>>>>>>> isu...@wso2.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Osura,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can you send a detailed updated on the current status? Shall
>>>>>>>>>>>>> we have a meeting on Monday to review the progress.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Osura Rathnayake <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> osura...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Imesh,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> About dynamically adding members to the load balancer, I will
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> cross check it with auto-scaling. I couldn't look into that from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> auto-scaling end since I couldn't test it yet.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about monitoring, yes we can do a POC on that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 12:53 PM, Imesh Gunaratne <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> im...@wso2.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Osura Rathnayake <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> osura...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Imesh,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> About centralized logging, I'm trying to get logs to the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Log Analytics using few methods supported in azure. We can 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> either parse
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> logs in to syslogs and send to the Log Analytics or create 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> custom logs
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> specifying the logs location. As you said, logs shouldn't be 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in .txt
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> extension, I got it clarified from a azure blog. Will update 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you soon after
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I could resolve it.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ​Right, thanks for the update!​
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No you can't dynamically add VMs to the load balancer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Backend pool, where all the VMs reside, should be predefined.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ​Technically that capability should be there. Otherwise we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would not be able to autoscale a server cluster dynamically.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ​
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you can auto-scale using scale sets(I'm still researching
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about it), that's the equivalent of AWS auto scaling group . 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> also you can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> scale up or down a VM if it exceeds a certain parameter like 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CPU usage,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> using monitoring rules.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Monitoring *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Azure has a native monitoring tool which involves
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> collecting and tracking metrics, analyzing log files, defining 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> custom
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> metrics and logging generated by specific applications or 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> workloads running
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in Virtual Machines. Azure represents monitored data in a 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> graphical manner
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> using charts. Monitoring also facilitates triggering alarms 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> when certain
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> conditions are met and also it can be configured to take 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> actions on the met
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> conditions. Monitoring is done by the Diagnostic Extension and 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it has
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> following capabilities.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ·         Collects and uploads the system performance
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> information from the Linux VM to the user's storage table, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> including
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> diagnostic and syslog information.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ·         Enables users to customize the data metrics that
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> will be collected and uploaded.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ·         Enables users to upload specified log files to a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> designated storage table.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Note: Azure storage tables are a non-relational,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> key-value-pair, storage system suitable for storing massive 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> amounts of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> unstructured data.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We can add monitor rules so that when an alert triggers it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> notifies the admins via email. Furthermore we can set to take 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> automated
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> actions. Azure automate actions by running runbooks. A runbook 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is a set of
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tasks that perform some automated process in Azure Automation. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> create our own runbooks as well. Available runbooks include,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ·         Restart VM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ·         Stop VM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ·         Remove VM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ·         Scale up VM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ·         Scale down VM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When scaling up it sets the virtual machine to the next
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> larger size within the size group and when scaling down it 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sets the virtual
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> machine to the next smaller size within the size group.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> More about runbooks and automation [1]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ​Sounds good, will us be able to do a POC on this?​
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Auto scaling *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Auto-scaling is the process of dynamically allocating the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> resources required by an application to match performance 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> requirements.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Virtual machine scale sets are an Azure Compute resource you 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can use to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> deploy and manage a set of identical VMs. With all VMs 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> configured the same,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> VM scale sets are designed to support true auto-scale  no 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> pre-provisioning
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> of VMs is required – and as such makes it easier to build 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> large-scale
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> services targeting big compute, big data, and containerized 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> workloads [2].
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Note: I couldn’t practically do this as my azure free
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> account lets me have only 4 cores and I have used all of them 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> on my current
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> deployment. I’m getting a new azure account from one of my 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> friends in a day
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> so hopefully I will do this on it and update you.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ​Great! Thanks!​
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/automation-intro/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [2]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machine-scale-sets-overview/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Imesh Gunaratne <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> im...@wso2.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 7:11 PM, Osura Rathnayake <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> osura...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Mentors,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In addition to refining the membership scheme code, I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> looked into following features of Azure.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ​
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ​Good findings Osura, please find few questions inline:​
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ​
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Azure dynamic load balancing*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Azure has a native load balancer which is very easy to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> configure. It’s a layer 4 (TCP, UDP) load balancer which 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> helps to spread
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> traffic among healthy virtual machines. Following are some 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> key terms you
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> need to know.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ​
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ​Can members be dynamically added and removed to/from a
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> load balancer? To check this we may need to explore how 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> autoscaling works.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On AWS this is handled with autoscaling groups [3]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Capturing Virtual Machine Images as templates*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Azure provides the feature of generalizing and capturing
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> virtual machines so that they can be used as templates. This 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is very useful
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and time saving when the production environment has many 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> instances of the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> same kind of virtual machine. When the virtual machine is 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> being generalized
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all the data in user directories are erased so better to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> have wso2 product
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> directory not in "/home/*". More about this can be found 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> here [2].
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Once the virtual machine is captured, it is stored in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> storage account that is associated with the virtual machine. 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can either
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> download this or use directly by referring to the URI when 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> you want to make
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> other virtual machines with this template. What would be 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> awesome is if we
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> can fully configure the virtual machine with a given product 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and make it
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> available to users.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ​Yes, this is mandatory. Otherwise we would not be able to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> autoscale a server cluster.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ​​I'm sorry I may have missed, how did it go with
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> centralized logging?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [3]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> http://docs.aws.amazon.com/autoscaling/latest/userguide/AutoScalingGroup.html
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ​Thanks​
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/load-balancer-overview/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [2]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-linux-capture-image/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 12:18 PM, Osura Rathnayake <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> osura...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Akila,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please refer to the screenshots that I have attached.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> When I updated localMemberPort to 4200, I can see it being 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> reflected in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> logs when members are joining. So should I still make 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> modifications in the
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> code?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> .gitignore was added.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> okay I will write test cases in testNG and update
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Akila Ravihansa Perera <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> raviha...@wso2.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 11:38 AM, Osura Rathnayake <
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> osura...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi Akila,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please check the modified code. It now takes the value
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which is specified as localMemberPort in axis2.xml.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I still don't see any change to the logic of how member
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> address is calculated. Can you double check?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please make sure "target/**" directories are ignored
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from .gitignore. These shouldn't be in the repo [1]. You 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> might also need to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ignore any IDE specific files. Have a look at .gitignore 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in Kubernetes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> artifacts [2].
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I see that you have committed some test cases based on
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> JUnit. Please note that as a platform we are moving to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> testng framework so
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> better to use that.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> @Imesh, Isuru: Please correct me if I'm wrong.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Shall we get a repo created under wso2-incubator for
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [1]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/osuran/azure-membership-scheme/tree/master/target
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> [2]
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://github.com/wso2/kubernetes-artifacts/blob/master/.gitignore
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Akila Ravihansa Perera
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WSO2 Inc.;  http://wso2.com/
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Blog: http://ravihansa3000.blogspot.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Osura Rathnayake
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Osura Rathnayake
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Imesh Gunaratne*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Software Architect
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WSO2 Inc: http://wso2.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> T: +94 11 214 5345 M: +94 77 374 2057
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> W: https://medium.com/@imesh TW: @imesh
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Osura Rathnayake
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Imesh Gunaratne*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Software Architect
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WSO2 Inc: http://wso2.com
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> T: +94 11 214 5345 M: +94 77 374 2057
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> W: https://medium.com/@imesh TW: @imesh
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Osura Rathnayake
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Isuru H.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> +94 716 358 048* <http://wso2.com/>*
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Osura Rathnayake
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>>>>> Osura Rathnayake
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>> *Imesh Gunaratne*
>>>>>>>>>> Software Architect
>>>>>>>>>> WSO2 Inc: http://wso2.com
>>>>>>>>>> T: +94 11 214 5345 M: +94 77 374 2057
>>>>>>>>>> W: https://medium.com/@imesh TW: @imesh
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Isuru H.
>>>>>>>>> +94 716 358 048* <http://wso2.com/>*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>>> Osura Rathnayake
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Isuru H.
>>>>>>> +94 716 358 048* <http://wso2.com/>*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Osura Rathnayake
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Osura Rathnayake
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> *Imesh Gunaratne*
>>>> Software Architect
>>>> WSO2 Inc: http://wso2.com
>>>> T: +94 11 214 5345 M: +94 77 374 2057
>>>> W: https://medium.com/@imesh TW: @imesh
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Osura Rathnayake
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks and Regards,
>>
>> Isuru H.
>> +94 716 358 048* <http://wso2.com/>*
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Osura Rathnayake
>



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