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On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 8:35 PM, rhythmandcode <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> OK, I think I get it on the scripting.
>
> It might make it easier to get started customizing roles if they were
> setup with all of their "magic" being handled by scripts through the
> Scalr interface.  That would allow you to examine the MySQL role for
> instance and see that scripts are firing for OnHostUp,OnHostDown,
> etc... and allow you to see exactly what's happening in the scripts.
> (I realize you can figure this stuff out now by examining the SNMP
> traps are on an instance, but having it available through the web
> interface would be much more transparent.)
>
> It seems that some of the Scalr roles automatically run equivalents to
> some of the in-Scalr scripts (such as building /etc/aws/hosts and /etc/
> hosts).  It would just be less confusing if everything happened in one
> place.  It might also make upgrading AMIs easier for you guys because
> (theoretically) you wouldn't need to fire up new Amazon AMIs,
> customize them for Scalr, then relese to the Scalr community.  You
> could just grab a new Amazon AMI, tell Scalr which scripts to run
> when, and you're off.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeremy
>
>
> On Aug 22, 9:54 am, Frederic Sidler <[email protected]> wrote:
> > If possible adapt the based on customer timezone. I'm in Switzerland
> > and the logs and monitoring infos are delayed.
> >
> > Envoyé de mon iPhone
> >
> > Le 22 août 2009 à 06:37, Marten Nelson <[email protected]> a
> > écrit :
> >
> > > I agree with previous posters wish-lists. Here are couple of more
> > > suggestions:
> >
> > > - For terminate or delete actions of a farm (or any other object for
> > > that matter), clearly state the name of the farm on the confirmation
> > > page
> > > - display farm name on load stats page
> > > - display time data was collected on load stats page
> >
> > > M
> >
> > > On Aug 21, 2009, at 1:14 PM, Sebastian Stadil wrote:
> >
> > >> Thanks for the feedback, looking forward to hear from the
> > >> others.  :-)
> >
> > >> A Getting Started guide is now available here:
> http://wiki.scalr.net/Getting_Started
> > >>  ; feel free to contribute, edit, and improve.
> >
> > >> The Scalr.net script interface saves you time by avoiding the need
> > >> to synchronize.
> >
> > >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 12:55 PM, rhythmandcode <
> [email protected]
> > >> > wrote:
> >
> > >> 1.  For load statistics it would be nice to be able to see stats for
> > >> each individual instance as well as aggregated.  Say you notice that
> > >> your app Role is seeing high CPU activity, if you have 5 app servers,
> > >> you potentially need to log onto all 5 and run top to discover that
> > >> some process got stuck in an infinite loop on one instance.  (Yeah,
> > >> silly and contrived example, but you get the idea.)
> >
> > >> 2.  Better "getting started" documentation.  I think that in general
> > >> Scalr is pretty easy to use, once you understand the concepts that
> > >> are
> > >> at it's core.  For instance some docs that clearly explain the full
> > >> life-cycle of a Scalr instance, along with all of the events/
> > >> callbacks
> > >> that get executed, and how to hook your own processes/scripts into
> > >> the
> > >> ecosystem.  There's a lot of "magic" built into Scalr, and that can
> > >> be
> > >> intimidating if you don't understand exactly what's going on under
> > >> the
> > >> hood and you need to tweak it a little bit.  Just some pointers to
> > >> and
> > >> explanation of the "magic" would do wonders.
> >
> > >> Along these lines, maybe someone can tell me.  What exactly are the
> > >> differences and pros/cons between placing a script in the Scalr.net
> > >> interface and setting it to execute on a Role VS. customizing the AMI
> > >> for the role and placing scripts in the SNMP traps area?
> >
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Jeremy
> >
> > >> On Aug 21, 11:51 am, Kevin Baker <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Kevin Baker <[email protected]>
> > >> wrote:
> >
> > >> > >    1. Auto refresh data on logs
> > >> > >    2. I like the look of your scalr.net main page... maybe use
> > >> that for
> > >> > >    the look and feel of the scalr site
> > >> > >    3. Create dashboard for home page by default. It should have
> > >> widgets
> > >> > >    with:
> > >> > >    1. uptime/status on each farm/application
> > >> > >       2. general usage information stuff like:
> > >> > >      https://scalr.net/farm_usage_stats.php
> > >> > >       4. Optionally allow us to set main page after login to
> > >> goto any of
> > >> > >    the pages
> > >> > >    5. For new users give them more instruction on setting up a
> > >> farm
> > >> > >    6. Wizard for setting up DNS early on. The DNS was essential
> > >> for us,
> > >> > >    some recommendations would be helpful.
> > >> > >       1. Setting up secondary DNS
> > >> > >       2. Using a dot info domain with scalr and then using
> > >> cnames to it on
> > >> > >       our primaries.... much eisier to manage.
> > >> > >    7. more to come....
> >
> > >> > Much more robust monitoring:
> > >> > - on call rotation
> > >> > - roles/groups to alert specific roles based on specific events
> > >> rather than
> > >> > specific email addresses
> > >> > - SMS alerts... we set this up with a third part gateway for
> > >> cheap, be happy
> > >> > to give details on this
> > >> > - Alerts on failed http requests, that work the same way the e-
> > >> load balancer
> > >> > does.
> >
> > >> > Scalr on anything:
> > >> > - it would be great to switch the way scaling works a bit. I
> > >> really like the
> > >> > voting system that rightscale has. Basically any event can vote
> > >> to have a
> > >> > server scale, if there are enough votes, based on configurable
> > >> threshold,
> > >> > servers scale
> > >> > - be able to write custom scripts that can submit votes on
> > >> anything.
> > >> > - if not the main thing we are hoping for is to be able to scale
> > >> based on
> > >> > the "http response time" of a service.
> >
> > >> > >    1.
> >
> > >> > > 2009/8/21 Frédéric Sidler <[email protected]>
> >
> > >> > > Here are mine ;-)
> >
> > >> > >>    1. Look at the statistic usage. Not only the farm statistic
> > >> usage, but
> > >> > >>    also the role statistic usage. Unfortunately the the page
> > >> to the stats of a
> > >> > >>    role is not permalinkable ;-( This is a pain for me.
> > >> > >>    2. Don't forget that from time to time we need to deploy
> > >> new version
> > >> > >>    of the application to our servers. Some changes can be done
> > >> without stopping
> > >> > >>    the service (app role update), but some changes require to
> > >> put a temporary
> > >> > >>    "down for maintenance" page. This could be done via nginx I
> > >> think with a
> > >> > >>    simple scripting procedure from your part.
> > >> > >>    3. You were asking for some premium services people would
> > >> be ready to
> > >> > >>    subscribe. Here is one. My instances are managed by Nagios.
> > >> Nagios is great,
> > >> > >>    but it is a pain in the ass to manage instances with Nagios
> > >> especially when
> > >> > >>    new instances are added automatically to the farm. You have
> > >> a great email
> > >> > >>    notification service, but your monitoring solution only
> > >> take the instance
> > >> > >>    into account, not the service and different parameters that
> > >> interests me.
> > >> > >>    You know, I know that Rightscale uses syslog-ng. I would
> > >> like to have a
> > >> > >>    monitoring service that is able to monitor
> > >> > >>       1. disk space
> > >> > >>       2. personnal processes (Jabber, SMS, Postfix, Mecached)
> > >> > >>       3. we need to be informed of what is going wrong on our
> > >> servers,
> > >> > >>       before our users even notify us of the problem ;-)
> > >> > >>    4. Now I'm used to, but it was confusing to call the load
> > >> balancing
> > >> > >>    role "www" at the beginning. Because "www" was associated
> > >> with the web
> > >> > >>    server for me. This is not for me, but for the new users.
> >
> > >> > >> On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Sebastian Stadil
> > >> <[email protected]>wrote:
> >
> > >> > >>> Hello everyone, I think we can all agree that Scalr could be
> > >> made easier
> > >> > >>> to use, so we're starting to work on an easier, more
> > >> accessible UI design.
> >
> > >> > >>>    - The Wizard guides you from start to finish for creating an
> > >> > >>>    application such as a website
> > >> > >>>       - Covers setting up initial DNS,
> > >> > >>>       - Setting up Resources/Farms, Instances, and Roles,
> > >> > >>>       - Setting up your Application, option to pull from
> > >> repository,
> > >> > >>>       - Application versioning
> > >> > >>>    - The Top Menu lets you perform individual tasks, among
> > >> which are
> > >> > >>>       - Maintenance of infrastructure, such as monitoring and
> > >> taking
> > >> > >>>       action*
> > >> > >>>       - Maintenance of your applications, such as application
> > >> versions,
> > >> > >>>       and the possibility off rollback to a previous state
> > >> with whole farm
> > >> > >>>       snapshots
> > >> > >>>       - Adding Farms, Applications, Subdomains, Whole
> > >> domains, Scripts**
> >
> > >> > >>> * What sort of actions do you usually take after looking at the
> > >> > >>> monitoring page?
> > >> > >>> ** What are the individual tasks that you use the most? Which
> > >> ones aren't
> > >> > >>> listed / would you like to have added?
> >
> > >> > >>> We'd like input from the community. Please respond with a
> > >> task that you
> > >> > >>> often perform, and a suggestion on how to streamline it.
> >
> > >> > >>> Cheers,
> > >> > >>> Sebastian
> >
> >
>
> >
>

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