Re: [lxc-users] inventory / dashboard tool to manage LXD containers' lifecycle

[Nicola Volpini]

Thank you all for the tips.

I wasn't aware Ansible introduced the lxd module. I knew they were
working on it, good to know!
It is not a full lifecycle solution but probably better than nothing.
I'd love to see this integrated into Foreman, eventually.

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Re: [lxc-users] inventory / dashboard tool to manage LXD containers' lifecycle

[Tilak Waelde]

Haven't used it yet, but isn't there:
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/lxd_container_module.html


On 09/05/2016 12:03 PM, Mark Constable wrote:
> On 05/09/16 19:38, Nicola Volpini wrote:
>> As per subject: is there any existing project able to manage the 
>> lifecycle of LXD containers via some form of frontend/webgui?
>> [...] 
>> Anyone out there who managed to integrate these tools and LXD? I
>> would be cool to do for LXD what has been done for VMs.
> 
> Absolutely a huge ++1 from me.
> 
> For a systemd based OS, this is in the ballpark if the LXD API was
> added to the Docker smarts...
> 
> https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit
> 
> If Cockpit was a Go based project I would have got more involved.
> If there is nothing more advanced then this could make for a good
> starting point, FWIW...
> 
> https://github.com/lxc/lxd-demo-server
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Re: [lxc-users] inventory / dashboard tool to manage LXD containers' lifecycle

[brian mullan]

Michael DeHaan was the creator of both Cobbler and Ansible and he lives in
the same city as I do (Raleigh  NC).

I'd met Michael when he briefly worked at Cisco Systems a few years ago and
over lunch I'd talked to him about some of my work with (at the time) LXC.

Michael and already moved on from Cobbler and had just developed what
became Ansible.

Anyway.. a year ago he posted his thoughts on LXC after using it for a
while:

http://michaeldehaan.net/post/111599240017/skipping-docker-for-lxc-for-local-development

I'd also like to throw this out there.   A year or so ago I'd learned about
Rundeck.

http://rundeck.org/docs/manual/introduction.html

Rundeck is used by folks like Disney, Salesforce, etc/

I installed & used Rundeck for a short time just to see how it worked and
felt that it would make a great LXC & now LXD orchestration/provisioning
system.I kept meaning to go back and spend some more time with it but
other projects diverted my short attention span :-)

The Rundeck "tutorials" 
would should give you an idea why...

Rundeck could easily be adapted to LXD's* command line* syntax.

But someone more technically inclined than me I believe could also create
an LXD JSON plugin for Rundeck's Plugin API ecosystem
  that would also make management of
LXD containers (remotely or locally) easy.

Rundeck does support the concept of "roles" so that too could enable "user"
vs "admin" type LXD jobs to be developed.

Anyway, I thought I'd mention it as Rundeck's Web interface is easy and (to
me) it seemed a good fit for use with LXD.

Brian
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Re: [lxc-users] inventory / dashboard tool to manage LXD containers' lifecycle

[Mark Constable]

On 05/09/16 19:38, Nicola Volpini wrote:
> As per subject: is there any existing project able to manage the 
> lifecycle of LXD containers via some form of frontend/webgui?
> [...] 
> Anyone out there who managed to integrate these tools and LXD? I
> would be cool to do for LXD what has been done for VMs.

Absolutely a huge ++1 from me.

For a systemd based OS, this is in the ballpark if the LXD API was
added to the Docker smarts...

https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit

If Cockpit was a Go based project I would have got more involved.
If there is nothing more advanced then this could make for a good
starting point, FWIW...

https://github.com/lxc/lxd-demo-server

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Re: [lxc-users] inventory / dashboard tool to manage LXD containers' lifecycle

[Rémy Dernat]

Hi,

This is quite Interesting. I think Juju can do that :
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/06/17/12-questions-about-juju/

However I am quite interesting in such a thing too, but more "SaltStack"
oriented than Ansible ;)

Best regards,
Rémy

2016-09-05 11:38 GMT+02:00 Nicola Volpini :

> Hello, everyone.
>
> As per subject: is there any existing project able to manage the
> lifecycle of LXD containers via some form of frontend/webgui?
>
> I am very pleased by what Foreman can do for VMs: It can assign a random
> or predictable hostname, deploy a VM on a host of choice (or in the
> cloud), kickstart/preseed it and then keep track of its existence for
> all its life. When done with the vm it can be destroyed and removed from
> the database.
> Ansible tower is providing a very similar feature via system tracking
> and even allowing the users to setup their own hosts via self-service
> (surveys).
>
> I am not aware of any support to LXD provided by Foreman and Ansible,
> and I am honestly surprised since LXD is such a powerful piece of
> technology.
>
> Anyone out there who managed to integrate these tools and LXD? I would
> be cool to do for LXD what has been done for VMs.
>
> Thanks!
> Nicola
>
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[lxc-users] inventory / dashboard tool to manage LXD containers' lifecycle

[Nicola Volpini]

Hello, everyone.

As per subject: is there any existing project able to manage the
lifecycle of LXD containers via some form of frontend/webgui?

I am very pleased by what Foreman can do for VMs: It can assign a random
or predictable hostname, deploy a VM on a host of choice (or in the
cloud), kickstart/preseed it and then keep track of its existence for
all its life. When done with the vm it can be destroyed and removed from
the database.
Ansible tower is providing a very similar feature via system tracking
and even allowing the users to setup their own hosts via self-service
(surveys).

I am not aware of any support to LXD provided by Foreman and Ansible,
and I am honestly surprised since LXD is such a powerful piece of
technology.

Anyone out there who managed to integrate these tools and LXD? I would
be cool to do for LXD what has been done for VMs.

Thanks!
Nicola


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