OpenStack on Hyper-V talk from the Folsom OpenStack Summit 2012

1. Essex based Nova-Compute

2. Intro
 Jordan Rinke  Peter Pouliot, CISSP
 Jordan@OpenStack.org  PPouliot@microsoft.com
 @JordanRinke  IRC:primeminsterp
 Former OpenStack  Sr. Engineer in Microsoft’s
Integration Engineer / Open Source Technology
Rackspace Cloud Builder Center.
team member  Presenter Oct’11 Essex
Conference on prior work
deploying OpenStack
using Hyper-V as
compute.

3. What?
 Microsoft is working to restore and
enhance Hyper-V support in OpenStack
 Microsoft is providing dedicated
resources to support ongoing
OpenStack on Hyper-V efforts
 Current development efforts focused on
Hyper-V features with Essex and
beyond

4. Why?
 One of the founding principles of
OpenStack was Hypervisor Ubiquity
 Allows enterprises to utilize existing
infrastructure, tools, and in-house expertise
they already have.
 Customer and partner demand
 It provides an enterprise OS running a
private cloud that is interoperable and
expandable into public cloud spaces
 Allows for potential System Center
Integration points

5. What we’re working on?
 Python32 based service
 Start/Stop VMs
 Initial Glance integration
 Resize/Rescue/Pause/Suspend Resume/Host-
Guest Info Reporting coming soon
 Silent installer
 Installation instructions
 Jenkins infrastructure and CI Testing
 Test integration planning
 Ongoing feature planning for Folsom and
beyond.

6. How does it work?
 Let us show you

7. I will take 10, right now.

8. Clearing the Smoke and Mirrors
 Ubuntu based controller with dashboard
 FlatDHCP configured
 Currently no Floating IP support
 Hyper-V compute node only
 Very controlled environment
 Stable production-quality code coming
soon

9. Improving for Folsom
 Additional VM functions
 Live Migrations
 Volume support
 Snapshots
 Support Nova-network on Hyper-V
compute node
 Non-flat Networking
 image conversion
 And more…

10. Windows Server “8” is coming…
Lots of additional opportunities to add and improve for Folsom!

11. Python/Git on/for Windows sounds scary…

12. Python on Windows (Users)
 For users and operators the goal is to
have it fit in to the traditional windows
installer experience
 Help us fine tune this to make it more
accessible to all people who want to run
it.
 Share your deployment experience

13. Python on Windows (Devs)
 If you don’t have experience with
Python/Git on Windows it is pretty easy
 Let me show you my setup

14. Python for Windows (Devs)
 If you have a Linux setup and want to
dev/port for Windows this is just as easy
 Let me show you my setup

15. Can it be done?

16. Let’s Recap
 This is officially a Microsoft sponsored
Project!!
 Dedicated MS staff to support
OpenStack/Hyper-V efforts
 Dedicated Hardware/Network resources
 Initial set of features improved over previous
Hyper-V functionality
 Jenkins deployed, CI evolving
 Test integration plans forming
 Folsom feature discussions beginning (nova-
volume, nova-network, live migration,
snapshots)

17. Join the Movement!
 Lets make Hyper-V a premiere hypervisor
in Folsom
 Developers willing to work on extending the
Hyper-V driver for nova-compute
 Developers willing to work on at least
porting nova-network to Windows Server
“8”
 Users willing to beta test new code,
prioritize feature requests, and contribute
overall feedback
 With a little momentum this can take off!

18. Where to get it?
 http://wiki.openstack.org/Hyper-V
 Will be updated as new installer and
configuration information is available
 All other resources will stem from this
one page for unity

19. How to get involved?
 Find one of us to chat if you have
questions
 Check the wiki for links to
etherpad/forums etc. for discussion
 Email us:
 jordan@openstack.org
 ppouliot@microsoft.com