OpenStack Preemptible Instances Extensions

OPIE is the materialization of the preemptible instances extension serving as a reference implementation. This package provides a set of pluggable extensions for OpenStack Compute (nova) making possible to execute premptible instances using a modified filter scheduler.

Summary:

• Release Notes

  • What's new

  • List of RfCs

  • Deployment Notes

  • Known Issues

  • List of Artifacts

• Documentation

• Support

Release Notes

What's new

New features and fixes as from commits/12.0.0:

• Create a HostStatePartial and a new HostManager classes

• Introduce a preemptible instances filter scheduler

• Update tox.ini with upstream changes

• api: raise HTTP NotImplemented instead of returning empty

• api: add unit testing

Supported Platforms:

• CentOS7 & Ubuntu 14.04

• OpenStack v. Liberty

List of RfCs

• https://github.com/indigo-dc/opie/issues

Deployment Notes

After setting the INDIGO-DC repositories as explained in the Generic Installation & Configuration Guide:

• On CentOS 7, as root or otherwise using sudo:

  $ yum install -y https://repos.fedorapeople.org/openstack/openstack-liberty/rdo-release-liberty-5.noarch.rpm

  $ yum clean all

  $ yum install opie

• On Ubuntu 14.04, as root or otherwise using sudo: $ add-apt-repository cloud-archive:liberty $ apt-get update $ apt-get install opie

• More details regarding installation can be found here
• After the installation the service needs to be configured as described here

Known Issues

• N/A

List of Artifacts

Packages:

• opie-12.0.0-1.el7.centos.noarch.rpm

• opie-doc_12.0.0-1ubuntu0_all.deb

• opie_12.0.0-1ubuntu0_all.deb

Documentation

• OPIE GitBook

Support

• Please use the INDIGO - DataCloud CatchAll GGUS Support Unit

  or

• https://github.com/indigo-dc/opie/issues