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Web-based Virtual Machine Management

1,515 bytes added, 03:58, 21 October 2007
Updated for October's progress, added v0.1 release
== Project Name ==
Web-based Virtual Machine Management(aka virtbuilder)
== Project Description ==
"Create a web-based rapid provisioning system for virtual machines, building on work started by Ben Hearsum. A user could select an operating system, toolchain, and source branch and the VM would be configured and started (using Xen, KVM, or another hypervisor/backend). Resources: bhearsum"
== Project Leader(s) ==
== Project Contributor(s) ==
I will want a lot of technical help, but as . As of right now I have nothing specific to ask for: but, read [http://jbopensrc. This should change after v0wordpress.com/2007/10/21/virtbuilder-v01-1-part-code-1. Non-technical things I may want in part-mockup-3-parts-questions/ my blog] and answer some of the future:questions if you can.
== Project Details == === Related bugs === Since I'm not hacking on Firefox or any Mozilla products per se, finding bugs related to my project is sort of difficult. To get in the right direction I tried searching Bugzilla for 'vmware', 'xen', 'kvm', and 'try server'. Here are a few results: * name suggestions (Web[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386091 Moz386091 Firefox Profiles in VMware Host create multiple files]* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393092 Moz393092 tracking bug for next try server version]* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393259 Moz393259 Try server slaves should not use anonymous pserver on cvs.mozilla.org for checking out] Update: As of October 21 2007 I've noticed that I'm going to be using the Redhat bugzilla a lot more than Mozilla's. Here are a few actually relevant bugs: * [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=248010 RH248010 cannot create vm on qemu-based Virtual Machine Management sucks)setup]* [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253354 RH253354 Virt-Manager does not allow changing RAM allocation for KVM guest]* [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=246354 RH246354 2 pointer cursors diverging under -vnc option]
== Project Details ==
=== v0.1 goal ===
* very simple CLI tool that will boot a pre-built Xen machine, using either libvirt or virsh
* if time, very rudimentary control of virtual machine (i.e. change RAM)
* [added in lieu of above] HTML mockup
 
== Releases ==
=== Related bugs v0.1 release ===
Since I'm not hacking on Firefox or any Mozilla products per se, finding bugs related to my * Python script which boots a prebuilt KVM virtual machine via libvirt* Barebones mockup of web interface: the project is sort of difficult. To get in the right direction I tried searching Bugzilla for 'vmware', 'xen', 'kvm', and 'try server'. Here are a few resultsnutshell* [http://matrix.senecac.on.ca/~jabuchan/virtbuilder0.1.zip Download virtbuilder0.1.zip]
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386091 386091 Firefox Profiles in VMware Host create multiple files]
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393092 393092 tracking bug for next try server version]
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=393259 393259 Try server slaves should not use anonymous pserver on cvs.mozilla.org for checking out]
== Project News ==
2007-09-30: v0.1 goal stated.
 
2007-10-10: Installed Fedora 7 successfully.
 
2007-10-11: Began experimenting with virt-install, KVM and QEMU.
 
2007-10-12: Successfully installed Fedora 7 inside KVM/QEMU virtual machine.
 
2007-10-19: Completed a v0.1 goal: create simple CLI program to boot prebuilt virtual machine.
 
2007-10-20: Completed a v0.1 goal: create mockup.
 
2007-10-21: Released v0.1. New, temporary name is 'virtbuilder': (criteria: less than 36 chars, 0 google results)
 
== Related links ==
 
[http://kvm.qumranet.com/kvmwiki KVM homepage]
 
[http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/ QEMU homepage]
 
[http://libvirt.org/ libvirt homepage]
 
[https://bugzilla.redhat.com/ Redhat bugzilla]
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