From owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Wed Aug 24 05:19:33 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-virtualization@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18C1EBC391B for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 05:19:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from s@cassiba.com) Received: from mail-ua0-x235.google.com (mail-ua0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c08::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C434517CE for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2016 05:19:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from s@cassiba.com) Received: by mail-ua0-x235.google.com with SMTP id n59so10211981uan.2 for ; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:19:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cassiba-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc; bh=oit7oZbvXyY9d9orPE5SKHtCrZUQ3KOyMe4keta5riE=; b=yScHUwA/w9phWW5O7RDhOmHpLUAW3xOGGxrQ5do+FUcODZPbrm6MpDQXl1lVcasrUk PKsqF3MGeQc+NFu0wjq2SBskd/k7e3NAf+tMqpFL9CCO8iopwpYBlPOngPjriNIgo6T8 tqaXDQfz9Oqp31NDPLVHQRWq0ZCK+R+WgM95uDjPL14CZYWrVQsVQkcD8O+BRn0u099O Pg3KZxVU6QBrbRp6GnP72GzIWMx16V6A+x/p4JJ9JVCPMlCnsBd6s0H8FmppOmy7W3Kn FVLNs2jnLllcl6YHwwdeCK3GQbfBCAwhjZPU95JwK5DDV6ZxKnFLnXrpTXoOpH+L/biy 3b2w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=oit7oZbvXyY9d9orPE5SKHtCrZUQ3KOyMe4keta5riE=; b=fGXMN+To9D89lnAOUTqJNTd1LX6HgZX+nalS5rofwUJ7PPX6OUKZtIXMwtYe5kQFsR et5LLsYRyD1JtrnA3U6EixwT9De2NnIx4JwsHeTo8VI3ZCJSQ4woBpQm3uMEXpxJM3AU hGe8ZQP8ekGdEDZnnfkHzsj8qFQXu2/A8cCv8u4+UNgzMicbLTgAQ1qFFntWcd+yzlFg BYuZt3UBugEA9PLeu7b5Ab5EYYrqHGvc7tPjK1VZpIFxB1uEXFex0NKf4p+Bg+4mMV3Z bMZj77vrt0b8twjAqkvTeeJqGNwKNlIRtACsXDKFFkR/omdUJZlVymEnW267JknMVSIr FFGA== X-Gm-Message-State: AE9vXwMUozmp7Fj9a1bDQ4jWQjVktrTA98K+AFA9/8QrSahYIr7cHp3bho2TG8lf9auIhfhI46AnSjizHq6FhQ== X-Received: by 10.159.54.225 with SMTP id p88mr678388uap.83.1472015971939; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:19:31 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.103.100.130 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:19:31 -0700 (PDT) X-Originating-IP: [73.222.130.108] Reply-To: s@cassiba.com In-Reply-To: <42e25cfc-29ac-4782-bec9-7dbb91d12b7d@nomadlogic.org> References: <42e25cfc-29ac-4782-bec9-7dbb91d12b7d@nomadlogic.org> From: Samuel Cassiba Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:19:31 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: OpenStack on FreeBSD To: Pete Wright Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: "Discussion of various virtualization techniques FreeBSD supports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 05:19:33 -0000 On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Pete Wright wrote: > > > On 8/23/16 4:38 AM, CeDeROM wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Are there any plans to make stable port/package of OpenStack on FreeBSD? >> :-) >> >> I have seen this nice article that first steps are already made: >> http://empt1e.blogspot.com/2015/06/openstack-on-freebsdxen- >> proof-of-concept.html >> >> It would be really nice to build this kind of cloud infrastructure on >> top of FreeBSD :-) >> > > I have not seen any traction on getting FreeBSD support working on > OpenStack even when talking/working with several OpenStack commercial > vendors. IMHO - if this is something that people see a need for I would > start by focusing on seeing what the state of libvirt is on FreeBSD and > bhyve. I have lost track of where the libvirt code base is in terms of > bhyve support. > > Another two bits...I've worked on OpenStack for several years now and the > only opinion I have of it at this point is that we are probably lucky to > not support it. The code base is a horrible mess, with lots of Linux'isms > baked into it. Yet even if you are running OpenStack on a fully supported > platform like RHEL you will still need to do quite a bit of hacking to make > it work in your environment. I've even seen vendors check in untested code > in the primary github repositories causing a fair amount of headaches. > > In light of this I reckon there is room for an alternative to OpenStack in > the market...hopefully one based on a cleaner implementation :) > > Cheers, > -pete > > > > > > -- > Pete Wright > pete@nomadlogic.org > nomadlogicLA > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-virtualization > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-virtualization-unsubs > cribe@freebsd.org" > There was an effort some time ago to get the Compute service working with FreeBSD: https://github.com/Semihalf/openstack-nova This spawned a blueprint in Nova ( https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/freebsd-compute-node) which gained no traction during the Icehouse cycle, and was never implemented. The Nova code needs rework, and people, to be accepted, and probably wouldn't be until at least Ocata.