Could you write a step-by-step doc...

[x1a0]

Hey!

This looks like exactly what I want - very cool!

But I am quite new to Cloudify (used Vagrant though). I couldn't figure out where to put this driver and where to put my configuration file.

Could you provide a more detailed doc for that?

THANKS!

[grozeille]

I can do a step by step doc indeed, or better: a youtube video.

In the mean time, I can explain to you briefly:

In the driver configuration, you have a "cloudifyUrl" property which is a link to the cloudify package.
You can do your own package, with custom drivers, and change this URL.

You can also keep the same URL with the default Cloudify package, but add a "cloudifyOverridesUrl" which is a link to a ZIP with additional files. This zip can contains the driver in lib/platform/esm.

We already provide a override package with our VirtulaBox driver and OpenStack Essex driver:
http://opensource.fastconnect.org/maven/service/local/repositories/opensource/content/fr/fastconnect/cloudify-overrides/2.2/cloudify-overrides-2.2-gigaspaces_overrides.zip

If you want to create your own override package, you can follow these steps:

• download Cloudify 2.2
  • http://www.cloudifysource.org/downloads/get_cloudify
• download the driver from nexus (link provided in the README)
  • https://opensource.fastconnect.org/maven/content/repositories/opensource/fr/fastconnect/virtualbox-cloudify-driver/1.2/virtualbox-cloudify-driver-1.2.jar
• download the driver dependencies
  • https://opensource.fastconnect.org/maven/service/local/repositories/opensource/content/org/virtualbox/vboxjws/4.1.4/vboxjws-4.1.4-vbox41.jar
  • https://opensource.fastconnect.org/maven/service/local/repositories/opensource/content/org/virtualbox/vboxjws/4.2.0/vboxjws-4.2.0-vbox42.jar
  • http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=commons-codec/commons-codec/20041127.091804/commons-codec-20041127.091804.jar
• create a ZIP file "cloudify_overrides.zip" with the jars in the folder "lib/platform/esm"

Then, you have to configure the driver:

• go to the driver folder of Cloudify in tools/cli/plugins/esc/
• create a folder "vbox"
• put the exemple driver configuration from https://github.com/fastconnect/virtualbox-cloudify-driver/blob/master/src/main/resources/vbox/vbox-cloud.groovy
• copy the "upload" folder from another driver which suits you (depends on the OS). In my case, I changed it for Ubuntu to install Java from a link. The "upload" folder contains also "unzip" and "unzipsfx" which are not installed by default on Ubuntu (or you can do a sudo apt-get install in the bootstrap-management.sh)
• change the driver configuration:
  • change the correct "cloudifyOverridesUrl"
  • change the templates, to use the name of your existing vagrant boxes
  • change the custom properties:
    • change the "vbox.boxes.path" with the path to the Vagrant boxes
    • change the "vbox.hostonlyinterface" with the HostOnlyInterface name (created in VirtualBox)
    • change the "vbox.serverUrl" to use the IP of the HostOnlyInterface
    • change the "vbox.version" depending to the version of VirtualBox (4.1 or 4.2)

Now you can start the cluster:

• start the VirtualBox WebService with no security on the IP of the HostOnlyInterface:
  • VBoxManage setproperty websrvauthlibrary null
  • vboxwebsrv --host 192.168.12.1
• start the Cloudify client:
  • $CLOUDIFY_HOME/bin/cloudify.sh
• bootstrap the cloud with the name of the driver:
  • bootstrap-cloud vbox
• deploy an application:
  • install-application $CLOUDIFY_HOME/recipes/helloworld

[x1a0]

Thanks!

So I need to put "cloudify_overrides.zip" somewhere under HTTP? Can I specify a file system URL?

[grozeille]

File system URL will not work, because this ZIP should be available from the VM in VirtualBox.
Also, the bootstrap-management.sh is doing a "wget" of this url.

But, if you put the ZIP in a shared folder (the driver can mount a shared folder between the VM thanks to "vbox.sharedFolder") and change the bootstrap-management.sh script to do a simple "cp" instead of "wget", then it will work.

You can also use the ZIP we are provinding:
http://opensource.fastconnect.org/maven/service/local/repositories/opensource/content/fr/fastconnect/cloudify-overrides/2.2/cloudify-overrides-2.2-gigaspaces_overrides.zip

But if you don't have an internet connection (as me in some situation), you can setup your local HTTP server.

[x1a0]

Got it. Thank you very much ;)

[x1a0]

hmm... when I try to boot the vbox cloud I got this error:

org.cloudifysource.dsl.internal.DSLValidationException: Could not find upload directory at: /Users/zhangxiao/Codes/cloudify/tools/cli/plugins/esc/vbox/tools/cli/plugins/esc/vbox/upload

looks like the cloud path has some problem...

[grozeille]

You're right, I forgot to fix the groovy for Cloudify 2.2: now the path is relative to the driver.
I just updated the example file: https://github.com/fastconnect/virtualbox-cloudify-driver/blob/master/src/main/resources/vbox/vbox-cloud.groovy

just replace
localDirectory "tools/cli/plugins/esc/vbox/upload"
by
localDirectory "upload"

[x1a0]

Never mind... I forgot to put the driver jar file into lib/platform/esm

[x1a0]

Alright, I feel I am almost there. Now the management VM is starting but then failed with this:

Downloading cloudify installation from http://repository.cloudifysource.org/org/cloudifysource/2.1.1/gigaspaces-cloudify-2.1.1-ga-b1400.zip.tar.gz
Failed downloading cloudify installation : error code: 8

I noticed it tries to download a .zip.tar.gz file. However in the configuration I put the zip file name there. Why does Cloudify append the extension...?

UPDATED

looks like the reason is here:
https://cloudifysource.zendesk.com/entries/22344463-cloudifyurl-issue-with-cloudify-2-2

I guess this also means this driver should use a .tar.gz package too.

[grozeille]

It depends on your bootstrap-management.sh
Here is mine:

if [ ! -z "$CLOUDIFY_OVERRIDES_LINK" ]; then
    echo Downloading cloudify overrides
    wget -q $CLOUDIFY_OVERRIDES_LINK -O $WORKING_HOME_DIRECTORY/gigaspaces_overrides.zip || error_exit $? "Failed downloading cloudify overrides"
fi

[grozeille]

For Cloudify specific issues, you can ask in the official forum: https://cloudifysource.zendesk.com/forums