[ale] which distribution for KVM and OpenECP

[David Hillman]

Thanks for all of the replies.  So far, I don't think any of the options
will work. Basically, I would need KVM on a single box and a simple
Web-based panel to do certain things:

1. Create and start virtual machine from template (we used a lot of Turnkey
Linux stuff)
2. Pause (standby) virtual machine
3. Check running status, network settings, domain name, etc
4. Backup virtual machine to S3 or any such storage that we might have.  The
Turnkey Linux devices all have facilities for backup of data inside the
machines.  Better yet, having a cron script to do backups automatically
would be nice.

This is meant for programmers, including some Windows people, so no CLI
stuff.  Virtualmin looks promising (love Webmin) but it has some ways to go.
 Something like this might need to be custom-built for our environment.  I
have decided to stay with VMware ESXi for now, with some reduced
functionality.

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 9:08 PM, Wolf Halton <wolf at wolfhalton.info> wrote:

>  Eucalyptis +1 (with caveat that the last time I played with it, it needed
> a core for every running server instance)
>
>
> On 03/17/2011 12:19 PM, David Hillman wrote:
>
> Oh no, I was under the impression OpenECP was a total fork of Enomaly ECP.
>  Removing someone's copyright statements and then releasing code under a
> different name is just bad form.  The codebase is a mess anyway.  I
> initially tried to use Enomaly ECP about a month ago, but they had already
> removed the free version from Sourceforge.  They have been having talks with
> Amazon, so who knows what will happen there.
>
>  I tried to use the free VMware ESXi with the hope of developing a
> Web-based control panel, but that isn't allowed by VMware unless an
> expensive license is purchased.  I also looked into Eucalyptus, but I don't
> want to have to deal with a cloud controller and different nodes; I wanted
> something simpler.  Still, using something like UEC seems to be the easiest
> and most flexible route.  Thanks for the tip.
>
> On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:42 AM, Steve Brown <scbrown3 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I had not heard of OpenECP until now. Going to there site, it looks like
>> they received a cease and desist letter from Enomaly ECP over the use of the
>> ECP trademark and AGPL violations. Oops :) I'll have to look into it though.
>>
>> Have you looked into Eucalyptus? It seems to do what you are talking about
>> also. This is also what Ubuntu is pushing with their UEC [0] distro.
>>
>>
>> -Steve Brown
>>
>> [0] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UEC
>>
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