openshift origin: build a paas just like red hats

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Build a PaaSJust Like Red Hat’s

Mark AtwoodOpen Source AdvocateOpenShift at Red Hat

Krishna RamanSenior Software Engineer

OpenShift at Red Hat

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Agenda

• What is OpenShift?

• Why Open Source Matters

• Introducing OpenShift Origin

• Overview of OpenShift Origin

• Demo

• Next Steps

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Take a sec to sign up…• openshift.com• Promo Code: OPENCLOUD

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What is OpenShift?

Red Hat’s free cloud-hosted PaaS for apps

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Kind of like Amazon, right? Nope.

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Why Platform as a Service?• Start quickly, iterate quickly

• Manages the cloud & app stack for you

• Lets you focus on code & customers

Code Deploy Enjoy

Save Time and MoneyCode your app

Push-button Deploy, and your App is running in the Cloud!

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How do I use it?

• Get Started

• Create an account

• Install the client tools

• Choose a namespace

• Create an application

• Choose a language

• Choose a name

• Add cartridges

• Push code with Git

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Now

How to Build an App:1. Have Idea2. Get Budget3. Submit hardware acquisition request4. Wait5. Get Hardware6. Deploy framework/appserver7. Deploy testing tools8. Test testing tools9. Code, test, repeat10. Configure Prod servers (and buy them if needed)11. Push to Prod12. Launch13. Order more servers to meet demand14. Wait15. Deploy new servers16. Etc.

How to Build an App:1. Have Idea2. Code, test, repeat3. Launch4. Scale

“The use of Platform-as-a-Service technologies will enable IT organizations to become more agile and more responsive to the business needs.” –Gartner*

The Old Days

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Create an account• openshift.com• Promo Code: OPENCLOUD

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$ sudo gem install json_pure

$ sudo gem install rhc

Install the Client Tools

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$ rhc domain create -n domain

Choose a namespace

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$ rhc app create -a name -t php-5.3

Create an application

http://name-domain.rhcloud.com

Example: http://scrib-matwood.rhcloud.com

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$ git push

Edit your code

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What’s supported? What isn’t?

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But, this is hosted! I want my own.

Why? Because…

•Existing infrastructure, software and services

•Concerns about security or compliance

•I just like running my own cloud

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But, this is hosted! I want my own.

Why? Because…

•Existing infrastructure, software and services

•Concerns about security or compliance

•I just like running my own cloud

And I want it open source!

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Does Open Source Matter?

You bet!

•If you depend on it, you need to know how it works

•No lock-in

•Build the features you need

•Bugs are found and fixed faster

•Easier to grow and find skilled staff

•Community ecosystem

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Introducing

OpenShift Origin

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What is OpenShift Origin?

• Open source project of the components of OpenShift

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What are the components? On the Server Side

• Stickshift: APIs

• Cartridges: middleware and frameworks management

• CrankCase:• REST API for coordinating app containers

• Messaging system between StickShift and nodes

• Pluggable user authentication

• Domain Name Management

• GearChanger: resource management

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What are the components? On the Client Side

• RHC: OpenShift Origin command line client

connects via REST API

can be installed as a Ruby Gem

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What is the License?

• Apache License 2.0

• OSI approved

• Business friendly

• No contributor agreement

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How can I participate?

• Wiki & Links at

• openshift.redhat.com/community/open-source

• Code is on GitHub

• github.com/openshift

• Resources

• Mailing Lists

• Bugzilla

• IRC

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What’s the governance model?

• Take it, use it, give back what you wish

• Open Community working on Open Source

• Good table manners always helps!

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Where will it run?

• Today

• LiveCD, can run in VirtualBox and VMware

• AWS & OpenStack

• Tomorrow

• Wherever the community wants to go

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Why is Red Hat doing this?

It’s what we do.

•RHEL, JBoss, KVM, Gluster, oVirt, DeltaCloud

•…and now OpenShift Origin

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What about OpenStack?

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Red Hat already supports OpenStack

• Member of OpenStack Foundation

• A leading committer to OpenStack

• Goal: To be the best PaaS for OpenStack

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Let’s get started!

• You’ve got the LiveCD on your USB

• Participate in the forums, wiki and mailing lists

• File bugs

• Build support for the features and frameworks you want

• You are the roadmap!

• This is what open source is all about!

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