Building software appliances has never been easier. We'll show you an exciting new Web-based tool that will make it fun and easy to create your own custom Linux appliances. We invite you explore a world where you package and deploy complete and self-contained systems that can run in any physical, virtualized or cloud-based environment. With just a few mouse clicks, we'll build a Web server appliance based on SUSE Linux Enterprise. Together we'll customize this software appliance and will enjoy the results in just a few minutes. Afterward, you'll be able to build your own software appliance at our appliance lab.

1. Build Your Own
Software Appliances
Skip Paul Atiq Adamjee
Linux Systems Engineer Linux Systems Engineer
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2. Agenda
SUSE Appliance Toolkit Overview
®
SUSE Studio On-site Demo
Questions
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3. Overview
SUSE Appliance Toolkit
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4. Keeping the Momentum
SUSE Studio
SUSE Studio
®
“The 10 SUSE Studio
“a product of Coolest 2010 Codie
the year” Open-Source
eWeek
. Award Finalist
Products Of .
2009” ChannelWeb
54,280 Registered users are using SUSE Studio Online
250,364 Appliances have been built
4,405 ISVs are using SUSE Studio Online
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5. What Are Software Appliances?
Systems with one task in mind: serving an application
Pre-configured disk image containing an application,
middleware, database, and minimal operating system
Deploy directly on a server as a hard-drive image
Or as a virtual machine to be loaded on a hypervisor
The image has little "last mile" setup required and is a
plug and play experience
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6. Benefits of Software Appliances
Simplify demos and evaluations
Extend applications to the cloud
Applications do not need to be re-certified
Reduce development and support costs
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7. Target Audiences
Enterprises ISVs
SUSE Linux Enterprise
® SUSE Appliance Program
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8. The SUSE Appliance Toolkit ®
+ Streamline the OS
+ Simplify Deployments
+ Simplify Maintenance
Build The SUSE Appliance Toolkit is a collection
of tools designed to improve the efficiency of
Manage building, managing and maintaining
Maintain software appliances.
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9. The SUSE Appliance Toolkit ®
Components
SUSE Studio Onsite
WebYaST
SUSE Lifecycle
Build
Management Server Manage
Maintain
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10. SUSE Studio
®

11. SUSE Studio Online ®
Free hosted service that allows fast and easy creation
and testing of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server based
software appliances
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12. SUSE Studio Onsite ®
Stand-alone version of SUSE Studio behind your firewall
Build appliances based on:
SUSE Studio
SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS “a product of
SUSE Linux Enterprise the year”
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eWeek
or openSUSE ®
Supported formats:
USB Stick/ hard disk image
SUSE Studio
“The 10
Live CD (.iso) Coolest Open-
VMware/Virtual Box (.vmdk) Source
Products Of
Xen Virtual Machine 2009” ChannelWeb
Soon: Hyper-V, OVF, EC2
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13. SUSE Life-cycle Management Server
®

14. SUSE Lifecycle Management Server
®
Core Features
• Unified update mechanism, which federates updates
for all components of a software appliance
• Authentication, entitlement and access control to
distribute updates
• Repository management, which stages repository
support for quality assurance
• Management of essential customer data and
interface to CRM systems
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15. Other Management Options
• Use existing tools
– Create images with SUSE Studio that integrate with your
®
existing management environment by baking the
management client into the build
• Subscription Management Tool
– Mirror and push patches, patch staging, patch level reports,
“Sneaker-net” for disconnected environments,
supportconfig proxy/management
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• Novell ZENworks Linux Management
® ®
– Push applications and data, policy-driven configuration,
inventory, reporting, remote control, web-based admin
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16. WebYaST

17. WebYaST
Overview
WebYaST is a framework and a collection of modules
providing a stylish, easy-to-use, and low-cost
approach to packaging an appliance with the minimal
configuration interface necessary for its set up.
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18. WebYaST
What Is it?
WebYaST is a web based remote console plugging
into a stateless HTTP REST interface exposed by
SUSE Linux Enterprise-based appliances.
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Providing a subset of YaST configuration modules,
WebYast delivers enough remote configuration to enable
user control of an appliance's “black box” environment.
The WebYaST product is the module collection and
framework supporting them.
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19. WebYaST
Modules
Initial configuration wizard
Time, timezone, NTP
Status, soft-shutdown, reboot
Monitoring (configurable)
Update
Network
License/EULA and registration
Users
Service start/stop/status
Log visualization Y
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20. Demo

21. Questions?

22. Next Steps
Try SUSE Studio Online ®
Build an appliance with a few mouse clicks. Customize it
to your heart's content, and share it with the world!
http://susestudio.com/
SUSE Appliance Toolkit
Learn about the fastest way to Build, Manage and Maintain
new workloads! www.novell.com/toolkit
Demos
Check out recorded demos. Search for “Studio”.
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Reach Out to Your Novell Sales Contact®
Atiq Adamjee - atiq@novell.com
Skip Paul – skip@novell.com
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