1. Open APIs for Open Minds
Setting up your virtual infrastructure
using FI-LAB Cloud
(http://tinyurl.com/FIWARECloudWebminar)
Henar Muñoz Frutos
(henar@tid.es)
Webminar

2. Content
1. Introduction to FI-LAB Cloud Hosting
2. Deploying your first server
3. Containers and volumes
4. Deploying components for your application in your FI-LAB Cloud Hosting
5. Reference Information
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“We truly believe
that OpenStack is
the Linux of cloud
computing”
Mariano Cunietti
CTO Enter &
Cloudup

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Source: https://twitter.com/netpres/status/296039862182744064/photo/1

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1. Introduction to FI-LAB Cloud Hosting

6. 2. Deploying your first Server
Create your account in lab.fi-ware.eu
Enter in the Cloud Portal
Create your keypair (private key)
Deploy your instance
Add a public IP
Open ports to the VM
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Enter your email and password
to access to the FI-LAB.
Sign in

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Enter your email and password
to access to the FI-LAB.
If you do not have it or forgot it,
sign up or request for a new one.
Sign in

10. Create new user account
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You must create a keypair
to access to the servers.
Create a new keypair

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Create a new keypair

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Create a new keypair
Please download it.
The portal does not store
your Public Key

14. How to connect from Windows
Install PuTTY and PuTTYgen from http://www.putty.org/
Convert your Keypair to PPK
• Start PuTTYgen (e.g. From the Start menu, click All Programs > PuTTY >
PuTTYgen)
• Click Load and select the Keypair file (e.g. sevilla.pem). You’ll need to display
All Files (*.*) to see your Keypair.
• Click Open.
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15. How to connect from Windows
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16. How to connect from Windows
Connect to your instance
• Start PuTTY.
• Put the public IP of your instance (default SSH port: 22).
Configure it to use your Keypair
• Open the Auth submenu (Connection > SSH > Auth)
• Select the recently generated Private key file (PPK file).
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17. Create a new
Security Group
Security groups
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18. Security groups
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19. Edit Rules to open
ports in your VM.
Security groups
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20. Security groups
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21. Allocate IP to project
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Allocate new IP

22. Allocate IP to project
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23. Allocate IP to project
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24. Launch Instances
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Launch new
instance

25. Launch new instance
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26. Launch new instance
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27. Launch new instance
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28. Launch new instance
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29. Launch new instance
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30. Associate IP
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Associate a public
IP to a server.

31. Associate IP
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32. Associate IP
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33. Allocate IP to project
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34. Instance Overview
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35. Access to the instance
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36. Access to the instance
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37. Access to the instance
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38. 3. Containers and volumes
Create volumes
Attach volume to servers
Create containers in the object storage
Upload objects into your containers
Object Storage API
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39. Create a volume
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Create a new
volume

40. Create a volume
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41. Attach volume to instance
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42. Attach volume to instance
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43. Attach volume to instance
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44. Create container
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Create a new
container

45. Create container
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46. Create container
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47. Upload object
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48. Upload object
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49. Object Storage API
 http://forge.fi-ware.eu/plugins/mediawiki/wiki/fiware/index.php/Object_Storage_-
_User_and_Programmers_Guide
 Authentication to get initial token
username='email@company.com' password='mypassword' curl -d '{"auth": {"passwordCredentials":
{"username":"'$username'", "password":"'$password'"}}}' -H 'Content-type: aplication/json' http://cloud.lab.fi-
ware.eu:4730/v2.0/tokens -vvv
 Use initial token to get tenant
curl -H 'x-auth-token: '$token http://cloud.lab.fi-ware.eu:4730/v2.0/tenants
 Authenticate tenant to get token for Object Storage
curl -d '{"auth": {"passwordCredentials": {"username":"'$username'", "password":"'$password'"},
"tenantId":"'$tenantId'"}}' -H 'Content-type: aplication/json' http://cloud.lab.fi-ware.eu:4730/v2.0/tokens
 Object Storage URL
http://130.206.82.9:8080/v1/AUTH_tenantId
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50. 4. Deploying components for your application
in FI-LAB Cloud Hosting
Deploying components for your application.
Create Blueprint templates.
Create Tiers on a Blueprint template.
Launch Blueprint templates -> create Blueprint instances
See details of the Blueprint instance
Check the SW installed on the Blueprint instance.
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51. Deploying components for your application
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• Deploying applications and not only Servers (Ad hoc installation not template
usage).
• Managing applications in Servers (install, uninstall, configure, snapshot…).
• Deploying different environments for those applications.

52. Deploying components for your application
Blueprint template: fiware1
• Blueprint Template: platform specification
to be deployed.
Context Broker
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53. Deploying components for your application
Blueprint template: fiware1
• Blueprint Template: platform specification
to be deployed.
• Tier: Each kind of software and server to
be deployed.
Tier 1: Tomcat
Tier 2: Context Broker Tier 3: MongoDB
Context Broker
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54. Deploying components for your application
Blueprint template: fiware1
• Blueprint Template: platform specification
to be deployed.
• Tier: Each kind of software and server to
be deployed.
• Each Tier can be deployed in one or
several servers (e.g. tomcat, 2-5 servers).
Tier 1: Tomcat
Tier 2: Context Broker Tier 3: MongoDB
Server: 1 Server: 1
Servers: 2-5
Context Broker
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55. Deploying components for your application
Blueprint template: fiware1
• Blueprint Template: platform specification
to be deployed.
• Tier: Each kind of software and server to
be deployed.
• Each Tier can be deployed in one or
several servers (e.g. tomcat, 2-5 servers).
• Blueprint Instance: Deployed in FI-Lab.Tier 1: Tomcat
Tier 2: Context Broker Tier 3: MongoDB
Server: 1 Server: 1
Servers: 2-5
Context Broker
Context Broker
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56. Create Blueprint templates
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Press the option
“Blueprint Templates”
from menu
You can open the Catalog of
Blueprint Template or create one
from the scratch.

57. Create Blueprint templates
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You should introduce the
“Name” and the “Description”.

58. Create Tiers on a Blueprint template
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To add new Tier,
press “SevillaTemplate”
name.

59. Create Tiers on a Blueprint template
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Press “Add Tier” to create
new tier inside the template

60. Create Tiers on a Blueprint template
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You must select a Keypair
to access to those servers.
Do not forget to check
It if you want to have public
access

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Drag&Drop the software that
you want to install on this
group of servers.

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63. Launch Blueprint templates -> Blueprint instances
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Press “Action” and select
“Lauch Template” to launch
the Instance.

64. Launch Blueprint templates -> Blueprint instances
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You should specify the “Name”
and “Description” for
your blueprint.

65. Launch Blueprint templates -> Blueprint instances
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Firstly, the deployment
of infrastructure.

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Secondly, the installation
of the software.

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Finally, if all was ok.
Pressing the name you can
see the tiers of this blueprint.

68. Launch Blueprint templates -> Blueprint instances
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Press it to get information
of your server(s).

69. Demo
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10.0.1.93
130.206.82.54

70. Demo
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71. Demo
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72. Reference Information
More information and manuals on the Pegasus PaaS Manager
page at FI-WARE Catalogue, “Documentation” tab
•http://tinyurl.com/paas-manager (1)
More information and manuals on the Object Storage GE page at
FI-WARE Catalogue.
•http://tinyurl.com/object-storage (2)
More FI-LAB Cloud Hosting components.
•http://tinyurl.com/cloud-hosting-ges (3)
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(1) http://catalogue.fi-ware.eu/enablers/paas-manager-pegasus/documentation
(2) http://catalogue.fi-ware.eu/enablers/object-storage-ge-fi-ware-implementation
(3) http://catalogue.fi-ware.eu/enablers?chapter_tid=2

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Source: http://blog.liverez.com/2013/11/25/5-questions-to-ask-when-switching-to-cloud-based-vacation-rental-software/

74. fiware-lab-help@lists.fi-ware.org
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75.  http://fi-ppp.eu
 http://fi-ware.eu
 Follow @Fiware on Twitter !
Thanks !
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