Changes/Local Test Cloud

Local Test Cloud

Summary

testcloud is a small tool to download and boot cloud images locally.

Owner

• Name: Mike Ruckman
• Email: roshi@fedoraproject.org
• Release notes owner:

Current status

• Targeted release: Fedora 23
• Last updated: (2014-01-20)
• Tracker bug: #1191542

Detailed Description

testcloud was created because manually booting a cloud image locally can be a pain. It handles downloading the image, spoofing cloud-init metadata as well as providing an ssh_config to easily connect to the booted instance. What was usually several different steps to get an image to boot locally is now just one:

 testcloud instance create <name of instance> -u <url for qcow2 image>

It currently supports only the Fedora Cloud Base image, and work is ongoing to support the Atomic host image.

Benefit to Fedora

Provides a simple means for Fedora users and developers to easily:

• Learn about Cloud (if you don't have access to a cloud provider)
• Test Fedora Cloud releases
• Locally test your cloud application
• Lowers the barrier to get involved with Fedora cloud efforts

Scope

• Proposal owners: Mike Ruckman, Kushal Das to implement proposed change

• Other developers: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Release engineering: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Upgrade/compatibility impact

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

How To Test

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

User Experience

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Dependencies

N/A (not a System Wide Change)

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), No
• Blocks product? N/A

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)