ReleaseOperations/Projects/AutomaticProvisioning

Description

AutomaticProvisioning is the umbrella project for supporting dynamic provisioning of systems within the releng infrastructure. This will include hosts with all supported operating systems (Windows, OS X, and Linux) on a variety of hardware and virtualization platforms (server hardware, Macs, VMware, AWS) as well as mobile testing hardware such as panda boards and tegras.

This is the infrastructure sister project to Auto-tools/Projects/TaskCluster. Both fall under a larger initiative to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of building and testing for Firefox and Firefox OS.

Docs

• notes from initial discussion

Status Meetings

• ReleaseOperations/Projects/AutomaticProvisioning/Meetings

Schedule

(tentative of course)

2014Q1 =

• Be able to provision Linux instances on a single 4-node iX server chassis via an API call
  • No automatic support for creating images
• Resolve requirements for object storage, select an implementation
• Research direct connection to AWS, provide decisionmakers with enough data to make a yes/no decsision
• Determine project metrics (financials, measurements) and begin gathering them

2014Q2 =

• Automatic creation of images with puppet, MDT, Kickstart, etc.
• Deploy object storage
• Support production provisioning across all platforms

Tasks

Local Object Store

Figure out how to build an on-site object store similar to S3.

Requirements here are still unclear.

Amazon Direct Connect

Determine if a direct connection between Mozilla and AWS is viable, and if it would represent a cost savings or efficiency increment over the current arrangement.

Components

TBD