2011-10-7

Database Manager for MySQL 5.1 (Chef) - Beta

Description: Configures a MySQL 5.1 database server. It provides a high-availability master/slave database configuration that can be used as the backbone for a variety of applications and workloads. It is cloneable, just like any other RightScale ServerTemplate, so you can make adjustments specific to your organization's technology or work flow needs.

The ServerTemplate supports multiple clouds, using either instance-based storage or attachable volumes. Instance-based snapshot backups are automatically uploaded to your choice of remote object storage (Amazon S3 or Rackspace Cloud Files). It also includes iptables management for clouds that do not have firewall services.

• Master or slave roles.
• Uses attachable volumes or instance-based LVM volumes for primary backup
• Supports a secondary backup method to S3 or Cloud Files remote object stores.
• Support for striping of external volumes for faster database performance.
• Continuous snapshot backups using a grandfather-father-son paradigm (on clouds with volume support).
• Assisted database restoration, including stripe re-creation.
• Provides scripts for master to slave fail-over, restoration of master, and more.
• Choice of DNS providers (DNS Made Easy, DynDNS, AWS Route53).
• iptables management within a 3-tier scalable web architecture

• Pre-configured monitoring and alerts

See the Database Manager for MySQL 5.1 (Chef) Database Setup guide to get started.

Supported compute clouds: Amazon Web Services EC2 with EBS Volume Snapshot Support; CloudStack Xen/Xenserver with Volume Snapshot Support; Eucalyptus; Rackspace

Supported primary backup methods: Volume snapshots: EC2, CloudStack; Remote Object Store Upload: Rackspace (CloudFiles)

MultiCloud Marketplace Link: http://www.rightscale.com/library/server_templates/Database-Manager-for-MySQL-5-1/26561

Ancestor: N/A

Supported OS: CentOS 5.6, RightLink v5.7

Additional Documentation (if any):

• Apache vhosts have been configured to dump logs into appropriate /var/log/httpd/* fields.
• Recipe was adjusted to stop the kernel from resynching the clock with the host.
• Non-root users can now resolve DNS in Rackspace.
• Supports SSL termination.
• Default syslog-ng uses unix-dgram protocol which prevents trailing queries in /var/log/messages.
• This ServerTemplate is similar to "Database Manager for MySQL 5.1 (Chef) - Stand-alone", but with master/slave capabilities.

PHP App Server (Chef) - Beta

Description: This ServerTemplate configures a PHP application server with Apache. It is designed to work in a hybrid cloud setting, and with load balancer and database templates as part of a 3-tier web architecture. It also includes iptables management for clouds that do not have firewall services.

• Firewall management within a 3-tier scalable web architecture
• Utilizes RightScale tag-based routing for connecting to load balancers

• Pulls application code from an external repository

Supported compute clouds: Amazon Web Services EC2; Cloud.com CloudStack; Eucalyptus; Rackspace

MultiCloud Marketplace Link: http://www.rightscale.com/library/server_templates/PHP-App-Server-Chef-Beta/26105

Ancestor: N/A

Supported OS: CentOS 5.6; Ubuntu 10.04; RightLink 5.7

Additional Documentation (if any):

• Recipe was adjusted to stop the kernel from resynching the clock with the host.
• Non-root users can now resolve DNS in Rackspace.
• Increased the ip_conntrack_max to allow the load balancer server to take many more requests per second.
• Default syslog-ng uses unix-dgram protocol which prevents trailing queries in /var/log/messages.
• Added Ubuntu support for Rackspace and EC2.

Load Balancer (Chef) - Beta

Description: This ServerTemplate configures a HAProxy Load Balancer and Apache server. It is designed to work in a hybrid cloud setting, and with application server and database templates as part of a 3-tier web architecture. It also includes iptables management for clouds that do not have firewall services.

• Supports both http and https
• Firewall management within a 3-tier scalable web architecture

• Utilizes RightScale tag-based routing for connecting to application servers

Supported compute clouds: Amazon Web Services EC2; CloudStack from Cloud.com; Eucalyptus; Rackspace

MultiCloud Marketplace Link: http://www.rightscale.com/library/server_templates/Load-Balancer-Chef-Beta/26104

Ancestor: N/A

Supported OS: CentOS 5.6; Ubuntu 10.04; RightLink 5.7

Additional Documentation:

• Recipe was adjusted to stop the kernel from resynching the clock with the host.
• Non-root users can now resolve DNS in Rackspace.
• Increased the ip_conntrack_max to allow the load balancer server to take many more requests per second.
• Default syslog-ng uses unix-dgram protocol which prevents trailing queries in /var/log/messages.
• Added Ubuntu support for Rackspace and EC2.

Base ServerTemplate for Linux (Chef)

Description: This ServerTemplate is a starting point for custom ServerTemplate development in Linux. This template includes the following:

• Basic set of recipies for a RightLink-based server with logging, monitoring, alerts, etc.
• MultiCloud Images that reference the latest supported images with a frozen software repository date that has been tested.
• Basic set of alerts for most server type monitoring.

• Examples of system required input variables.

Supported compute clouds: Amazon Web Services EC2; Cloud.com CloudStack (Beta); Eucalyptus (Beta); OpenStack (Alpha); Rackspace (Beta)

MultiCloud Marketplace Link: http://www.rightscale.com/library/server_templates/Base-ServerTemplate-for-Linux-/26054

Ancestor: N/A

Supported OS: CentOS 5.6; Ubuntu 10.04; RightLink 5.7

Additional Documentation:

• Recipe was adjusted to stop the kernel from resynching the clock with the host.
• Non-root users can now resolve DNS in Rackspace.
• Increased the ip_conntrack_max to allow the load balancer server to take many more requests per second.
• Default syslog-ng uses unix-dgram protocol which prevents trailing queries in /var/log/messages.
• Added Ubuntu support for Rackspace and EC2.