2011-05-19

Announcing Linux ServerTemplates and RightImages on Rackspace

We have added Linux ServerTemplate and RightImage support for Rackspace, starting with CentOS. This complements our current Dashboard support, which includes monitoring, usage reporting, and provisioning management. To get started, use one of the new Base Linux ServerTemplates listed below. Look for additional ServerTemplates in the second part of this release. If you plan to use this public beta, please contact your sales representative so we may collect your feedback directly.

Announcing Database Manager for PostgreSQL 9

Since the release of PostgreSQL 9, we have received many requests for a high-availability database manager much like our MySQL solution. We're now happy to announce the availability of our Database Manager for PostgreSQL 9. This solution provides a master/slave database with continuous EBS snapshot backups, DNS management for master to slave fail-over, pre-configured monitoring and alerts, and more. If you plan to use this public alpha, please contact your sales representative so we may collect your feedback directly. For more information, see Create a PostgreSQL Database.

Base ServerTemplate for Linux (Chef) - Beta

Description: Simple "Hello World" Chef-based ServerTemplate.

Library Link:  http://www.rightscale.com/library/server_templates/Base-ServerTemplate-for-Linux-/20011

Ancestor:  N/A

Supported OS: CentOS 5.4, RightLink v5.6

Additional Documentation (if any):

• Base MultiCloud template (Chef) on at least 3 clouds (Rackspace, AWS, Cloud.com) to start a custom ServerTemplate with best practices. (ac-19391)

LAMP All-In-One with MySQL 5.1 (Chef) - Beta

Description: Basic all-in-one LAMP server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) designed to work in a hybrid cloud setting. This server takes regular backups of the MySQL 5.0 database and saves them to public cloud storage. Suitable for single server test, development and production (non-redundant) purposes.

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

Supported backup clouds: Amazon Web Services S3; Rackspace Cloudfiles

Library Link: http://www.rightscale.com/library/server_templates/LAMP-All-In-One-with-MySQL-5-1/20078

Ancestor:  N/A

Supported OS: CentOS 5.4, RightLink v5.6

Additional Documentation (if any): 

• MySQL: modify do_register_public_ip to use unique external ID attribute. (tr-3244)
• Removed the uninstall package code from db_mysql::install_mysql and update all images using that recipe to use the sandboxed images. (tr-3261)
• Extended the Chef Cron resource to allow the cron format schedule. (tr-3203)
• db_mysql attributes set by rand() now covers correct range. (tr-3480)
• The default '/tmp' path was not working. This has been moved to a better location. (tr-3230)

Database Manager for PostgreSQL 9.0 - Alpha

Description: The RightScale Database Manager for PostgreSQL is one of our premium ServerTemplates. It is cloneable, just like any other RightScale ServerTemplate, so you can make adjustments specific to your organization's technology or work flow needs. Features include:

• Master or slave roles, including multiple read slaves.
• Use of external volumes for PostgreSQL data storage.
• Support for striping of external volumes for faster database performance.
• Continuous snapshot backups using a grandfather-father-son paradigm.
• Assisted database restoration, including stripe re-creation.
• DNS management for master to slave fail-over, restoration of master, and more.
• Pre-configured monitoring and alerts.
• Choice of DNS providers (DNS Made Easy, DynDNS, AWS Route53).

Library Link: http://www.rightscale.com/library/server_templates/Database-Manager-with-PostgreS/20035

Ancestor:  N/A

Supported OS: CentOS 5.4, RightLink v5.6; Ubuntu 10.04 RightLink v5.6

Additional Documentation (if any):

• N/A

LAMP All-In-One with MySQL 5.0 - Beta

Description: Basic all-in-one LAMP server (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) designed to work in a hybrid cloud setting. This server takes regular backups of the MySQL 5.0 database and saves them to public cloud storage. Suitable for single server test, development and production (non-redundant) purposes.

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

Supported backup clouds: Amazon Web Services S3; Rackspace Cloudfiles

Library Link: http://www.rightscale.com/library/server_templates/LAMP-All-In-One-with-MySQL-5-0/19772

Ancestor:  N/A

Supported OS: CentOS 5.4, RightLink v5.6

Additional Documentation (if any):

• Broken LAMP AIOs have been fixed. (tr-3798)
• Known limitation: the 'DB MySQL mysqldump import - 11H2.a1' is not importing the MYSQLDUMP on Rackspace unless the full dump filename is used. (tr-3813)

Base ServerTemplate for Linux - Beta

Description: This ServerTemplate is a starting point for custom ServerTemplate development.

This template includes the following:

• Basic set of scripts 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; CloudStack from Cloud.com; Rackspace

Library Link: http://www.rightscale.com/library/server_templates/Base-ServerTemplate-for-Linux-/20012

Ancestor:  N/A

Supported OS: CentOS 5.4, RightLink v5.6

Additional Documentation (if any):

• Updated Base and LAMP Bash ServerTemplate to Beta, including Rackspace. (ac-20453)

Nginx/Passenger Front End - Alpha

Description: Nginx/Passenger ServerTemplate consists of a front end (load balancer) template and an application ServerTempate. The front end server itself contains a load balancer and an application server running within it and connected to the load balancer configuration. When the front end server boots up completely you will get a fully functional Nginx/Passenger server serving web application checked out from subversion repository. Boot time and operational scripts are provided to connect/disconnect from load balancer configuration and to deploy Rails applications from subversion repository.

Library Link: http://www.rightscale.comlibrary/server_templates/Nginx-Rails-Passenger-Front-En/20024

Ancestor:  N/A

Supported OS: CentOS 5.4, RightLink v5.6; Ubuntu 10.04, RightLink v5.6

Additional Documentation (if any):

• Linux Based - FE/App Server Nginx, Rails, Passenger (ac-20479)

Nginx/Passenger App Server - Alpha

Description: Rails application server with Nginx/Passenger

Library Link: http://www.rightscale.com/library/server_templates/Nginx-Rails-Passenger-App-Serv/20023

Ancestor:  N/A

Supported OS: CentOS 5.4, RightLink v5.6; Ubuntu 10.04, RightLink v5.6

Additional Documentation (if any):

• Linux Based - FE/App Server Nginx, Rails, Passenger (ac-20479)

Nginx/PHP App Server - Alpha

Description: Nginx/PHP Application Server (Backend Server). Application server is runing on port 8000. The PHP files are passed to PHP-fastCGi for execution.

Library Link: http://www.rightscale.com/library/server_templates/Nginx-PHP-App-Server-Alpha-/19994

Ancestor:  N/A

Supported OS: CentOS 5.4, RightLink v5.6; Ubuntu 10.04, RightLink v5.6

Additional Documentation (if any):

• Linux Based - FE/App Server PHP Nginx. (tr-20478)

Nginx/PHP Front End - Alpha

Description: Nginx/PHP ServerTemplate consists of a front-end (Load balancer) template and an application server template. Frontend server itself contains a load balancer and an application server running within it and connected to the load balancer configuration. When the frontend server boots up completely you will get a fully functional Nginx/PHP server serving web application checked out from subversion repository. Boot time and operational scripts are provided to connect/disconnect from load balancer configuration and to deploy PHP applications from subversion repository.

Library Link: http://www.rightscale.com/library/server_templates/Nginx-PHP-Front-End-Alpha-/19995

Ancestor:  N/A

Supported OS: CentOS 5.4, RightLink v5.6; Ubuntu 10.04, RightLink v5.6

Additional Documentation (if any):

• Linux Based - FE/App Server PHP Nginx. (tr-20478)