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The post Fuel plugins: Getting Started with Tesora DBaaS Enterprise Edition and Mirantis OpenStack appeared first on Mirantis | The Pure Play OpenStack Company.
The Tesora Database as a Service platform is an enterprise-hardened version of Openstack Trove, offering secure private cloud access to the most popular open source and commercial databases through a single consistent interface.
In this guide we will show you how to install Tesora in a Mirantis Openstack environment.
Prerequisites
In order to deploy Tesora DBaaS, you will need a fuel with the Tesora plugin installed. Start by making sure you have:

A Fuel server up and running. (See the Quick Start for instructions if necessary.)
Discovered nodes for controllers, compute and storage
A discovered node for the dedicated node for the Tesora controller.

Now let’s go ahead and add the plugin to Fuel.
Step 1 Adding the Tesora Plugin to Fuel
To add the Tesora plugin to Fuel, follow these steps:

Download the tesora plugin from the Mirantis Plugin page, located at:

https://www.mirantis.com/validated-solution-integrations/fuel-plugins/

Once you have downloaded the plugin, copy the plugin file to your Fuel Server using the scp command, as in:
$scp tesora-dbaas-1.7-1.7.7-1.noarch.rpm root@[fuel s:/tmp

After copying the Fuel Plugin to the fuel server, add it to the fuel plugin list. First ssh to the Fuel server:
$ssh root@[fuel server ipi]

Next, add the plugin to Fuel:
[root@fuel ~]# fuel plugins –install tesora-dbaas-1.7-1.7.7-1.noarch.rpm

Finally, verify that the plugin has been added to Fuel:
[root@fuel ~]# fuel plugins
id | name | version | package_version
—|————————–|———|—————-
1 | fuel-plugin-tesora-dbaas | 1.7.7 | 4.0.0

If the plugin was successfully added, you should see it listed in the output.
Step 2 Add Tesora DBaaS to an Openstack Environment
From here, it&8217;s a matter of creating an OpenStack cluster that uses the new plugin. You can do that by following these steps:

Connect to the Fuel UI and log in with the admin credentials using your browser.
Create a new Openstack environment. Follow the prompts and either leave the defaults or alter them to suit your environment.
Before adding new nodes, enter the environment and select the settings tab and then other on the left hand side of the window.
Select Tesora DBaaS Platform and enter the username and password supplied to you by Tesora. The username and password will be used to download the Database images provided by Tesora to the Tesora DBaaS controller. Finish by typing “I Agree” to show that you agree to the Terms of Use and click Save Settings.
Now create your Environment by assign nodes to the roles for

Compute
Storage
Controller
Tesora DBaaS Controller

As shown in the image below:

After you have finished adding the roles go ahead and deploy the environment.

Step 3 Importing the Database image files to the Tesora DBaaS Controller
Once the environment is built, it&8217;s time to import the database images.

After identifying the IP address you will need to ssh to the fuel server:
[root@fuel ~]# sudo ssh root@10.20.0.6
Warning: Permanently added ‘10.20.0.6’ (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.5 LTS (GNU/Linux 3.13.0-93-generic x86_64)
* Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/
Last login: Wed Aug 10 23:51:29 2016 from 10.20.0.2

Next load the the pre-built Database images. After logging into the DBaaS Controller, change your working directory to /opt/tesora/dbaas/bin:
root@node-9:~# cd /opt/tesora/dbaas/bin

Now export your tesora variables:
root@node-9:/opt/tesora/dbaas/bin# source openrc.sh

After setting your variables, you can now import your database images with the following command:
root@node-9:/opt/tesora/dbaas/bin# ./add-datastore.sh mysql 5.6
Installing guest ‘tesora-ubuntu-trusty-mysql-5.6-EE-1.7′

Above is an example of loading mysql version 5.6. The format of the command is:
add-datastore.sh DBtype version

To get a list of Database that are available and version please see the link below:

https://tesoradocs.atlassian.net/wiki/display/EE17CE16/Import+Datastore

Once you have imported your Database images, it&8217;s time to go to Horizon.
Step 4 Create and Access a Database Instance
Now you can go ahead and create the actual database. Log into your Horizon dashboard from within Fuel. On the lefthand side, click Tesora Databases.

From here, you have the following options:

Instances: This option enables you to create, delete and display any database instances that are current running.
Clusters: This option enables you to create and manage a cluster Database environment.
Backups: Create or view backups of any current running Database Images.
Datastores: List all Databases that have been imported
Configuration Groups: This option enables you to manage database configuration tasks by using configuration groups, which make it possible to set configuration parameters, in bulk, on one or more databases.

At this point Tesora DBaaS should be up and running, enabling you to deploy, configure and manage databases in your environment.
The post Fuel plugins: Getting Started with Tesora DBaaS Enterprise Edition and Mirantis OpenStack appeared first on Mirantis | The Pure Play OpenStack Company.
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28. Oktober 201628. Oktober 2016

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An important milestone in enterprise integration – launch of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016

Today marks the release of Microsoft BizTalk Server 2016. This is an important milestone that not only reinforces strong on-premises application integration capabilities, but also provides flexibility and control to our customers to adopt cloud applications as and when it makes sense for the business. We realize that every company is undergoing digital transformation with the proliferation of applications, data and services. Whether your applications run in the cloud or on-premises, you should have the flexibility to seamlessly connect applications, unlock data and automate business process anywhere.

Earlier this year, I shared our commitment to build a comprehensive hybrid integration platform. Today, Microsoft is the only vendor that provides a truly hybrid integration platform, offering a consistent experience to our customers and partners whether they are looking to connect on-premises or cloud-native applications. This consistent experience is enabled through Microsoft BizTalk Server and Azure Logic Apps forms the foundation of our vision.

Why upgrade to BizTalk Server 2016?

With BizTalk Server 2016, customers can automate mission critical business processes, leverage support for latest first party platforms and gain newer capabilities within the BizTalk Administration console. With this release, customers also have the flexibility to adopt a hybrid approach in their digital transformation journey by choosing to connect to SaaS applications, or running BizTalk Server on Azure leveraging full support in production environments. Below are some key capabilities that I want to highlight:

Hybrid connectivity: With BizTalk Server 2016, customers can now connect to cloud native applications, web and mobile back end systems, and custom applications through the Azure Logic Apps adapter. This acts as a bridge to rapidly integrate numerous SaaS applications using pre-built, out-of-the box connectors. Azure Logic Apps adapter uses enterprise messaging in the cloud across partners and vendors and leverages the Microsoft Cloud to help you build holistic integration solutions. Customers can now take advantage of Azure Services like Functions, Cognitive Services, Machine Learning and more to gain actionable intelligence on their data and make informed business decisions.
Integration with the latest Microsoft products such as Windows Server 2016, Visual Studio 2015, SQL Server 2016 and Office 2016. Leverage first-class integration experience with the latest Microsoft products and services to enable seamless integration through BizTalk Server 2016.
SQL Server 2016 Always On Availability Groups offer a highly available solution in Azure, and on-premises. The traditional log shipping mechanism is now enhanced with an automated, faster and better way to achieve high availability and disaster recovery.

Customers are already reaping the benefits of hybrid cloud with this new release of BizTalk Server. Abid Nasim, CIO, Generalsoft Corporation, which develops custom software noted, “As of date, we’ve migrated all of our integrations and presently running regression tests. We are finding incredible potential for the Logic Apps adapter. This appears to be the best BizTalk release since BizTalk 2006 R2.”

Here is what Steef-Jan Wiggers, principal consultant, Macaw (Unit of Macaw Business Solutions) had to say about BizTalk Server 2016, “BizTalk Server 2016 makes your enterprise communicate with any application, data and business process anywhere. It offers bigger, better, more capabilities, features and connectivity options.”

I want to thank our customers and partners who have participated in this journey with us as we evolve BizTalk server into a product that continues to be the gold standard for enterprise integration in a hybrid cloud world. Learn more about other customers that benefit from the hybrid cloud experience by leveraging Microsoft’s integration products from Mexia, one of Microsoft’s gold partners.

We are committed to help customers in their journey of digital transformation by helping build holistic solutions using our Hybrid Integration platform. Learn more about the cool new features of BizTalk Server 2016 and be sure to check out this blog post by Codit, another one of our gold partners. As always, we want to hear from you – please share your comments and continue to engage with our teams.
Quelle: Azure

28. Oktober 201628. Oktober 2016

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Containerize Windows workloads with Image2Docker

Yesterday, we held a packed webinar on using the Image2Docker tool that prototypes shifting a legacy Windows virtual machine to a Windows Container Dockerfile.
Image2Docker is an open source, community generated powershell module that searches for common components of a Windows Server VM and generates a Dockerfile to match. Originally created by Docker Captain Trevor Sullivan, it is now an open source tool hosted in our GitHub repository. Currently there is discovery of components such IIS, Apache, SQL Server and more. As an input it supports VHD, VHDX, and WIM files. When paired with Microsoft’s Virtual Machine Converter, you can start with pretty much any VM format.
Image2Docker is community supported and designed to show you how easy it is to create Windows Containers from your existing servers. We strongly encourage you to fork it, play with it and contribute pull requests back to the community. Or just install it and use it to generate your own Dockerfiles.
Watch the on-demand webinar to learn more about how to it was built, how to use it and how to contribute.

Here are some of the most popular questions from the sessions with answers.
Is it possible to containerize an application based on an older versions of Windows Server?
Anything you can run on Windows 2016, you can run in Docker, with the exception of anything that requires a GUI. That includes .NET applications, SQL Server, IIS, and all the Windows Server components.
Are there any success stories of people building applications using Docker for Windows Server?
Yes. Tyco has been working with Docker and Windows Server 2016 since Tech Preview and their story is featured here.
Can I run the Windows Server image as a container on a Linux host or any other OS?
For licensing reasons, Windows Server images will currently run on Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 only.
More Resources:

Check out the Docker and Microsoft partnership
Learn More about Docker for Windows Server
Getting started with Windows Containers Tutorial

The post Containerize Windows workloads with Image2Docker appeared first on Docker Blog.
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27. Oktober 201627. Oktober 2016

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General availibility for Azure Search S3, S3 High Density, and new regions

Today, we are excited to announce general availability of the S3 tier of service! The S3 tier of Azure Search is designed to handle large volumes of documents and heavy traffic. Identically priced and backed by the same high performance CPUs and SSD storage, the S3 tier comes in two configurations: S3 and S3 High Density (HD).

The standard S3 tier of Azure Search is suited for customers with large numbers of documents and can handle many hundreds of queries per second. With each partition supporting 120 million documents (or 200 GB), it is possible to search up to 1.4 billion documents (or 2.4TB) in a single search service while still maintaining low latency for high query volumes.

S3 High Density

The S3 HD tier is targeted at ISVs and SaaS providers who build applications which support a large number of relatively small indexes in a single search service. In fact, Microsoft Dynamics 365 has been using Azure Search’s S3 HD tier to power its search experience for thousands of its online customers:

“Dynamics 365 (online) took a huge leap forward and paved the way for significant future search innovation by leveraging Azure Search. Delivering a high level of performance and functionality, the S3 HD SKU makes it straightforward and cost-effective to manage Azure Search for thousands of Dynamics 365 customers.”

– Mike Carter, Principal Program Manager, Dynamics 365

In a single S3 HD service, there can be up to 3,000 indexes which can each support 1 million documents which makes it an attractive option to support numerous smaller applications with many low-cost indexes. You can read more about multitenant applications and Azure Search.

Free
Basic
Standard S1
Standard S2
Standard S3
Standard S3 HD

SLA
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

Storage
50MB
2GB
25GB/partition
100GB/partition
200GB/partition
200GB/partition (max 600GB/service)

Max Indexes
3
5
50
200
200
1000/partition (max 3000/service)

Documents Hosted
10000
1 million
15 million/partition (max 180 million/service)
60 million/partition (max 720 million/service)
120 million/partition (max 1.4 billion/service)
1 million/index (max 200 million/partition)

Scale-out Limits
n/a
Up to 3 replicas/service
Up to 36 units/service
Up to 36 units/service
Up to 36 units/service
Up to 12 replicas/service and 3 partitions/service

S3 HD does not currently support indexers. Pricing information can be found here.

New Regions: Canada Central and West Central US

With a truly global presence, Azure Search makes it possible to serve applications across the world with minimal latency. Now available in Canada Central and West Central US, Azure Search can be provisioned in 14 regions: East US, West US, North Central US, South Central US, West Central US, North Europe, West Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Japan West, Brazil South, Australia East, Central India, and Canada Central.

Try it out!

For more information on these new Azure Search tiers and pricing, please visit our pricing page or create your own Search service.

Learn more about Azure Search and view documentation.
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