Glossary

Glossary

cloud appliance

A server appliance that controls a number of cloud members as func minions.

A Cloud Appliance is simply a prepackaged cloud master.

See Also cloud master.

cloud master

A server that controls a number of cloud members as func minions.

cloudmasterd

A service running on a cloud master that provides the ability to control one or more cloud members .

cloud member

A server that can host virtual machines and that is controlled by a cloud master . Cloud members are controlled through the use of func. When a cloud member is added to a cloud, it is added to the cloud master as a func minion. This allows the cloud master to take control of certain functions on the cloud member. For the purposes of Genome, this means taking control of the ability to koan new virtual machines on the cloud member.

In order for a server to become a viable cloud member, it must have been kickstarted with an appropriate cobbler profile for cloud machines. This ensures that the cloud member has the correct virtual machine hosting capabilities and storage facilities.

genome appliance

An server appliance that serves as the central controlling unit in the Genome framework.