IBM Spectrum Conductor for Containers (CfC) on Power 8

IBM Spectrum Conductor for Containers is an on premises platform for managing containerized applications that is based on the container orchestrator Kubernetes. Through the implementation of a robust resource manager, Apache Mesos, IBM Spectrum Conductor for Containers is able to manage resources for hybrid environments that contain both containerized and non-containerized applications as well as mixed hardware architecture. IBM Spectrum Conductor for Containers also includes a graphical user interface which provides a centralized location from where you can deploy, manage, monitor and scale your applications.

To intall CfC:

Load a Power 8 or OpenPower system with Ubuntu 16.10

Remove apparmor

 systemctl stop apparmor.service
 update-rc.d -f apparmor remove
 apt-get remove apparmor
 apt-get purge apparmor

Install SSH

 	apt-get install -y openssh-server

Setup 'root' password Enable ssh login for 'root'

 	ssh-keygen

 vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config
 	# PermitRootLogin prohibit-password
 	PermitRootLogin yes
 	# PermitEmptyPasswords no
 	#PasswordAuthentication yes

 service ssh restart

Make sure that you have passwordless connection to 'localhost'. The 'ssh root@localhost' should return without asking for password. If not:

 ssh-copy-id root@localhost

Make sure that SMT is turn off

 ppc64_cpu --smt=off

Install pre-requisites

 sed -i 's/^# deb-src/deb-src/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
 apt-get update
 apt-get install -y vagrant ruby-libvirt
 apt-get install -y qemu-kvm libvirt-bin  ebtables dnsmasq 
 apt-get install -y libvirt-daemon-system
 apt-get install -y libxslt-dev libxml2-dev libvirt-dev zlib1g-dev ruby-dev git  git-review	
 apt-get install -y software-properties-common
 apt-add-repository -y ppa:ansible/ansible
 apt-get install -y ansible

Make sure that libvirt can be run by the 'root' user

 vi  /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf
 	user = "root"
 	group = "root"

 service libvirtd restart

If you want to change the network setup

 vi /etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/default.xml

Check that the KVM kernel modules are loaded

 lsmod | fgrep kvm
 modprobe kvm_[hv, pr]   # kvm_pr is used for nested KVM

Check the network

 virsh net-list --all
 virsh net-start default
 virsh net-autostart default

Install Vagrant

 apt-get install -y vagrant
 apt-get install -y build-essential libssl-dev libffi-dev python-dev

Install Vagrant plugins

 vagrant plugin install vagrant-mutate
 vagrant plugin install vagrant-libvirt
 vagrant plugin install vagrant-host-shell
 vagrant plugin install vagrant-env
 vagrant plugin install vagrant-git
 vagrant plugin install vagrant-openstack-provider
 vagrant plugin install vagrant-proxyconf

Note: on Ubuntu 16.04 patch the 'vagrant/budler.rb' file using the instructions at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/36811863/cant-install-vagrant-plugins-in-ubuntu-16-04/36991648#36991648

Clone the CfC repository

 cd /root
 git clone https://github.com/fbarilla/CfC.git

Deploy CfC
```
 cd CfC
 vagrant up
```

Note: the CfC dashboard URL and credentials are provided as the last message of the installation process.

TASK [deploy-cfc : Congratulations! Conductor for Container (CfC) has been successfully installed.] ***
ok: [cfc1] => {
	"msg": "To access CfC point a browser to https://192.168.122.xxx . Use 'admin/admin' as credentials"
}

Note: by default, the installation process is started from '/root/CfC'. If the github project has been cloned in a different directory, update the 'install_dir' variable in './cfc/cfc-deploy/group_vars/all.yml'.

Note: by default the VM network interface name is 'eth1'. If your VM has a different interface naming convention, update the name in 'root/CfC/config.rb' and './cfc/cfc-deploy/group_vars/all.yml'

Note: additional info is available at: https://hub.docker.com/r/ibmcom/cfc-installer-ppc64le/?cm_mc_uid=78549162759914854428789&cm_mc_sid_50200000=1486050575