Accessing Files on the Grid Controller from within an Appliance

AppLogic provides the ability for running appliances to access files (e.g., Windows msis and APK tarballs) stored on the controller through their default interface via HTTP.

The AppLogic grid controller ships with the following files accessible by appliances (ver is a placeholder for the version):

• Windows MSIs and PV drivers
  • Server_Windows-ver.msi: MSI for a Windows server appliance
  • VDS_Windows-ver.msi: MSI for a Windows VDS singleton
  • Filer_Windows-ver.msi: MSI for a Windows filer appliance
  • IIS_Windows-ver.msi: MSI for a Windows IIS appliance
  • SQL_Windows-ver.msi: MSI for a Windows SQL appliance
  • TurboGate-GTools-vver.exe: Halsign Turbogate PV drivers for Windows

• Appliance Kit (APK) Tarballs
  • apk-ver-linux-rh.tar.gz: APK for Linux (RedHat)
  • apk-ver-linux-ub.tar.gz: APK for Linux (Ubuntu)
  • apk-ver-solaris.tar.gz: APK for Solaris (Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris)
  • apk-ver-windows.tar.gz: APK for Windows

• domu-2.6.18.8.i386.tar.gz: Linux domU kernel

Before files may be downloaded, you must first retrieve the internal IP address of the grid controller. The following describes how to do this for each supported operating system:

Linux

Run ifconfig and retrieve the broadcast address for the default interface which is the last enumerated interface that is shown. The broadcast address should look something like x.x.255.255. The internal IP address of the grid controller is x.x.255.254

Windows

in a command shell, execute ipconfig /all and note the IP address of the DHCP server for the last enumerated interface (e.g., Local Area connection 5).

OpenSolaris and Solaris10

Run ifconfig -a and retrieve the broadcast address for the default interface which is the last enumerated interface that is shown. The broadcast address should look something like x.x.255.255. The internal IP address of the grid controller is x.x.255.254

The files can be downloaded via HTTP at http://IP-address:8080/download/ using a browser, wget, or other similar utility from within the appliance.

-- BeckyH - 04 Dec 2008