Compatibility and requirements

The current version of DIET Deltacloud has been built on top of the DELTACLOUD^8.1 interface, version 1.1.3. DIET is linked to the LIBDELTACLOUD^8.2library (version 0.9).

It is compatible with any Cloud Provider compatible with Deltacloud, for example OpenStack, OpenNebula, Amazon EC2, etc...The installation process of the cloud system will not be detailed as it is outside the scope of the current topic. For details on the installation and usage of the cloud system please refer to the Deltacloud documentation. The rest of this chapter assumes the existing installation and correct functioning of a Cloud system that the user can access.

To be able to reserve virtual resources on a Deltacloud compatible cloud system, the Cloud user must have knowledge of the following resources:

• The url of Deltacloud
• The credentials to access the cloud: Currently, we access the cloud with tenant+user login and a password
• The names of available virtual images: DIET does not provide a way to install new virtual images in the Cloud Provider. Hence, services implementations must be already available in virtual images
• The available hardware profiles: DIET does not provide a way to specify new hardware profiles, one has to use an existing one. Usual hardware profiles in clouds are m1.tiny, m1.small, m1.large...