Max Posted July 15, 2013 Report Posted July 15, 2013 First go at creating a Blesta v3 module for interfacing with our (commercial) server provisioning software. Once the server order has been approved the customer can login to the client area and choose which operating system profile to install on the server, and specify root passwords. For security reasons the passwords entered are only used during installation, and not stored in Blesta. That's also the reason the customer has to wait until the order has been approved before provisioning the server, instead of entering the details during the order process. The installation progress can be monitored Data traffic can be viewed provided the server is connected to a managed Ethernet switch The customer can power up/down/reset his server provided it has a IPMI/BMC/iLO/DRAC/AMT management chip or is connected to a remote power switch such as those made by APC. In addition to provisioning dedicated servers, VPSes are supported as well. Can automatically let it create Citrix Xenserver, Proxmox VE 3, oVirt and Vmware vSphere VPSes, using the specifications configured in the package settings. Dedicated servers can be assigned manually by staff approving the order, or assigned automatically from a predefined pool of available servers. For Xenserver, Proxmox and oVirt we offer a HTML 5 console that only requires a recent browser, and not any additional plug-ins. Still have to clean up the templates a bit, and give them a more Blesta look & feel, as they are based on the module we offer for another billing panel. Also the data traffic feature currently only shows pretty graphs, but doesn't actually bill overage. Michael, domaingood, Paul and 4 others 7 Quote
Gareth-Host Red Dragon Posted July 15, 2013 Report Posted July 15, 2013 Looks very nice. This for your own use? Or are you going to sell it? Quote
Max Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Posted July 15, 2013 Looks very nice. This for your own use? Or are you going to sell it? The provisioning software used by the module is commercial, and costs start at 100 EUR / year. See http://www.noc-ps.com/ The Blesta module itself will be available at no extra cost, once we cleaned it up. Bit Bayou 1 Quote
Paul Posted July 15, 2013 Report Posted July 15, 2013 Very nice work! What do you guys think of the module system in v3 vs v2? Didn't you also build a module for noc-ps for v2? Quote
Michael Posted July 15, 2013 Report Posted July 15, 2013 Looks amazing, by no extra cost do you mean we pay you the price above or is it free to use? bit confused on that behalf. If it's being for sale on your site etc would you be looking for re-sellers? Quote
Max Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Posted July 15, 2013 Very nice work! What do you guys think of the module system in v3 vs v2? Didn't you also build a module for noc-ps for v2? Yes, we also have a module for Blesta v2 v3 is more powerful, but v2 is easier to work with if you have a simple tiny module that doesn't need anything special. E.g. as I mentioned in another thread, you currently need to implement 9 methods and 3 template files to get a screen to edit the servers ("module rows") and server groups. It is great that it is possible to customize that just the way you want it (more power), but it would also be convenient if for common cases (each server having a hostname, username and password) there was a standard default implementation to inherit from. Quote
Bit Bayou Posted July 15, 2013 Report Posted July 15, 2013 Looks amazing, by no extra cost do you mean we pay you the price above or is it free to use? bit confused on that behalf. If it's being for sale on your site etc would you be looking for re-sellers? I understand it to be that you have to pay for the NOC-PS software, but the module will be freely available. Quote
Max Posted July 15, 2013 Author Report Posted July 15, 2013 Looks amazing, by no extra cost do you mean we pay you the price above or is it free to use? bit confused on that behalf. If it's being for sale on your site etc would you be looking for re-sellers? If you want the module to do something useful it costs money. The NOC-PS management server costs money The module that is needed to connect Blesta to the NOC-PS server is free. But having the Blesta module without the server, is like having the Blesta cPanel module, but no cPanel server. Michael 1 Quote
Max Posted July 18, 2013 Author Report Posted July 18, 2013 Download link for the module: http://www2.noc-ps.com/docs/blesta-module-installation/ (only useful if you already have a NOC-PS server to manage your racks) Michael and Bit Bayou 2 Quote
FRH Dave Posted August 12, 2013 Report Posted August 12, 2013 Just stumbled across this thread while searching for XenServer. Looks good! I assume noc-ps is not required for XenServer? We use resellers for most of our dedicated servers, but I've been considering migrating our to virtualization over to Proxmox or XenServer open source. EDIT - From reading the link, it looks like this DOES require noc-ps, even if I'm only using XenServer (and not managing dedicated servers). Correct? That clocks in around $8.30 / month, which is less than I'm paying for SolusVM. Not bad. Quote
Max Posted August 13, 2013 Author Report Posted August 13, 2013 EDIT - From reading the link, it looks like this DOES require noc-ps, even if I'm only using XenServer (and not managing dedicated servers). Correct? Correct. VPSes are treated like dedicated servers (we only support hardware virtualization, not Xen PV nor OpenVZ) and require a PXE network boot infrastructure which NOC-PS provides. Quote
QuatroVPS Posted September 3, 2013 Report Posted September 3, 2013 So its possible to manage the VPS from blesta ? start, stop, reboot and graphs etc. ? Quote
Max Posted September 3, 2013 Author Report Posted September 3, 2013 So its possible to manage the VPS from blesta ? start, stop, reboot and graphs etc. ? Power management yes (start, stop, reboot) You need to own a L3 router supporting netflow/sflow if you want data traffic graphs for VPSes. A normal managed L2 switch is sufficient to account traffic for dedicated servers, but that will NOT work for VPSes as it accounts per switch port instead of per IP. Michael 1 Quote
Max Posted January 26, 2014 Author Report Posted January 26, 2014 Updated the module. Added IPMI sensor information (temperature, fan speed, etc.) As well as IPMI KVM-over-IP console support for a number of Dell and Supermicro servers. Quote
Paul Posted January 27, 2014 Report Posted January 27, 2014 Updated the module. blesta-sensors.jpg Added IPMI sensor information (temperature, fan speed, etc.) blesta-ipmi-kvm-console.jpg As well as IPMI KVM-over-IP console support for a number of Dell and Supermicro servers. That looks great! Is this latest version available for download here still? http://www2.noc-ps.com/docs/blesta-module-installation/ Quote
Max Posted January 28, 2014 Author Report Posted January 28, 2014 That looks great! Is this latest version available for download here still? http://www2.noc-ps.com/docs/blesta-module-installation/ Yes, that page contains a link to the newest file (NOC-PS-Blesta-Module-2.zip) (still need to update the documentation itself though) Quote
BlestaUser00 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 Anyone using this module? If so, how do you like it? Looks neat. Quote
Michael Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 Anyone using this module? If so, how do you like it? Looks neat. I've not used it myself however Max is a great developer so I guarantee you won't regret it if you buy it. Quote
sysc Posted June 2, 2014 Report Posted June 2, 2014 The module is very good for dedicated servers/colocation, VPS is KVM only and okay at best the KVM stuff is definitely not their focus. Quote
Max Posted June 5, 2014 Author Report Posted June 5, 2014 The module is very good for dedicated servers/colocation, VPS is KVM only and okay at best the KVM stuff is definitely not their focus. Actually, we do support hypervisors other than KVM, such as Vmware vSphere and Citrix Xenserver HVM. However only real hardware virtualization in which a virtual machine acts like a real server, and can perform a network boot like one is supported, and not container technology such as OpenVZ. Michael and Kangaroo 2 Quote
CyberHype Posted December 1, 2014 Report Posted December 1, 2014 Look very insteresting, but can i have one server with EXSi and split this server with 4 vm machines and then assign each to new customer with NOC-PS? Quote
Max Posted December 1, 2014 Author Report Posted December 1, 2014 Look very insteresting, but can i have one server with EXSi and split this server with 4 vm machines and then assign each to new customer with NOC-PS? Technically you can. However do note that you are not allowed to sell vpses with the free edition of ESXi, and Vmware's commercial licensing is pricey. Quote
CyberHype Posted December 1, 2014 Report Posted December 1, 2014 Technically you can. However do note that you are not allowed to sell vpses with the free edition of ESXi, and Vmware's commercial licensing is pricey. This is bad, we already in contact with Microsoft to SPLA prices, any suggestion besides vmware for VPS windows based? Quote
Blesta Addons Posted December 1, 2014 Report Posted December 1, 2014 This is bad, we already in contact with Microsoft to SPLA prices ? have you get the SPLA licence prices from wich company ? Quote
CyberHype Posted December 1, 2014 Report Posted December 1, 2014 have you get the SPLA licence prices from wich company ? From Ingram. Quote
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