Re: [pcp] Containers analysis with PCP

[Mark Goodwin <mgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/10/2015 11:23 AM, Nathan Scott wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > On 02/10/2015 10:58 AM, Nathan Scott wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > Yep.  Any suggestions beyond what has already been done (the PMDA Install
> > > and Remove scripts, default inclusion in pmcd.conf, and the how-to doc)?
> > Installing $(PCP_PMDAS_DIR)/root/.NeedInstall should do?
> Great idea!  Hmm, oh, wait - except if someone had removed it, we'd constantly
> be putting it back.  Maybe worth trading off that issue for ensuring its there?
> Not clear.  Its complicated by the change to pmdalinux as well (needs to be run
> as daemon now) in pmcd.conf ... which we can't tackle this way.  So, we kinda
> need people on upgrade to look at pmcd.conf and actively choose how they want
> to run things.
Well, I think we need to figure it out and make sure it's always
there - an admin should have to do something to turn it off (if
that's how they want to run), but IMO the default install and upgrade
scenario should have it activated.

The docker folks are convinced that containers will take over the
known universe, once systemd has finished with it ;)

Cheers