Hedeby Component Overview

The Hedeby project contains different components and has defined a data model which can handle the Resouce Provisioning described in the Hedeby Overview Document. The listing below shows the needed components and a short description of the particular operational responsibility. The image below shows all components and its relationship.

N1GE Adapter

Discovers resource needs of the Grid Engine cluster

Service Container

Represents a service.

Resource Provider

Decision-making instance

OS Provisioner

Executive instance for changing Operating Systems on Host Resources

OS Dispatcher

Wrapper instance for an adapter. Used by the OS Provisioner to change Host Resources.

N1SM Adapter

Communication instance to N1 System Manger software

The N1SM adapter is used to perform operating system reprovisioning via N1 System Manger. Have a look at the detailed module description of the N1SM Adapter to get an extensive overview how the component works and what is necessary to install and configure the component.