On 2018-11-12 10:11, Christoffer Hansen wrote:
Hi Alun, (bcc'ed: atlas@)
First. Thanks for sharing. Many months I have been looking forward to this first step in the direction of running the ATLAS network with only hardware units.
Second. I know the RIPE NCC Atlas Team|Group is also looking into ways of providing the Atlas Probe as a VM option of sorts. I do not know how far this process is at the moment. But hoping you could share an overall status on this, too? E.g. current considerations, projects goals reached + not reached etc.
Kind regards, Christoffer
Hello, We are indeed looking at what it takes to do RIPE Atlas "software probes". From the hosts' perspective this is likely going to be a software package, or docker image, or such, that one can install on an existing device.
From our perspective this is a different approach from what we have so far (hardware-only probes), so deciding on if and how to expand to this area is not a trivial question. VM anchors are simpler in this regard.
As of now we're checking what software probes would change in terms of how we manage our infratructure and reviewing/verifying the related processes. I expect that we'll do some kind of pilot early next year, then decide if this is indeed a desired direction for RIPE Atlas. I hope that answers your question. Let me know if you need me to elaboration more. Regards, Robert Kisteleki for the RIPE Atlas team