Exemple #1
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    def run_instances(cls, options):
        """Starts a new AppScale deployment with the parameters given.

    Args:
      options: A Namespace that has fields for each parameter that can be
        passed in via the command-line interface.
    Raises:
      AppControllerException: If the AppController on the head node crashes.
        When this occurs, the message in the exception contains the reason why
        the AppController crashed.
      BadConfigurationException: If the user passes in options that are not
        sufficient to start an AppScale deployment (e.g., running on EC2 but
        not specifying the AMI to use), or if the user provides us
        contradictory options (e.g., running on EC2 but not specifying EC2
        credentials).
    """
        LocalState.make_appscale_directory()
        LocalState.ensure_appscale_isnt_running(options.keyname, options.force)

        if options.infrastructure:
            if not options.disks and not options.test and not options.force:
                LocalState.ensure_user_wants_to_run_without_disks()
            AppScaleLogger.log("Starting AppScale " + APPSCALE_VERSION +
                               " over the " + options.infrastructure +
                               " cloud.")
        else:
            AppScaleLogger.log("Starting AppScale " + APPSCALE_VERSION +
                               " over a virtualized cluster.")
        my_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
        AppScaleLogger.remote_log_tools_state(options, my_id, "started",
                                              APPSCALE_VERSION)

        node_layout = NodeLayout(options)
        if not node_layout.is_valid():
            raise BadConfigurationException("There were errors with your " + \
              "placement strategy:\n{0}".format(str(node_layout.errors())))

        public_ip, instance_id = RemoteHelper.start_head_node(
            options, my_id, node_layout)
        AppScaleLogger.log(
            "\nPlease wait for AppScale to prepare your machines " +
            "for use. This can take few minutes.")

        # Write our metadata as soon as possible to let users SSH into those
        # machines via 'appscale ssh'.
        LocalState.update_local_metadata(options, node_layout, public_ip,
                                         instance_id)
        RemoteHelper.copy_local_metadata(public_ip, options.keyname,
                                         options.verbose)

        acc = AppControllerClient(public_ip,
                                  LocalState.get_secret_key(options.keyname))

        # Let's now wait till the server is initialized.
        while not acc.is_initialized():
            AppScaleLogger.log('Waiting for head node to initialize...')
            # This can take some time in particular the first time around, since
            # we will have to initialize the database.
            time.sleep(cls.SLEEP_TIME * 3)

        try:
            # We don't need to have any exception information here: we do expect
            # some anyway while the UserAppServer is coming up.
            acc.does_user_exist("non-existent-user", True)
        except Exception as exception:
            AppScaleLogger.log('UserAppServer not ready yet. Retrying ...')
            time.sleep(cls.SLEEP_TIME)

        # Update our metadata again so that users can SSH into other boxes that
        # may have been started.
        LocalState.update_local_metadata(options, node_layout, public_ip,
                                         instance_id)
        RemoteHelper.copy_local_metadata(public_ip, options.keyname,
                                         options.verbose)

        if options.admin_user and options.admin_pass:
            AppScaleLogger.log("Using the provided admin username/password")
            username, password = options.admin_user, options.admin_pass
        elif options.test:
            AppScaleLogger.log("Using default admin username/password")
            username, password = LocalState.DEFAULT_USER, LocalState.DEFAULT_PASSWORD
        else:
            username, password = LocalState.get_credentials()

        RemoteHelper.create_user_accounts(username, password, public_ip,
                                          options.keyname,
                                          options.clear_datastore)
        acc.set_admin_role(username, 'true', cls.ADMIN_CAPABILITIES)

        RemoteHelper.wait_for_machines_to_finish_loading(
            public_ip, options.keyname)
        # Finally, update our metadata once we know that all of the machines are
        # up and have started all their API services.
        LocalState.update_local_metadata(options, node_layout, public_ip,
                                         instance_id)
        RemoteHelper.copy_local_metadata(public_ip, options.keyname,
                                         options.verbose)

        RemoteHelper.sleep_until_port_is_open(
            LocalState.get_login_host(options.keyname),
            RemoteHelper.APP_DASHBOARD_PORT, options.verbose)
        AppScaleLogger.success("AppScale successfully started!")
        AppScaleLogger.success("View status information about your AppScale " + \
          "deployment at http://{0}:{1}/status".format(LocalState.get_login_host(
          options.keyname), RemoteHelper.APP_DASHBOARD_PORT))
        AppScaleLogger.remote_log_tools_state(options, my_id, "finished",
                                              APPSCALE_VERSION)
  def run_instances(cls, options):
    """Starts a new AppScale deployment with the parameters given.

    Args:
      options: A Namespace that has fields for each parameter that can be
        passed in via the command-line interface.
    Raises:
      BadConfigurationException: If the user passes in options that are not
        sufficient to start an AppScale deplyoment (e.g., running on EC2 but
        not specifying the AMI to use), or if the user provides us
        contradictory options (e.g., running on EC2 but not specifying EC2
        credentials).
    """
    LocalState.make_appscale_directory()
    LocalState.ensure_appscale_isnt_running(options.keyname, options.force)

    if options.infrastructure:
      AppScaleLogger.log("Starting AppScale " + APPSCALE_VERSION +
        " over the " + options.infrastructure + " cloud.")
    else:
      AppScaleLogger.log("Starting AppScale " + APPSCALE_VERSION +
        " over a virtualized cluster.")
    my_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
    AppScaleLogger.remote_log_tools_state(options, my_id, "started",
      APPSCALE_VERSION)

    node_layout = NodeLayout(options)
    if not node_layout.is_valid():
      raise BadConfigurationException("There were errors with your " + \
        "placement strategy:\n{0}".format(str(node_layout.errors())))

    if not node_layout.is_supported():
      AppScaleLogger.warn("Warning: This deployment strategy is not " + \
        "officially supported.")

    public_ip, instance_id = RemoteHelper.start_head_node(options, my_id,
      node_layout)
    AppScaleLogger.log("\nPlease wait for AppScale to prepare your machines " +
      "for use.")

    # Write our metadata as soon as possible to let users SSH into those
    # machines via 'appscale ssh'
    LocalState.update_local_metadata(options, node_layout, public_ip,
      instance_id)
    RemoteHelper.copy_local_metadata(public_ip, options.keyname,
      options.verbose)

    acc = AppControllerClient(public_ip, LocalState.get_secret_key(
      options.keyname))
    uaserver_host = acc.get_uaserver_host(options.verbose)

    RemoteHelper.sleep_until_port_is_open(uaserver_host, UserAppClient.PORT,
      options.verbose)

    # Update our metadata again so that users can SSH into other boxes that
    # may have been started.
    LocalState.update_local_metadata(options, node_layout, public_ip,
      instance_id)
    RemoteHelper.copy_local_metadata(public_ip, options.keyname,
      options.verbose)

    AppScaleLogger.log("UserAppServer is at {0}".format(uaserver_host))

    uaserver_client = UserAppClient(uaserver_host,
      LocalState.get_secret_key(options.keyname))

    if options.admin_user and options.admin_pass:
      AppScaleLogger.log("Using the provided admin username/password")
      username, password = options.admin_user, options.admin_pass
    elif options.test:
      AppScaleLogger.log("Using default admin username/password")
      username, password = LocalState.DEFAULT_USER, LocalState.DEFAULT_PASSWORD
    else:
      username, password = LocalState.get_credentials()

    RemoteHelper.create_user_accounts(username, password, uaserver_host,
      options.keyname)
    uaserver_client.set_admin_role(username)

    RemoteHelper.wait_for_machines_to_finish_loading(public_ip, options.keyname)
    # Finally, update our metadata once we know that all of the machines are
    # up and have started all their API services.
    LocalState.update_local_metadata(options, node_layout, public_ip,
      instance_id)
    RemoteHelper.copy_local_metadata(public_ip, options.keyname, options.verbose)

    RemoteHelper.sleep_until_port_is_open(LocalState.get_login_host(
      options.keyname), RemoteHelper.APP_LOAD_BALANCER_PORT, options.verbose)
    AppScaleLogger.success("AppScale successfully started!")
    AppScaleLogger.success("View status information about your AppScale " + \
      "deployment at http://{0}/status".format(LocalState.get_login_host(
      options.keyname)))
    AppScaleLogger.remote_log_tools_state(options, my_id,
      "finished", APPSCALE_VERSION)
    def run_instances(cls, options):
        """Starts a new AppScale deployment with the parameters given.

    Args:
      options: A Namespace that has fields for each parameter that can be
        passed in via the command-line interface.
    Raises:
      AppControllerException: If the AppController on the head node crashes.
        When this occurs, the message in the exception contains the reason why
        the AppController crashed.
      BadConfigurationException: If the user passes in options that are not
        sufficient to start an AppScale deployment (e.g., running on EC2 but
        not specifying the AMI to use), or if the user provides us
        contradictory options (e.g., running on EC2 but not specifying EC2
        credentials).
    """
        LocalState.make_appscale_directory()
        LocalState.ensure_appscale_isnt_running(options.keyname, options.force)

        if options.infrastructure:
            if not options.disks and not options.test and not options.force:
                LocalState.ensure_user_wants_to_run_without_disks()
            AppScaleLogger.log(
                "Starting AppScale " + APPSCALE_VERSION + " over the " + options.infrastructure + " cloud."
            )
        else:
            AppScaleLogger.log("Starting AppScale " + APPSCALE_VERSION + " over a virtualized cluster.")
        my_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
        AppScaleLogger.remote_log_tools_state(options, my_id, "started", APPSCALE_VERSION)

        node_layout = NodeLayout(options)
        if not node_layout.is_valid():
            raise BadConfigurationException(
                "There were errors with your " + "placement strategy:\n{0}".format(str(node_layout.errors()))
            )

        public_ip, instance_id = RemoteHelper.start_head_node(options, my_id, node_layout)
        AppScaleLogger.log(
            "\nPlease wait for AppScale to prepare your machines " + "for use. This can take few minutes."
        )

        # Write our metadata as soon as possible to let users SSH into those
        # machines via 'appscale ssh'.
        LocalState.update_local_metadata(options, node_layout, public_ip, instance_id)
        RemoteHelper.copy_local_metadata(public_ip, options.keyname, options.verbose)

        acc = AppControllerClient(public_ip, LocalState.get_secret_key(options.keyname))

        # Let's now wait till the server is initialized.
        while not acc.is_initialized():
            AppScaleLogger.log("Waiting for head node to initialize...")
            # This can take some time in particular the first time around, since
            # we will have to initialize the database.
            time.sleep(cls.SLEEP_TIME * 3)

        # Now let's make sure the UserAppServer is fully initialized.
        uaserver_client = UserAppClient(public_ip, LocalState.get_secret_key(options.keyname))
        try:
            # We don't need to have any exception information here: we do expect
            # some anyway while the UserAppServer is coming up.
            uaserver_client.does_user_exist("non-existent-user", True)
        except Exception as exception:
            AppScaleLogger.log("UserAppServer not ready yet. Retrying ...")
            time.sleep(cls.SLEEP_TIME)

        # Update our metadata again so that users can SSH into other boxes that
        # may have been started.
        LocalState.update_local_metadata(options, node_layout, public_ip, instance_id)
        RemoteHelper.copy_local_metadata(public_ip, options.keyname, options.verbose)

        if options.admin_user and options.admin_pass:
            AppScaleLogger.log("Using the provided admin username/password")
            username, password = options.admin_user, options.admin_pass
        elif options.test:
            AppScaleLogger.log("Using default admin username/password")
            username, password = LocalState.DEFAULT_USER, LocalState.DEFAULT_PASSWORD
        else:
            username, password = LocalState.get_credentials()

        RemoteHelper.create_user_accounts(username, password, public_ip, options.keyname, options.clear_datastore)
        uaserver_client.set_admin_role(username)

        RemoteHelper.wait_for_machines_to_finish_loading(public_ip, options.keyname)
        # Finally, update our metadata once we know that all of the machines are
        # up and have started all their API services.
        LocalState.update_local_metadata(options, node_layout, public_ip, instance_id)
        RemoteHelper.copy_local_metadata(public_ip, options.keyname, options.verbose)

        RemoteHelper.sleep_until_port_is_open(
            LocalState.get_login_host(options.keyname), RemoteHelper.APP_DASHBOARD_PORT, options.verbose
        )
        AppScaleLogger.success("AppScale successfully started!")
        AppScaleLogger.success(
            "View status information about your AppScale "
            + "deployment at http://{0}:{1}/status".format(
                LocalState.get_login_host(options.keyname), RemoteHelper.APP_DASHBOARD_PORT
            )
        )
        AppScaleLogger.remote_log_tools_state(options, my_id, "finished", APPSCALE_VERSION)
  def run_instances(cls, options):
    """Starts a new AppScale deployment with the parameters given.

    Args:
      options: A Namespace that has fields for each parameter that can be
        passed in via the command-line interface.
    Raises:
      AppControllerException: If the AppController on the head node crashes.
        When this occurs, the message in the exception contains the reason why
        the AppController crashed.
      BadConfigurationException: If the user passes in options that are not
        sufficient to start an AppScale deployment (e.g., running on EC2 but
        not specifying the AMI to use), or if the user provides us
        contradictory options (e.g., running on EC2 but not specifying EC2
        credentials).
    """
    LocalState.make_appscale_directory()
    LocalState.ensure_appscale_isnt_running(options.keyname, options.force)
    if options.infrastructure:
      if not options.disks and not options.test and not options.force:
        LocalState.ensure_user_wants_to_run_without_disks()

    reduced_version = '.'.join(x for x in APPSCALE_VERSION.split('.')[:2])
    AppScaleLogger.log("Starting AppScale " + reduced_version)

    my_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
    AppScaleLogger.remote_log_tools_state(options, my_id, "started",
      APPSCALE_VERSION)

    node_layout = NodeLayout(options)
    if not node_layout.is_valid():
      raise BadConfigurationException("There were errors with your " + \
                                      "placement strategy:\n{0}".format(str(node_layout.errors())))

    head_node = node_layout.head_node()
    # Start VMs in cloud via cloud agent.
    if options.infrastructure:
      instance_ids, public_ips, private_ips = RemoteHelper.start_all_nodes(
        options, len(node_layout.nodes))
      AppScaleLogger.log("\nPlease wait for AppScale to prepare your machines "
                         "for use. This can take few minutes.")

      # Set newly obtained node layout info for this deployment.
      for i, _ in enumerate(instance_ids):
        node_layout.nodes[i].public_ip = public_ips[i]
        node_layout.nodes[i].private_ip = private_ips[i]
        node_layout.nodes[i].instance_id = instance_ids[i]

      # Enables root logins and SSH access on the head node.
      RemoteHelper.enable_root_ssh(options, head_node.public_ip)
    AppScaleLogger.verbose("Node Layout: {}".format(node_layout.to_list()),
                           options.verbose)

    # Ensure all nodes are compatible.
    RemoteHelper.ensure_machine_is_compatible(
      head_node.public_ip, options.keyname, options.verbose)

    # Use rsync to move custom code into the deployment.
    if options.scp:
      AppScaleLogger.log("Copying over local copy of AppScale from {0}".
        format(options.scp))
      RemoteHelper.rsync_files(head_node.public_ip, options.keyname, options.scp,
        options.verbose)

    # Start services on head node.
    RemoteHelper.start_head_node(options, my_id, node_layout)

    # Write deployment metadata to disk (facilitates SSH operations, etc.)
    db_master = node_layout.db_master().private_ip
    head_node = node_layout.head_node().public_ip
    LocalState.update_local_metadata(options, db_master, head_node)

    # Copy the locations.json to the head node
    RemoteHelper.copy_local_metadata(node_layout.head_node().public_ip,
                                     options.keyname, options.verbose)

    # Wait for services on head node to start.
    secret_key = LocalState.get_secret_key(options.keyname)
    acc = AppControllerClient(head_node, secret_key)
    try:
      while not acc.is_initialized():
        AppScaleLogger.log('Waiting for head node to initialize...')
        # This can take some time in particular the first time around, since
        # we will have to initialize the database.
        time.sleep(cls.SLEEP_TIME*3)
    except socket.error as socket_error:
      AppScaleLogger.warn('Unable to initialize AppController: {}'.
                          format(socket_error.message))
      message = RemoteHelper.collect_appcontroller_crashlog(
        head_node, options.keyname, options.verbose)
      raise AppControllerException(message)

    # Set up admin account.
    try:
      # We don't need to have any exception information here: we do expect
      # some anyway while the UserAppServer is coming up.
      acc.does_user_exist("non-existent-user", True)
    except Exception:
      AppScaleLogger.log('UserAppServer not ready yet. Retrying ...')
      time.sleep(cls.SLEEP_TIME)

    if options.admin_user and options.admin_pass:
      AppScaleLogger.log("Using the provided admin username/password")
      username, password = options.admin_user, options.admin_pass
    elif options.test:
      AppScaleLogger.log("Using default admin username/password")
      username, password = LocalState.DEFAULT_USER, LocalState.DEFAULT_PASSWORD
    else:
      username, password = LocalState.get_credentials()

    RemoteHelper.create_user_accounts(username, password, head_node,
                                      options.keyname)
    acc.set_admin_role(username, 'true', cls.ADMIN_CAPABILITIES)

    # Wait for machines to finish loading and AppScale Dashboard to be deployed.
    RemoteHelper.wait_for_machines_to_finish_loading(head_node, options.keyname)
    RemoteHelper.sleep_until_port_is_open(LocalState.get_login_host(
      options.keyname), RemoteHelper.APP_DASHBOARD_PORT, options.verbose)

    AppScaleLogger.success("AppScale successfully started!")
    AppScaleLogger.success("View status information about your AppScale " + \
                           "deployment at http://{0}:{1}".format(LocalState.get_login_host(
                           options.keyname), RemoteHelper.APP_DASHBOARD_PORT))
    AppScaleLogger.remote_log_tools_state(options, my_id,
      "finished", APPSCALE_VERSION)
Exemple #5
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    def run_instances(cls, options):
        """Starts a new AppScale deployment with the parameters given.

    Args:
      options: A Namespace that has fields for each parameter that can be
        passed in via the command-line interface.
    Raises:
      AppControllerException: If the AppController on the head node crashes.
        When this occurs, the message in the exception contains the reason why
        the AppController crashed.
      BadConfigurationException: If the user passes in options that are not
        sufficient to start an AppScale deployment (e.g., running on EC2 but
        not specifying the AMI to use), or if the user provides us
        contradictory options (e.g., running on EC2 but not specifying EC2
        credentials).
    """
        LocalState.make_appscale_directory()
        LocalState.ensure_appscale_isnt_running(options.keyname, options.force)

        if options.infrastructure:
            if not options.disks and not options.test and not options.force:
                LocalState.ensure_user_wants_to_run_without_disks()
            AppScaleLogger.log("Starting AppScale " + APPSCALE_VERSION +
                               " over the " + options.infrastructure +
                               " cloud.")
        else:
            AppScaleLogger.log("Starting AppScale " + APPSCALE_VERSION +
                               " over a virtualized cluster.")
        my_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
        AppScaleLogger.remote_log_tools_state(options, my_id, "started",
                                              APPSCALE_VERSION)

        node_layout = NodeLayout(options)
        if not node_layout.is_valid():
            raise BadConfigurationException("There were errors with your " + \
              "placement strategy:\n{0}".format(str(node_layout.errors())))

        if not node_layout.is_supported():
            AppScaleLogger.warn("Warning: This deployment strategy is not " + \
              "officially supported.")

        public_ip, instance_id = RemoteHelper.start_head_node(
            options, my_id, node_layout)
        AppScaleLogger.log(
            "\nPlease wait for AppScale to prepare your machines " +
            "for use.")

        # Write our metadata as soon as possible to let users SSH into those
        # machines via 'appscale ssh'
        LocalState.update_local_metadata(options, node_layout, public_ip,
                                         instance_id)
        RemoteHelper.copy_local_metadata(public_ip, options.keyname,
                                         options.verbose)

        acc = AppControllerClient(public_ip,
                                  LocalState.get_secret_key(options.keyname))
        try:
            uaserver_host = acc.get_uaserver_host(options.verbose)
        except Exception:
            message = RemoteHelper.collect_appcontroller_crashlog(
                public_ip, options.keyname, options.verbose)
            raise AppControllerException(message)

        RemoteHelper.sleep_until_port_is_open(uaserver_host,
                                              UserAppClient.PORT,
                                              options.verbose)

        # Update our metadata again so that users can SSH into other boxes that
        # may have been started.
        LocalState.update_local_metadata(options, node_layout, public_ip,
                                         instance_id)
        RemoteHelper.copy_local_metadata(public_ip, options.keyname,
                                         options.verbose)

        AppScaleLogger.log("UserAppServer is at {0}".format(uaserver_host))

        uaserver_client = UserAppClient(
            uaserver_host, LocalState.get_secret_key(options.keyname))

        if options.admin_user and options.admin_pass:
            AppScaleLogger.log("Using the provided admin username/password")
            username, password = options.admin_user, options.admin_pass
        elif options.test:
            AppScaleLogger.log("Using default admin username/password")
            username, password = LocalState.DEFAULT_USER, LocalState.DEFAULT_PASSWORD
        else:
            username, password = LocalState.get_credentials()

        RemoteHelper.create_user_accounts(username, password, uaserver_host,
                                          options.keyname,
                                          options.clear_datastore)
        uaserver_client.set_admin_role(username)

        RemoteHelper.wait_for_machines_to_finish_loading(
            public_ip, options.keyname)
        # Finally, update our metadata once we know that all of the machines are
        # up and have started all their API services.
        LocalState.update_local_metadata(options, node_layout, public_ip,
                                         instance_id)
        RemoteHelper.copy_local_metadata(public_ip, options.keyname,
                                         options.verbose)

        RemoteHelper.sleep_until_port_is_open(
            LocalState.get_login_host(options.keyname),
            RemoteHelper.APP_DASHBOARD_PORT, options.verbose)
        AppScaleLogger.success("AppScale successfully started!")
        AppScaleLogger.success("View status information about your AppScale " + \
          "deployment at http://{0}:{1}/status".format(LocalState.get_login_host(
          options.keyname), RemoteHelper.APP_DASHBOARD_PORT))
        AppScaleLogger.remote_log_tools_state(options, my_id, "finished",
                                              APPSCALE_VERSION)
    def run_instances(cls, options):
        """Starts a new AppScale deployment with the parameters given.

    Args:
      options: A Namespace that has fields for each parameter that can be
        passed in via the command-line interface.
    Raises:
      AppControllerException: If the AppController on the head node crashes.
        When this occurs, the message in the exception contains the reason why
        the AppController crashed.
      BadConfigurationException: If the user passes in options that are not
        sufficient to start an AppScale deployment (e.g., running on EC2 but
        not specifying the AMI to use), or if the user provides us
        contradictory options (e.g., running on EC2 but not specifying EC2
        credentials).
    """
        LocalState.make_appscale_directory()
        LocalState.ensure_appscale_isnt_running(options.keyname, options.force)
        if options.infrastructure:
            if not options.disks and not options.test and not options.force:
                LocalState.ensure_user_wants_to_run_without_disks()

        reduced_version = ".".join(x for x in APPSCALE_VERSION.split(".")[:2])
        AppScaleLogger.log("Starting AppScale " + reduced_version)

        my_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
        AppScaleLogger.remote_log_tools_state(options, my_id, "started", APPSCALE_VERSION)

        node_layout = NodeLayout(options)
        if not node_layout.is_valid():
            raise BadConfigurationException(
                "There were errors with your " + "placement strategy:\n{0}".format(str(node_layout.errors()))
            )

        head_node = node_layout.head_node()
        # Start VMs in cloud via cloud agent.
        if options.infrastructure:
            instance_ids, public_ips, private_ips = RemoteHelper.start_all_nodes(options, len(node_layout.nodes))
            AppScaleLogger.log(
                "\nPlease wait for AppScale to prepare your machines " "for use. This can take few minutes."
            )

            # Set newly obtained node layout info for this deployment.
            for i, _ in enumerate(instance_ids):
                node_layout.nodes[i].public_ip = public_ips[i]
                node_layout.nodes[i].private_ip = private_ips[i]
                node_layout.nodes[i].instance_id = instance_ids[i]

            # Enables root logins and SSH access on the head node.
            RemoteHelper.enable_root_ssh(options, head_node.public_ip)
        AppScaleLogger.verbose("Node Layout: {}".format(node_layout.to_list()), options.verbose)

        # Ensure all nodes are compatible.
        RemoteHelper.ensure_machine_is_compatible(head_node.public_ip, options.keyname, options.verbose)

        # Use rsync to move custom code into the deployment.
        if options.scp:
            AppScaleLogger.log("Copying over local copy of AppScale from {0}".format(options.scp))
            RemoteHelper.rsync_files(head_node.public_ip, options.keyname, options.scp, options.verbose)

        # Start services on head node.
        RemoteHelper.start_head_node(options, my_id, node_layout)

        # Write deployment metadata to disk (facilitates SSH operations, etc.)
        db_master = node_layout.db_master().private_ip
        head_node = node_layout.head_node().public_ip
        LocalState.update_local_metadata(options, db_master, head_node)

        # Copy the locations.json to the head node
        RemoteHelper.copy_local_metadata(node_layout.head_node().public_ip, options.keyname, options.verbose)

        # Wait for services on head node to start.
        secret_key = LocalState.get_secret_key(options.keyname)
        acc = AppControllerClient(head_node, secret_key)
        try:
            while not acc.is_initialized():
                AppScaleLogger.log("Waiting for head node to initialize...")
                # This can take some time in particular the first time around, since
                # we will have to initialize the database.
                time.sleep(cls.SLEEP_TIME * 3)
        except socket.error as socket_error:
            AppScaleLogger.warn("Unable to initialize AppController: {}".format(socket_error.message))
            message = RemoteHelper.collect_appcontroller_crashlog(head_node, options.keyname, options.verbose)
            raise AppControllerException(message)

        # Set up admin account.
        try:
            # We don't need to have any exception information here: we do expect
            # some anyway while the UserAppServer is coming up.
            acc.does_user_exist("non-existent-user", True)
        except Exception:
            AppScaleLogger.log("UserAppServer not ready yet. Retrying ...")
            time.sleep(cls.SLEEP_TIME)

        if options.admin_user and options.admin_pass:
            AppScaleLogger.log("Using the provided admin username/password")
            username, password = options.admin_user, options.admin_pass
        elif options.test:
            AppScaleLogger.log("Using default admin username/password")
            username, password = LocalState.DEFAULT_USER, LocalState.DEFAULT_PASSWORD
        else:
            username, password = LocalState.get_credentials()

        RemoteHelper.create_user_accounts(username, password, head_node, options.keyname)
        acc.set_admin_role(username, "true", cls.ADMIN_CAPABILITIES)

        # Wait for machines to finish loading and AppScale Dashboard to be deployed.
        RemoteHelper.wait_for_machines_to_finish_loading(head_node, options.keyname)
        RemoteHelper.sleep_until_port_is_open(
            LocalState.get_login_host(options.keyname), RemoteHelper.APP_DASHBOARD_PORT, options.verbose
        )

        AppScaleLogger.success("AppScale successfully started!")
        AppScaleLogger.success(
            "View status information about your AppScale "
            + "deployment at http://{0}:{1}".format(
                LocalState.get_login_host(options.keyname), RemoteHelper.APP_DASHBOARD_PORT
            )
        )
        AppScaleLogger.remote_log_tools_state(options, my_id, "finished", APPSCALE_VERSION)