> -----Original Message----- > From: Wido den Hollander [mailto:w...@widodh.nl] > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 6:34 AM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: KVM Agent setup/configuration > > Hi, > > I was looking into the Agent setup and configuration today and found > out > that this is quit outdated. > > All the documentation is still pointing to the cloud-setup-agent tool, > but do we still want that? > > On my systems this tool seems to brake more then you want. > > I'm working on fixing most of the bugs, but setting up the agent isn't > that hard at all. > > 1. Make sure your interfaces match you traffic labels > 2. Fill the agent.properties (guid, resource host, private nic, public > nic) > 3. Start the agent > > > There is however one thing I don't like. The agent is overwriting it's > agent.properties file with various own lines, mangling anything you > might have written to it. > > Admins might deploy their agents with Puppet or Chef and those tools > usually go crazy when files change without them noticing it. > > Do we really need to write to this file? Shouldn't the agent just start > and whenever some property is not set use a default value?
Yah, agent itself wants to do more, but it's unnecessary. All the setup/config on kvm host should be offload to cloud-setup-agent or other tools. > > The agent for example generates a UUID for local storage and stores it > in agent.properties. Should it? Shouldn't it simply complain if that > value is not set and let this value be set by cloud-setup-agent or by > the admin manually? Yes, that's the right way to go. > > I personally don't like daemons who start touching my configuration and > modifying files without me knowing it. > > To sum it up: > I think setting up an agent should be able by just providing a > agent.properties and nothing more. Start the agent and go online. > > No need for the cloud-setup-agent tool imho. This is a black magic box > which does all kinds of things which should actually be documented. Agent.properties should not be touched by cloud-agent, all the configuration the agent wants needs to get from mgt server. Still needs Cloud-setup-agent for ordinary users(who doesn't know how to configure kvm host by himself). It's true, for advanced admin, it's not needed. But no matter what, we need tell user how to configure kvm host, either document the steps, or provide a tool, like cloud-setup-agent. > > Wido
