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Wido den Hollander commented on CLOUDSTACK-450:
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Yes, I think we should build the API first indeed and do it in steps.
This issue is also a "brain dump" about what has to be done.
It's clear I think that the System VMs need some work, since the current way we
do stuff is not maintainable.
The main point for the API is indeed to make it platform agnostic. We still
need to figure out a way to inject a shared secret and set the network
configuration for the System VM since DHCP is not available for them.
> Controlling System VMs should not happen through SSH
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> Key: CLOUDSTACK-450
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-450
> Project: CloudStack
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Management Server
> Reporter: Wido den Hollander
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> Currently we SSH into the System VMs to control them.
> This is not doable on the longer run, it causes problems already, like
> injecting the SSH keys into the System VM ISO which is not reliable.
> Inside the System VM there should be an API running which the management
> server(s) can talk to to inject DHCP entries, add loadbalancing settings to
> HA proxy, have the SSVM download a template/ISO, etc, etc.
> This would mean a complete rewrite of the System VMs, but it will make them
> more robust over time.
> The exact spec for this improvement still has to be written, this issue is
> just here to identify the problem.
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