I guess we are all in agreement them :)
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Kinsella [mailto:j...@stratosec.co]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:56 AM
>To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
>Subject: Re: Functional Specification for the multiple IPs per NIC
>
>cloud-init's (more specifically, user-data) being mentioned because I see
an
>ongoing need of wanting to get instance-specific data into an instance.
>
>So, we can tweak meta-data to add support for multi-IP per NIC (MIPN), or
>we can take a step back and talk through how the metadata side of things
>could be beefed up before implementing MIPN to minimize future rewriting.
>
>The result is better compatibility with AWS, better security, and more
>standardized functionality going forward.
>
>Yes, this is a separate feature than the MIPN by itself. I meant to call
that out
>in my first bullet, apologies.
>
>John
>
>On Dec 18, 2012, at 10:39 AM, Chiradeep Vittal
><chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sorry, not sure why cloud-init is being clubbed into this feature.
>>
>> The secondary ips can be made available through the usual metadata
>scheme.
>>
>> On 12/18/12 10:36 AM, "John Kinsella" <j...@stratosec.co> wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any logic behind 30? At some point, we're going to be asked,
>>> so I'd like to have a decent answer. :)
>>>
>>> On the rest of this, I'd like to get some level of consensus on the
>>> design. What looks best to me:
>>> * Improve UserData/CloudInit support in CloudStack (I'm willing to
>>> work on this, consider it important) - allow expiration of data,
>>> wider variety of data supported
>>> * Create the multi-IPs-per-NIC code to get IPs via CloudInit (Need to
>>> think through Windows equivalent)
>>> * Update the password changing script to use CloudInit
>>>
>>> Thoughts? Or Jayapal have you already started work on the multi-IP
>>> feature?
>>>
>>> On Dec 18, 2012, at 2:03 AM, Jayapal Reddy Uradi
>>> <jayapalreddy.ur...@citrix.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Regarding IP limit, it can be made as configurable using global
>>>> settings and default value will be 30.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jayapal
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Chiradeep Vittal [mailto:chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com]
>>>>> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 12:59 PM
>>>>> To: CloudStack DeveloperList
>>>>> Subject: Re: Functional Specification for the multiple IPs per NIC
>>>>>
>>>>> In basic/shared networks the allocation is bounded by what is
>>>>> already
>>>>> "used-
>>>>> up". To prevent tenants from hogging all the available ips, there
>>>>> needs to be limits.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/15/12 8:38 AM, "John Kinsella" <j...@stratosec.co> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd remove the limitation of having 30 IPs per interface. Modern
>>>>>> OSes can support way more.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why no support for basic networking? I can see a small hosting
>>>>>> provider with a basic setup wanting to manage web servers...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Dec 14, 2012, at 9:37 AM, Jayapal Reddy Uradi
>>>>>> <jayapalreddy.ur...@citrix.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Current guest VM by default having one NIC and one IP address
>>>>>>> assigned.
>>>>>>> If your wants extra IP for the guest VM, there no provision from
>>>>>>> the CS.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Using multiple IP address per NIC feature CS can associate IP
>>>>>>> address for the NIC, user can take that IP and assign it to the VM.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please find the FS for the more details.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Multiple+I
>>>>>>> P+a
>>>>> dd
>>>>>>> res
>>>>>>> s+per+NIC
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please provide your comments on the FS.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> jayapal
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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