The need to restart is, the Managers have configured with the values in Global Settings and running.
-----Original Message----- From: Rajani Karuturi [mailto:rajani.karut...@citrix.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 3:13 PM To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: Re: The global settings beast... The need to restart the management server for any global configuration change is a problem. I spent at least a few hours trying to debug an issue only to realise that its not an issue but, I have to restart the management server. ~Rajani On 05-Mar-2014, at 3:01 pm, Donal Lafferty <donal.laffe...@citrix.com> wrote: > In fairness, the biggest problem is having to reboot. > > WRT to b), there is a search option that avoids the need to scroll. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: John Kinsella [mailto:j...@stratosec.co] >> Sent: 05 March 2014 08:22 >> To: <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> >> Subject: The global settings beast... >> >> One thing that's been gnawing on me - we keep shoving more and more >> stuff into the global settings shortcut instead of creating a proper >> settings UI. >> Then some new user comes along all shiny-eyed at the awesomeness of >> ACS, but wonders why something isn't working, only to be told that >> combination of a) it's in the docs and b) you have to scroll down >> through 30 items in global settings, then change something, then >> restart mgmt, then re- login...then it'll work. >> >> I know the UI is supposed to be a proof of concept, but I'm thinking >> we need to shed that label and empty out some closeted skeletons such as >> this. >> >> Am I the only one this bothers, or should we maybe set it as a goal >> for 4.5 (maybe this is on a feature list and I've missed it...)? >> >> John
