Hello , I have started putting up thoughts into the wiki article related to enhancing the cloudstack events.
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Enhance+cloudstack+events+to+be+more+detailed Kindly let me know any thoughts / suggestions. -Sonal On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 6:29 PM, Daan Hoogland <daan.hoogl...@gmail.com>wrote: > Sonal, you're in > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 11:23 AM, Sonal Ojha <sonal.o...@sungard.com> > wrote: > > Can someone grant me permission to create a page in cwiki? > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Chip Childers <chip.child...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > >> Jira for tracking progress, and a design page on the wiki for any design > >> info. > >> > >> > On Mar 18, 2014, at 6:34 AM, Sonal Ojha <sonal.o...@sungard.com> > wrote: > >> > > >> > Shall I go ahead and open a jira item on this to add more details? > >> > > >> > > >> >> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Sonal Ojha <sonal.o...@sungard.com> > >> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hello Nitin, > >> >> > >> >> I agree with you, to start with we can replace the event > descriptions to > >> >> include the resource UUIDs of the required parameters only. For > example, > >> >> DetachIsoCmd needs only virtualMachineId as the required parameter. > >> Hence, > >> >> the event description should include the resource UUID for the > virtual > >> >> machine. Likewise the required parameters resource UUIDs would be > >> included > >> >> in the event description. > >> >> > >> >> -Sonal > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Nitin Mehta < > nitin.me...@citrix.com > >> >wrote: > >> >> > >> >>> Sonal - This is a great proposal. In addition, you should also > include > >> all > >> >>> the first class entities involved in the event. > >> >>> Say its a detach iso on a vm - then I should have uuids for both the > >> iso > >> >>> and the vm. This would definitely help giving more information and > in > >> >>> debugging. > >> >>> > >> >>> Thanks, > >> >>> -Nitin > >> >>> > >> >>> On 17/03/14 9:52 AM, "Alena Prokharchyk" < > alena.prokharc...@citrix.com > >> > > >> >>> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>>> On #1 I would say “display UUID INSTEAD of the DB id in the events > >> API”. > >> >>>> We should never expose the DB ids to the API caller, especially if > the > >> >>>> caller is not an admin. I guess we just never revised the events > after > >> >>>> UUIDs were introduced. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> On #4. We should distinguish between end user and an admin and > >> determine > >> >>>> which errors are allowed to be shown to the end user. For example, > he > >> >>>> shouldn’t see any errors related to physical resources allocation > >> error > >> >>> as > >> >>>> he has no knowledge about hosts/storages/physical network topology. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> -Alena. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>>> On 3/17/14, 9:40 AM, "John Kinsella" <j...@stratosec.co> wrote: > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> I didn’t see comments from others, but this sounds great to me. > More > >> >>> info > >> >>>>> is always better IMHO. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> On Mar 11, 2014, at 2:31 AM, Sonal Ojha > >> >>>>> <sonal.o...@sungard.com<mailto:sonal.o...@sungard.com>> wrote: > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Currently the event logged in CloudStack doesn't give detailed > >> >>>>> information > >> >>>>> about the event that has occurred. The information provided in > each > >> >>> event > >> >>>>> shown on the cloudstack ui doesn't provide specifics, > particularly in > >> >>>>> case > >> >>>>> of errors. For example, the message shown on the cloudstack ui is > >> just > >> >>>>> "Error while starting Vm. Vm Id: <id>" in case of failure to > start a > >> vm > >> >>> , > >> >>>>> which doesnt help much. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> I would like to propose some changes to enhance the events to be > more > >> >>>>> informative. Like: > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> 1) Instead of just showing resource database id in the event > details > >> it > >> >>>>> should also display resource UUID. Since all the cloudstack apis > take > >> >>>>> input > >> >>>>> as resource uuid it would be helpful to see the same on the ui as > >> well. > >> >>>>> Like in the quickview mode introduce another field as resource > UUID > >> >>> which > >> >>>>> would specify the UUID for the resource on which the event > occurred. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> 2) Enhance the events and listEvents API to include the resource > >> UUID so > >> >>>>> that it can be queried by the resource UUID as well. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> 3) Currently, the event description messages are specified in the > >> >>>>> *Cmd.java > >> >>>>> file instead, all of them should be externalize to a resource > file. > >> This > >> >>>>> would be helpful even for internationalization. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> 4) Provide more detailed messages in case of error events. > Messages > >> such > >> >>>>> as > >> >>>>> "Error while starting VM" are generic to take any action. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> These changes could be taken forward in phases, some suggestion > like > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Phase I - > >> >>>>> include 2 and 3 point mentioned above > >> >>>>> Phase II - > >> >>>>> include 1 and 4 point mentioned above > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Thoughts / Suggestions ? > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> -- > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Regards, > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> ___________________________________________________ > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> *Sonal Ojha* ● Senior Engineer - Product Developement ● SunGard > >> >>>>> Availability Services, India ● Mobile: +91 9922412645● Email: > >> >>>>> sonal.o...@sungard.com<mailto:sonal.o...@sungard.com> ● Website: > >> >>>>> http://www.sungardas.in/ > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> 8 Times Winner – BC Service Provider of the Year – 2011, 2010, > 2009, > >> >>>>> 2006, > >> >>>>> 2005, 2002, 2000, 1999; 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