Answer inline On 08/06/14 6:45 PM, "Girish Chaudhari" <girish.chaudh...@sungardas.com> wrote:
>Hi Nitin, > >Can you please reply back to my previous mail thread. > >As well like to update you that I have even tried this feature with >Networks object. Even in this case, I could set the display flag as >'0', it get hided from normal users as well admin user similar to what >I have mentioned above for virtual machine. Root admin can still list the hidden networks by using the display flag in the listNetworks. > >Thanks, >Girish > >On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:18 AM, Girish Chaudhari ><girish.chaudh...@sungardas.com> wrote: >> Thanks Nitin for immediate response. >> >> "... I see that some more first class entities have gotten added but >> the underlying concept remains the same." >> >> => Can you please name the newly added first class entities if >> possible, or what could be the best way to figure it out. >> Is there any criteria which is used to decided whether particular CS >> resource is first class candidate or not. Or every resource can be >> taken as first class object and hiding can be applied to it. >> Can you please let me know what steps/efforts will be involved in >> hiding new CS first class object using this feature? >> >> "I would think that would be a bug. Please file it and I will try and >> look into it." >> >> => I will double check on it and try the same steps with another >> mentioned resource. Will file the bug accordingly. >> >>>Also like to check whether Admin can update this feature flags or >>>provide the meta data through UI? >> >> >> "Yes, admin can update the display flag during creation time or using >> update apis. Check deployvm and updateVm apis." >> >> -> You mean to say current CS UI(4.3 or upcoming 4.4) has ability to >> mark the existing VM as hidden or create new VM with hide flag? I >> could try it, using API programatically only. >> >> As well I have follow up extended questions as: >> >> Do this feature only applied to Root Admin vs the users Or even >> equally applied to "Any Sub Domain Admin User" vs its non admin users? >> >> >> Thanks, >> Girish >> >> On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Nitin Mehta <nitin.me...@citrix.com> >>wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 04/06/14 4:52 AM, "Girish Chaudhari" >>><girish.chaudh...@sungardas.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>>Hi Team, >>>> >>>>I am looking into the CS first class object hiding feature to verify >>>>how the Admin user has better control over the display of CS resources >>>>to end users. >>>> >>>>The only reference link I could find is >>>>https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Ability+to+have+ >>>>bet >>>>ter+control+over+first+class+objects+in+CS >>>> >>>>Is there any other documentation available around this feature >>>>providing more use cases and examples..etc. >>> >>> This is the functional spec and should provide you most of the >>> information. I see that some more first class entities have gotten >>>added >>> but the underlying concept remains the same. >>> >>>> >>>>Whereas I have tried to verify this feature by creating the >>>>resources(VM) by Admin and associated it with the account. In usual >>>>case Account user as well the admin user can retrieve the VM using the >>>>listVMs call. When I am trying to set the display_vm flag as false, as >>>>expected the account user don't see the VM. But even the Admin user >>>>can't see the VM in list. >>>> >>>>Not sure whether I am following the right steps or its buggy behavior. >>> >>> I would think that would be a bug. Please file it and I will try and >>>look >>> into it. >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>>Also like to check whether Admin can update this feature flags or >>>>provide the meta data through UI? >>> >>> Yes, admin can update the display flag during creation time or using >>> update apis. Check deployvm and updateVm apis >>> >>>> >>>>Curious to know whether anyone is using this feature in production and >>>>how? >>>> >>>>Thanks, >>>>Girish >>>
