Agreed. Using userid could make isolation of resources more strictly. Which is more suitable for public cloud,but more work have to be done I think. On Nov 14, 2014 4:54 PM, "Rohit Yadav" <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > All CloudStack DB entities (VM, storage, network etc.) have an owner field > which is mostly the account. An account can have multiple users so just by > looking at the resource (say VM) it’s not possible to make out which user > in the account (owner or account_id field in the db row of the entity) > created it. CloudStack users may want to know this information for at least > entities such as VMs and Volumes. > > Historically, why is the account owner of an entity and not a user? If > user were the owner, we could easily get the account Id using the user Id. > > One solution to fix this problem is to refactor and replace Account > (interface) usage with UserAccount (interface) usage, fix the DAO and > resource layer, and add columns in the schema. This gets us all the > information we need to determine domainId, AccountId and Id (the user ID). > Should we do it for all entities or just keep status quo (use account as > owners), or just fix it on-demand basis for specific entities such as for > user VMs [1]. > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-7908 > > Regards, > Rohit Yadav > Software Architect, ShapeBlue > M. +91 88 262 30892 | rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com > Blog: bhaisaab.org | Twitter: @_bhaisaab > > > > Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services > > IaaS Cloud Design & Build< > http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//> > CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework<http://shapeblue.com/csforge/> > CloudStack Consulting<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/> > CloudStack Software Engineering< > http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-software-engineering/> > CloudStack Infrastructure Support< > http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> > CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses< > http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or > opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the > intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based > upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender > if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a > company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a > company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue > Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil > and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue SA Pty Ltd is > a company registered by The Republic of South Africa and is traded under > license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark. >
