Awesome We ll explore the symlink approach and document a suggested approach in the design spec for review and upon consensus update the PR.
Thanks Wido! Kris On May 19, 2017 11:42, "Simon Weller" <swel...@ena.com.invalid> wrote: > +1 > > Simon Weller/615-312-6068 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rafael Weingärtner [rafaelweingart...@gmail.com] > Received: Friday, 19 May 2017, 11:24AM > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org [dev@cloudstack.apache.org] > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Config Drive: Using the OpenStack format? > > This seems a very interesting idea. > +1 > > On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 9:33 AM, Marc-Aurèle Brothier <ma...@exoscale.ch> > wrote: > > > Hi Widoo, > > > > That sounds like a pretty good idea in my opinion. +1 for adding it > > > > Marco > > > > > > > On 19 May 2017, at 15:15, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Yesterday at ApacheCon Kris from Nuage networks gave a great > > presentation about alternatives for userdata from the VR: Config Drive > > > > > > In short, a CD-ROM/ISO attached to the Instance containing the > > meta/userdata instead of having the VR serve it. > > > > > > The outstanding PR [0] uses it's own format on the ISO while cloud-init > > already has support for config drive [1]. > > > > > > This format uses 'openstack' in the name, but it seems to be in > > cloud-init natively and well supported. > > > > > > I started the discussion yesterday during the talk and thought to take > > it to the list. > > > > > > My opinion is that we should use the OpenStack format for the config > > drive: > > > > > > - It's already in cloud-init > > > - Easier to templates to be used on CloudStack > > > - Easier adoption > > > > > > We can always write a file like "GENERATED_BY_APACHE_CLOUDSTACK" or > > something on the ISO. > > > > > > We can also symlink the 'openstack' directory to a directory called > > 'cloudstack' on the ISO. > > > > > > Does anybody else have a opinion on this one? > > > > > > Wido > > > > > > [0]: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/2097 > > > [1]: http://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/ > > datasources/configdrive.html#version-2 > > > > > > > -- > Rafael Weingärtner >
