On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 12:32 AM, Monty Taylor <mord...@inaugust.com> wrote:
> > > On 08/06/2013 03:46 PM, Russell Bryant wrote: > > On 08/06/2013 12:20 PM, Russell Bryant wrote: > >> On 08/06/2013 11:53 AM, Ian Mcleod wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> A blueprint has been registered regarding API additions to Nova to > >>> enable the creation of base images from external OS install sources. > >>> This provides a way to build images from scratch via native OS > installer > >>> tools using only the resources provided through Nova. These images can > >>> then be further customized by other tools that expect an existing image > >>> as an input, such as disk image builder. > >>> > >>> Blueprint - > >>> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/base-image-creation > >>> > >>> Specification - https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/NovaImageCreationAPI > >>> > >>> If this is a topic that interests you, please have a look (the spec is > >>> not very long) and join the conversation. > >>> > >>> Please note that this blueprint follows on from proof of concept work > >>> for native image building discussed on this list in April: > >>> > >>> > http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-April/007157.html > >> > >> Thanks of the update on this work. > >> > >> I see that your proof of concept shows how this can work as a tool > >> outside of Nova: > >> > >> https://github.com/redhat-openstack/image-building-poc > >> > >> So, my biggest question is whether or not it makes sense for this to be > >> a Nova feature or not. If something can be implemented as a consumer of > >> Nova, my default answer is that it should stay outside of nova until I > >> am convinced otherwise. :-) > >> > >> It sounds like this is mostly an extension to nova that implements a > >> series of operations that can be done just as well outside of Nova. Are > >> there enhancements you are making or scenarios that won't work at all > >> unless it lives inside of Nova? > >> > >> If it doesn't end up on the server side, it could potentially be > >> implemented as an extension to novaclient. > >> > > > > Also, whatever we end up with, I'd like to see it hypervisor agnostic as > > much as possible. I just came across this xen specific patch: > > > > https://review.openstack.org/#/c/38650/ > > Yes to everything Russel said. I'd like to see the tool be standalone. > Then, if there is a desire to provide the ability to run it via an api, > the tool could be consumed (similar discussions have happened around > putting diskimage-builder behind a service as well) > > That said - if we did service-ify the tool, wouldn't glance be a more > appropriate place for that sort of thing? > > I agree that this should be part of glance. Thanks and Regards Noorul
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