It's required for Rackspace images. It's not necessarily required for others. You'll need it if you need to configure the VM with a specific IP address and you're not doing DHCP. It'll be required if you want to offer the ability to set root password, etc, as well.
- Chris On Feb 11, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Feb 11, 2011, at 1:51 PM, Chris Behrens wrote: > >> Yeah, I'm mixed. I tend to agree with the arguments for keeping it a >> separate project. It makes sense. At the same time, some sort of agent >> will be a requirement for configuring a guest in a non-DHCP based >> environment. And as you mention, we'll need to keep everything in sync, so >> it feels like it should be a part of nova. :-/ > > Will the agent need to be part of the images? Much of what I've seen > seems to require the agent to be present on the vm when it is created. If > that's the case, it should certainly be a separate project. > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
