Anne Gentle wrote: > > a) we should create a useful documentation including all flags > > Agreed. I have taken a few steps in this direction. > > On the Docs site, this page contains all the flags, their defaults, and > descriptions. > > http://docs.openstack.org/openstack-compute/admin/content/ch05s08.html
Great ! > I need specific questions answered in order to make this more accurate. > 1. cc_host used to be a flag. If it's not listed in the --help output > any more, is it just ignored and doesn't set anything? My guess is that > it has been replaced with all the --ec2_ flags that indicate where > nova-api is installed. Yes, --cc_host has been replaced by --ec2_host and --osapi_host, same for --cc_port. > 2. It appears that --fixed_range and --network_size are not listed in > the --help listing either, but had been used previously. How are these > network settings handled now? Those still exist: they are defined in nova/network/manager.py. I suspect that flags that are not defined globally or in the bin/nova-* do not get listed in --help. > Also, we need to organize these in logical groups and then write "how > to" sections for configuring particular scenarios with the flags. For > example, the flags you need to set for volume management and the flags > you need to set to use Glance for image storage. > > Thierry (and others who are interested), please see what logical > groupings make sense to you and send them to me. I started to do this in > Table 5.2 on the Docs site (on the page linked above). On my TODO list. -- Thierry Carrez (ttx) Release Manager, OpenStack _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
