On 07/24/2012 12:47 PM, Martin Packman wrote: > On 23/07/2012, Jay Pipes <jaypi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This is only due to the asinine EC2 API -- or rather the asinine >> implementation in EC2 that doesn't create an instance ID before the >> instance is launched. > > So, I'm curious, how do you allocate a server id in advance using the > openstack api so you can pass it in rather than relying on an external > metadata service? I've not seen anything in the documentation > describing how to do that.
The OpenStack Compute API POST /servers command creates a server UUID that is passed back in the initial response and allows the user to query the status of the server throughout its launch sequence. http://docs.openstack.org/api/openstack-compute/2/content/CreateServers.html -jay _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
