On 07/24/2012 01:10 PM, Martin Packman wrote: > On 24/07/2012, Jay Pipes <jaypi...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> 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. > > I'm not really seeing how that improves on the situation compared to > the EC2 api. If a server needs to know its own id, it must either > communicate with an external service or be able to use the compute > api, which means putting credentials on the instance. Or am I missing > a trick?
All I am saying is that Nova knows the instance's ID at the time that a config-drive can be created and installed into the instance. You can't do that with the "user data" EC2 API stuff, but you can with config-drive. Which is why I was recommending using config-drive. Best, -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
