On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Trinath Somanchi < trinath.soman...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Vish- > > Thanks for the reply. > > I need much more info on these. > > [1] Where this Metadata comes into picture., while launching the instance, > or after instance is launched ? > As the docs linked to by Vish show - metadata can be set at the same time as the server is created, or it can be set after the server has been built. [2] In the Essex release, how can he see what metadata is being prepared > and used ? > One of Vish's links includes the documentation for the "List Metadata" API call. > [3] What is the use of this metadata. > Anything you like. Openstack does nothing with the metadata. > [4] In scenario of Nova+Quantum+OVS (Essex Release) at what places this > metadata is used, How is it prepared, where it is parsed and understood, > What data does it contain? > Only nova knows anything about the metadata - and even then - all it knows is how to store/retrieve it. > > Though I have too many questions, I'm in need of these since, Want to > understand the ROLE of metadata concept? > The role is simple - you can set metadata on a server, and retrieve it later if you wish. > > Kindly please help me understand the same. > > -- > TNS >
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