I don’t think there is a formal exit inside OpenStack to do this. You may have to make a small patch to Nova.
It would be an interesting feature to define a plug-in architecture for this which would have several other uses. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Francesco Ceccarelli [mailto:cecca...@fnal.gov] > Sent: 14 September 2013 20:40 > To: Tim Bell > Cc: openstack@lists.openstack.org > Subject: Re: [Openstack] openstack meta-data > > Hello, > thanks for the help! I hadn't seen the command in the documentation, this can > be helpful. > BTW my problem is to update metadata every time a machine is launched. > For example let's talk about the hostname. Every time I launch a machine, I > would like to have well-configured metadata, with the > parameter public-hostname already set to a customized value. I don't want the > instance name as public-hostname. > > I hope I was clear and thanks again for the help, Francesco > > > > On Sat, 2013-09-14 at 07:18 +0000, Tim Bell wrote: > > You can update the metadata associated with an instance using the 'nova > > meta' command. However, this only updates the metadata > (i.e. > > key value pairs) rather than the other attributes. > > > > Changing the server name would not alter the hostname of the VM, it would > > only alter the description in Nova. > > > > Can you explain a little more what you would like to be doing ? > > > > Tim > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Francesco Ceccarelli [mailto:cecca...@fnal.gov] > > > Sent: 14 September 2013 00:11 > > > To: openstack@lists.openstack.org > > > Subject: [Openstack] openstack meta-data > > > > > > Is it possible to update instance meta-data, for example to set the > > > public hostname? > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > Francesco > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: > > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > > > Post to : openstack@lists.openstack.org > > > Unsubscribe : > > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack >
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