It would be interesting to have a formal exit inside OpenStack nova at VM creation for this sort of check rather than having to patch the code.
Other scenarios that I've seen is where there is a need to enforce limits as the server name is used for other purposes. Examples are characters in the server name or maximum length. Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: gustavo panizzo <gfa> [mailto:g...@zumbi.com.ar] > Sent: 02 February 2014 05:27 > To: Craig J; openstack@lists.openstack.org > Subject: Re: [Openstack] nova unique name generator middleware > > On 02/01/2014 04:19 PM, Craig J wrote: > > > > I think the best way to accomplish this is to write a custom piece of > > paste middleware and plug it into the nova api. I'm planning on > > basically overriding the name provide by the user with a name that we > > can guarantee to be unique. > > do you plan to rename the vm in case the name already exists or just abort > the creation? i would choose the second > > > > > So, two questions: > > 1. Does anyone have a similar piece of middleware they'd care to share? > i don't i would love to have it, i would share if i have it > > > 2. Are there any reasons this approach won't work? Any better approaches? > it think it should be done at tenant level, my use case is i want to restrict > vm names depending on the tenant them are in > > example: > > tenant foo, vm names allowes > > foo-mysql-n > foo-apache-n > > tenant bar > > foo-mongodb-n > foo-nginx > > this help a lot with orchestration, we are doing it manually now but i would > like to enforce it > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Craig > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > -- > 1AE0 322E B8F7 4717 BDEA BF1D 44BB 1BA7 9F6C 6333 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
