+1 yahoo use case(s) would also benefit from not having to patch the code to achieve similar results.
Sent from my really tiny device... > On Feb 2, 2014, at 12:12 AM, "Tim Bell" <tim.b...@cern.ch> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
