Re: [openstack-dev] HK Summit - Image Creation and Customization "unconference"?

2013-11-04 Thread Ian McLeod
Apologies, updated with the day. (Thursday) On Mon, 2013-11-04 at 20:10 -0600, Ian McLeod wrote: > (Forgive the top-post) > > Done. > > I have requested: Thursday > 3:30 - 4:10 PM > Meeting Room 2 > "The State of Image Building" > > As I say, I can sp

Re: [openstack-dev] HK Summit - Image Creation and Customization "unconference"?

2013-11-04 Thread Ian McLeod
approaching the fundamental problem of image construction and customization in OpenStack. -Ian On Thu, 2013-10-31 at 15:05 -0500, Ian McLeod wrote: > On Thu, 2013-10-31 at 12:50 -0700, Mark Washenberger wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Ian McLeod

Re: [openstack-dev] HK Summit - Image Creation and Customization "unconference"?

2013-10-31 Thread Ian McLeod
On Thu, 2013-10-31 at 12:50 -0700, Mark Washenberger wrote: > > > > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Ian McLeod > wrote: > On Thu, 2013-10-31 at 11:56 -0700, Clint Byrum wrote: > > Excerpts from Ian McLeod's message of 2013-10-31 11:27:39 >

Re: [openstack-dev] HK Summit - Image Creation and Customization "unconference"?

2013-10-31 Thread Ian McLeod
On Thu, 2013-10-31 at 11:56 -0700, Clint Byrum wrote: > Excerpts from Ian McLeod's message of 2013-10-31 11:27:39 -0700: > > Hello, > > > > Would any of you attending the summit be interested in snagging an > > unconference session to discuss the state of play with image creation, > > customizatio

[openstack-dev] HK Summit - Image Creation and Customization "unconference"?

2013-10-31 Thread Ian McLeod
Hello, Would any of you attending the summit be interested in snagging an unconference session to discuss the state of play with image creation, customization and import? I can contribute an overview and demonstration of our Nova-native image building tool. I'd be interested in exploring integra

[openstack-dev] Block Device Mapping: progress, issues and future RFEs

2013-09-12 Thread Ian McLeod
All, Nikola has been working on some very helpful improvements to the block device mapping code. These are being tracked here: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/improve-block-device-handling We have been using these new features during development of our native image building tool for

Re: [openstack-dev] Blueprint for Nova native image building

2013-08-27 Thread Ian McLeod
Russell, Thanks for the reminder to follow up on list. To summarize my read of this thread, the strong consensus seems to be to keep the detailed mechanics of building individual operating systems out of nova itself. It also seems there's no universally agreed upon alternative location for it wi

Re: [openstack-dev] Blueprint for Nova native image building

2013-08-08 Thread Ian McLeod
On 08/06/2013 12:20 PM, Russell Bryant wrote: > > > >> On 08/06/2013 11:53 AM, Ian Mcleod wrote: > > > >>> Hello, > > > >>> > > > >>> A blueprint has been registered regarding API additions to Nova to > > > >>> enable

Re: [openstack-dev] Blueprint for Nova native image building

2013-08-08 Thread Ian McLeod
On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 15:53 +0100, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 10:34:57AM -0400, Russell Bryant wrote: > > On 08/06/2013 06:06 PM, Ian McLeod wrote: > > > On Tue, 2013-08-06 at 16:02 -0300, Monty Taylor wrote: > > > The proof of concept appro

Re: [openstack-dev] Blueprint for Nova native image building

2013-08-08 Thread Ian McLeod
On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 12:05 -0400, Russell Bryant wrote: > On 08/07/2013 10:46 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 06, 2013 at 12:20:00PM -0400, Russell Bryant wrote: > >> On 08/06/2013 11:53 AM, Ian Mcleod wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >

Re: [openstack-dev] Blueprint for Nova native image building

2013-08-06 Thread Ian McLeod
On Tue, 2013-08-06 at 16:02 -0300, Monty Taylor wrote: > > On 08/06/2013 03:46 PM, Russell Bryant wrote: > > On 08/06/2013 12:20 PM, Russell Bryant wrote: > >> On 08/06/2013 11:53 AM, Ian Mcleod wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> A bluepri

[openstack-dev] Blueprint for Nova native image building

2013-08-06 Thread Ian Mcleod
Hello, A blueprint has been registered regarding API additions to Nova to enable the creation of base images from external OS install sources. This provides a way to build images from scratch via native OS installer tools using only the resources provided through Nova. These images can then be fu