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Subject: Re: root resize support in the UI
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It's very possible Citrix customised that installation, what they do for th=
eir own customers is their own business. It was certainly possible to do it=
 with 4.3, Marcus wrote some patches at some point to enable this functiona=
lity (KVM only, again).

The UI has always been considered more of a proof of concept, though it's a=
 very much needed part of ACS, as such everyone is encouraged to use the AP=
I and build their own interfaces. I missed some important options and custo=
mers because I thought=20

GreenQloud, Exoscale etc will give you some credit as a new customer so you=
 can check out their UI. They don't have as many options as the ACS one, bu=
t I found this to be a feature, customers shouldn't be exposed to too many =
options, they'll just get their noses caught in them. :)

Lucian

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Nux!
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vadim Kimlaychuk" <Vadim.Kimlaychuk@Elion.ee>
> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
> Sent: Sunday, 30 November, 2014 10:53:56
> Subject: RE: root resize support in the UI

> Lucian,
>=20
>=09I have seen CS 4.3 installation made by Citrix at our parnter and they =
have the
>=09same feature enabled for XenServer and VmWare.  I wonder how does it wo=
rk ?
>=09They have their own team of developers to make some extra features they=
 need
>=09(like plugin for statistics and billing), but did they implement partic=
ularly
>=09this feature or Citrix did it  -  I don't know. It seems this part of c=
ode is
>=09not contributed back to community anyway. It would be nice to have it,
>=09especially together with "slieders" which are quite popular right now a=
s I
>=09understood.
>=20
> Vadim.
>=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nux! [mailto:nux@li.nux.ro]
> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 9:48 PM
> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: Re: root resize support in the UI
>=20
> Vadim,
>=20
> 1. Only KVM for now, due to lack of interest I guess 2. The root disk val=
ue
> needs to be equal or larger than that of the template, otherwise you end =
up
> with a broken disk, obviously. So go for minimal (say under 10G) template=
s that
> can resize themselves, such as the ones at http://dl.openvm.eu ;) 3. The
> backend API has been supporting this since 4.4.0, it's the UI that is lag=
ging
> behind More details here https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK=
-6181
>=20
> Lucian
>=20
> --
> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology!
>=20
> Nux!
> www.nux.ro
>=20
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Vadim Kimlaychuk" <Vadim.Kimlaychuk@Elion.ee>
>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
>> Sent: Saturday, 29 November, 2014 15:17:16
>> Subject: RE: root resize support in the UI
>=20
>> Nux,
>>=20
>>         Can you give more information about this functionality? I am par=
ticularly
>>         interesting to show to the user this field, but don't know how i=
t will work.
>>         Particularly is interesting:
>> 1. Does it work for all hypervisors or just KVM?
>> 2. Does it depend on the template root partition (i.e. I have 10G root
>> at template and put 5G to desired. Will it work?) 3. This is just UI
>> patch, shouldn't it be activated at the backend as well ?
>>=20
>> Thanks,
>> Vadim
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Nux! [nux@li.nux.ro]
>> Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 12:37
>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
>> Cc: Brian Federle
>> Subject: Re: root resize support in the UI
>>=20
>> BTW, the code needed to enable custom root size during instance
>> creation is very small, functionality is already there.
>> This patch is needed
>> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=3Dcloudstack.git;a=3Dcommit;h=
=3D8f
>> ec09ba481fbd3b8c2a9e4d31ef06f113b037cb
>> , I tested it and it works fine.
>>=20
>> And this is the result: https://i.imgur.com/xrs0mu4.png
>>=20
>> --
>> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology!
>>=20
>> Nux!
>> www.nux.ro
>>=20
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Nux!" <nux@li.nux.ro>
>>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
>>> Cc: "Brian Federle" <Brian.Federle@citrix.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, 29 November, 2014 00:57:37
>>> Subject: Re: root resize support in the UI
>>=20
>>> Yes, you have a point.
>>>
>>> Opened https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-7992
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology!
>>>
>>> Nux!
>>> www.nux.ro
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Mike Tutkowski" <mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com>
>>>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
>>>> Cc: "Brian Federle" <Brian.Federle@citrix.com>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, 29 November, 2014 00:48:03
>>>> Subject: Re: root resize support in the UI
>>>
>>>> Well...I don't know...we kind of have features all over the place
>>>> that work for one hypervisor and not for another.
>>>>
>>>> If we're cool with that approach, this would be just one more area
>>>> where we have this kind of hypervisor-specific behavior (perhaps all
>>>> hypervisors support such an action in the future).
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Nux! <nux@li.nux.ro> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Was thinking to just patch my local installation. Devs might not go
>>>>> too crazy over this idea since root resize is not supported across
>>>>> all hypervisors (KVM only atm).
>>>>>
>>>>> But if you think this has a chance to go official, I will open an iss=
ue.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Lucian
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology!
>>>>>
>>>>> Nux!
>>>>> www.nux.ro
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> > From: "Mike Tutkowski" <mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com>
>>>>> > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org, "Brian Federle"
>>>>> > <Brian.Federle@citrix.com
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Sent: Saturday, 29 November, 2014 00:27:14
>>>>> > Subject: Re: root resize support in the UI
>>>>>
>>>>> > Have you logged a JIRA ticket for this?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Maybe Brian or one of the GUI people could pick up on it.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Nux! <nux@li.nux.ro> wrote:
>>>>> >
>>>>> >> Yeah, I was thinking of that, if it works for DATA, it should
>>>>> >> work for ROOT. But I am not a dev.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Thoughts?
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> --
>>>>> >> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology!
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Nux!
>>>>> >> www.nux.ro
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> >> > From: "Mike Tutkowski" <mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com>
>>>>> >> > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
>>>>> >> > Sent: Friday, 28 November, 2014 19:57:27
>>>>> >> > Subject: Re: root resize support in the UI
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> > For root disks, is it possible to just follow the existing
>>>>> >> > resize
>>>>> pattern
>>>>> >> > we have established in the UI for data disks?
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > On Friday, November 28, 2014, Nux! <nux@li.nux.ro> wrote:
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> >> Hello,
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> Wonder if someone can help me with the $subject.
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> I remember at some point (4.2?) a new feature showed up
>>>>> >> >> accidentally
>>>>> in
>>>>> >> >> the UI instance creation dialogues, it was concerning "root
>>>>> >> >> size",
>>>>> had a
>>>>> >> >> small box where the number in GB would be introduced.
>>>>> >> >> I'd like to take advantage of that now that this feature
>>>>> >> >> actually
>>>>> works,
>>>>> >> >> even if only in KVM. I'd love it if someone could point me to
>>>>> >> >> that
>>>>> >> piece of
>>>>> >> >> code (prolly just javascript).
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> In addition to that, now that root resize works, can any one
>>>>> >> >> suggest
>>>>> >> how I
>>>>> >> >> might put a "resize" button in the Volumes section for the
>>>>> >> >> ROOT
>>>>> disks?
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> Lucian
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> --
>>>>> >> >> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology!
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >> Nux!
>>>>> >> >> www.nux.ro
>>>>> >> >>
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> >
>>>>> >> > --
>>>>> >> > *Mike Tutkowski*
>>>>> >> > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
>>>>> >> > e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
>>>>> >> > o: 303.746.7302
>>>>> >> > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud
>>>>> >> > <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=3Dplay>*=E2=84=A2=
*
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > --
>>>>> > *Mike Tutkowski*
>>>>> > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
>>>>> > e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
>>>>> > o: 303.746.7302
>>>>> > Advancing the way the world uses the cloud
>>>>> > <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=3Dplay>*=E2=84=A2*
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> *Mike Tutkowski*
>>>> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.*
>>>> e: mike.tutkowski@solidfire.com
>>>> o: 303.746.7302
>>>> Advancing the way the world uses the cloud
> > > > <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=3Dplay>*=E2=84=A2*