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From: Pierre-Luc Dion <pdion@cloudops.com>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 07:46:23 -0400
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Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Config Drive: Using the OpenStack format?
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Is this a format that would work for all hypervisor supported  by
cloudstack? Because openstack is highly focus on kvm.

Also,did anyone verified if that would work for coreos and
cloudbase-init(cloud-init for Windows)

Otherwise I like the idea of removing the VR dependency.

Le 22 mai 2017 7:40 AM, "Nux!" <nux@li.nux.ro> a =C3=A9crit :

> +1 using openstack format
>
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> Nux!
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> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Wido den Hollander" <wido@widodh.nl>
> > To: "dev" <dev@cloudstack.apache.org>, "Kris Sterckx" <
> kris.sterckx@nuagenetworks.net>
> > Sent: Friday, 19 May, 2017 14:15:28
> > Subject: [DISCUSS] Config Drive: Using the OpenStack format?
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > Yesterday at ApacheCon Kris from Nuage networks gave a great
> presentation about
> > alternatives for userdata from the VR: Config Drive
> >
> > In short, a CD-ROM/ISO attached to the Instance containing the
> meta/userdata
> > instead of having the VR serve it.
> >
> > The outstanding PR [0] uses it's own format on the ISO while cloud-init
> already
> > has support for config drive [1].
> >
> > This format uses 'openstack' in the name, but it seems to be in
> cloud-init
> > natively and well supported.
> >
> > I started the discussion yesterday during the talk and thought to take
> it to the
> > list.
> >
> > My opinion is that we should use the OpenStack format for the config
> drive:
> >
> > - It's already in cloud-init
> > - Easier to templates to be used on CloudStack
> > - Easier adoption
> >
> > We can always write a file like "GENERATED_BY_APACHE_CLOUDSTACK" or
> something on
> > the ISO.
> >
> > We can also symlink the 'openstack' directory to a directory called
> 'cloudstack'
> > on the ISO.
> >
> > Does anybody else have a opinion on this one?
> >
> > Wido
> >
> > [0]: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/2097
> > [1]:
> > http://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/topics/
> datasources/configdrive.html#version-2
>

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