Re: [Openstack] how to let the instance name (instance-xxx) equal to the hostname of the instance (chosen by the user)??

2012-11-28 Thread John Garbutt
Hi, Not quick sure which name of the instance you are refereeing to. Do you mean when you open XenCenter it shows you a different name? Thanks, John From: openstack-bounces+john.garbutt=citrix@lists.launchpad.net [mailto:openstack-bounces+john.garbutt=citrix@lists.launchpad.net] On

Re: [Openstack] how to let the instance name (instance-xxx) equal to the hostname of the instance (chosen by the user)??

2012-11-28 Thread Afef MDHAFFAR
Hi, Yes - when you list your vms via xe vm-list, you get the name-label of the instance. The question is how to modify openstack to let the hostname of the created instance equal to this name-label? Thank you, Afef 2012/11/28 John Garbutt john.garb...@citrix.com Hi, ** ** Not quick

Re: [Openstack] how to let the instance name (instance-xxx) equal to the hostname of the instance (chosen by the user)??

2012-11-28 Thread John Garbutt
I think this is the flag you want to change and its default: instance_name_template=instance-%08x You should try: instance_name_template=%(hostname)s This is the code that deals with it: https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/db/sqlalchemy/models.py#L203 This is where the name gets

Re: [Openstack] how to let the instance name (instance-xxx) equal to the hostname of the instance (chosen by the user)??

2012-11-28 Thread Sébastien Han
Hi, Just tried this, it works but I'd also like to rename /var/lib/nova/instances/ according to the hostname. At the moment this only rename (output from nova show): | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name | mon-nom Is it possible? Cheers! On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 7:31 PM, John Garbutt

Re: [Openstack] how to let the instance name (instance-xxx) equal to the hostname of the instance (chosen by the user)??

2012-11-28 Thread Vishvananda Ishaya
On Nov 28, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Sébastien Han han.sebast...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Just tried this, it works but I'd also like to rename /var/lib/nova/instances/ according to the hostname. At the moment this only rename (output from nova show): | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name |

Re: [Openstack] how to let the instance name (instance-xxx) equal to the hostname of the instance (chosen by the user)??

2012-11-28 Thread Vishvananda Ishaya
On Nov 28, 2012, at 2:16 PM, Vishvananda Ishaya vishvana...@gmail.com wrote: On Nov 28, 2012, at 2:08 PM, Sébastien Han han.sebast...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Just tried this, it works but I'd also like to rename /var/lib/nova/instances/ according to the hostname. At the moment this only

Re: [Openstack] how to let the instance name (instance-xxx) equal to the hostname of the instance (chosen by the user)??

2012-11-28 Thread Sébastien Han
Hi Vish, Also the name is not unique, so if you do this you will have big problems if two users chose the same name. I manage and decide instance names, so this should not be a problem. Thanks ;) On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Vishvananda Ishaya vishvana...@gmail.comwrote: On Nov 28,

[Openstack] how to let the instance name (instance-xxx) equal to the hostname of the instance (chosen by the user)??

2012-11-23 Thread Afef MDHAFFAR
Hi all, Due to some requirements, I have to modify openstack source code in order to let the name of the instance (in Xen Server) equal to the hostname of the instance (chosen by the user). Is it possible to do that by only configuring openstack? If yes, could you please guide me to the suitable