Public bug reported: the most common piece of information that uniquely (mostly uniquely) identifies a system is mac address. If someone was going to perform updates to the systems in maas, they very likely would want to query by the mac address.
This was discussed in #maas along with the idea of using CNAME for human-friendly name and then on maas-devel under "Re: Strategy regarding DNS and static DHCP leases" ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: maas 0.1+bzr745+dfsg-0ubuntu2 [modified: usr/share/pyshared/twisted/plugins/maasps.py var/lib/cobbler/kickstarts/maas-enlist.preseed var/lib/cobbler/snippets/maas_proxy] ProcVersionSignature: User Name 3.5.0-4.4-generic 3.5.0-rc6 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-4-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.3-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Jul 20 16:19:05 2012 PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: TERM=screen PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: python-django-maas 0.1+bzr745+dfsg-0ubuntu2 apparmor 2.8.0-0ubuntu1 SourcePackage: maas UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.maas.import.isos: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.maas.maas.local.settings.py: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.maas.pserv.yaml: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.maas.txlongpoll.yaml: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.maas.import.isos: 2012-07-19T02:41:38.053582 mtime.conffile..etc.maas.maas.local.settings.py: 2012-07-19T17:13:05.403924 mtime.conffile..etc.maas.pserv.yaml: 2012-07-19T02:41:08.165582 mtime.conffile..etc.maas.txlongpoll.yaml: 2012-07-19T02:41:21.965582 ** Affects: maas Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: maas (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug quantal uec-images -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to maas in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1027154 Title: need way to get system based on mac address To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/maas/+bug/1027154/+subscriptions -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs