That would be excellent Nuno! Thanks for the search tip :-)
-- Erik On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 9:53 AM, Nuno Tavares <n.tava...@tech.leaseweb.com> wrote: > Hi Erik, > > We also had this problem, and we patched CS to show it on the details. > Nevertheless, I believe the API will allow you to filter by instance_name. > An example of that is that you can actually search by the instance name in > the UI. > > I'm going to ask our wizards to push this mainstream, if they didn't do it > already. > > -NT > > > Kind regards, > > Nuno Tavares > Senior DevOps Infra Specialist > LeaseWeb Technologies B.V. > > T: +31 20 316 0235 > M: > E: n.tava...@tech.leaseweb.com > W: http://www.leaseweb.com > > Luttenbergweg 8, 1101 EC Amsterdam, Netherlands > > > ________________________________________ > From: Erik Weber [terbol...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 9:41 AM > To: dev > Subject: [DISCUSS] Hiding the instance name from users > > Hi, > > Before I file a bug I'd like to check if anyone know a good reason for > hiding the instance name, that is the typical i-2-123-VM name, from users? > > There are cases where an error returns the instancename rather than > name/uuid, and this is confusing when users have no means to map that to > something they know. > > Example log where instance name is used: > > Failed to attach volume myvolume to VM mymachine; Device 1 is used in VM > i-2-123-VM"} > > If you do operations manually, or one by one then it is easy to correlate > it to your last action, but couple this with any kind of automation where > you do things in parallell and it becomes a nightmare to figure out of. > > Opinions? > > -- > Erik >
