For me too, I don't see the point of repeating everything to just put "cloudstack". To keep a way to differentiate that it's based on CloudStack, I would add a file "cloud_provider.txt" or "cloud_version.txt" containing CloudStack X.Y.Z
So that in case things change at a certain point in time we can make cloud-init to parse this particular file to know how to handle the other files. Marco > On 20 May 2017, at 20:54, Simon Weller <swel...@ena.com.INVALID> wrote: > > Yes, I don't see any point in reinventing the wheel. > > Simon Weller/615-312-6068 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wido den Hollander [w...@widodh.nl] > Received: Saturday, 20 May 2017, 8:45AM > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org [dev@cloudstack.apache.org] > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Config Drive: Using the OpenStack format? > > Just to check all the +1's, they are about using the OpenStack format. Right? > > Config Drive will be there no matter what. > > Wido > >> Op 19 mei 2017 om 19:45 heeft Kris Sterckx <kris.ster...@nuagenetworks.net> >> het volgende geschreven: >> >> FYI >> >> Slides are here : >> https://www.slideshare.net/2000monkeys/apache-cloudstack-collab-miami-user-data-alternatives-to-the-vr >> >> Thanks >> >> - Kris >> >>> On 19 May 2017 at 12:58, Wei ZHOU <ustcweiz...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> gooood idea >>> >>> 2017-05-19 15:33 GMT+02:00 Marc-Aurèle Brothier <ma...@exoscale.ch>: >>> >>>> Hi Widoo, >>>> >>>> That sounds like a pretty good idea in my opinion. +1 for adding it >>>> >>>> Marco >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 19 May 2017, at 15:15, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>
