If bare metal is a separate product it would make sense to create a new
driver for it (e.g. SOFTLAYER_BARE_METAL).
If it's just an extension or a machine / server type for their cloud
offering, then, ideally we could support it in the existing driver.
Edit: You already answers that in your email email ("since the API differs
greatly, especially when it comes to creating new machines.") so it sounds
like a separate driver is the way to go :)
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 5:53 PM, Drew Gulino <[email protected]> wrote:
> We use SoftLayer Bare Metal machines (physical hardware, not VMs), and
> wondering what others think of best way to extend LibCloud to support
> them.
>
> Previously, I’ve just modified LibCloud’s existing driver to include
> the Bare Metal in the VM driver, but thinking maybe better to have a
> separate driver, since the API differs greatly, especially when it
> comes to creating new machines. In fact, I really only need read-only
> query capability.
>
> Ideas?
>
