Hey Greg I'm not saying not to use cloud-init I just wanted to point out that one downside to cloud-init it that it is a fairly heavy package with a fair number of dependancies.
Just something to keep in mind if requiring it to be built into launching instance. Joe On Mar 29, 2013, at 3:14 AM, Laszlo Hornyak wrote: > Hi Greg, > > Cool feature :) Some questions: > - Maybe the IP (and probably the hostname) should be enforced to be unique on > the same network? Or at least warning if duplicates found? > - Let's say if the IP is set by cloud-init, then you may also have it in the > guest agent info if the guest agent is installed. This may make life a bit > more difficult for the developers who build on rest-api. Is there a nice > solution for this? > - for authorized keys, it would be a pain to copy-paste the public key each > time you install a guest. Could a default be stored let's say in the user's > data? > - the hostname set for the guest could default to the VM name? > > Thank you, > Laszlo > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Greg Padgett" <gpadg...@redhat.com> >> To: "engine-devel" <engine-devel@ovirt.org> >> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2013 12:35:23 AM >> Subject: [Engine-devel] Cloud-Init integration >> >> Hi Everyone, >> >> I'd like to propose a feature we've been doing some investigation >> into, >> which is to integrate cloud-init support into oVirt. >> >> Cloud-init is used to help provision new Linux systems by setting the >> hostname, ip, ssh keys, timezone, injecting files, and more. It's >> used by >> OpenStack (amongst others) now, and has a lot of features that may be >> helpful to our users. >> >> Details are still evolving, but for more info please see the wiki >> page: >> >> http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Cloud-Init_Integration >> >> All feedback is welcome! >> >> Thanks, >> Greg >> _______________________________________________ >> Engine-devel mailing list >> Engine-devel@ovirt.org >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel >> > _______________________________________________ > Engine-devel mailing list > Engine-devel@ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel _______________________________________________ Engine-devel mailing list Engine-devel@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel