Other approach to the way I have described in the mail above is to use openstack/os-collect-config <https://github.com/openstack/os-collect-config> project to handle downloading and running shell script.
On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Serg Melikyan <smelik...@mirantis.com> wrote: > If data that are you planning to pass to the VM is considerably large > Metadata mechanism may be used for passing at least a link to the source of > data and simple shell script that will executed on VM with CloudInit right > after the boot to obtain data via simple cURL. > > On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Denis Makogon <dmako...@mirantis.com> > wrote: > >> Agreed with Max. >> With nova you can use file injection mechanism. You just need to build a >> dictionary of file paths and file content. But I do agree that it's not the >> same as you want. But it's more than >> valid way to inject files. >> >> Best regards, >> Denis Makogon >> >> понедельник, 15 сентября 2014 г. пользователь Maksym Lobur написал: >> >> Try to use Nova Metadata Serivce [1] or Nova Config Drive [2]. There are >>> options to pass Key-Value data as well as whole files during VM boot. >>> >>> [1] >>> http://docs.openstack.org/grizzly/openstack-compute/admin/content/metadata-service.html >>> [2] >>> http://docs.openstack.org/grizzly/openstack-compute/admin/content/config-drive.html >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Max Lobur, >>> OpenStack Developer, Mirantis, Inc. >>> >>> Mobile: +38 (093) 665 14 28 >>> Skype: max_lobur >>> >>> 38, Lenina ave. Kharkov, Ukraine >>> www.mirantis.com >>> www.mirantis.ru >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 10:21 PM, pratik maru <fipuzz...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Xian, >>>> >>>> Thanks for replying. >>>> >>>> I have some data which i wants to be passed to VM. To pass this data, >>>> I have planned this to attach as an usb disk and this disk will be used >>>> inside the vm to read the data. >>>> >>>> What I am looking is for the functionality similar to "-usb" option >>>> with qemu.kvm command. >>>> >>>> Please let me know, how it can be achieved in openstack environment. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> fipuzzles >>>> >>>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Xiandong Meng <mengxiand...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> What is your concrete user scenario for this request? >>>>> Where do you expect to plugin the USB disk? On the compute node that >>>>> hosts the VM or from somewhere else? >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 3:01 AM, pratik maru <fipuzz...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there any way to attach an USB disk as an external disk to VM >>>>>> while booting up the VM ? >>>>>> >>>>>> Any help in this respect will be really helpful. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> fipuzzles >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> OpenStack-dev mailing list >>>>>> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org >>>>>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Xiandong Meng >>>>> mengxiand...@gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> OpenStack-dev mailing list >>>>> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org >>>>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> OpenStack-dev mailing list >>>> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org >>>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >>>> >>>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenStack-dev mailing list >> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >> >> > > > -- > Serg Melikyan, Senior Software Engineer at Mirantis, Inc. > http://mirantis.com | smelik...@mirantis.com > > +7 (495) 640-4904, 0261 > +7 (903) 156-0836 > -- Serg Melikyan, Senior Software Engineer at Mirantis, Inc. http://mirantis.com | smelik...@mirantis.com +7 (495) 640-4904, 0261 +7 (903) 156-0836
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