Jay, It sounds like you understand it. :) The guest agent will be required to configure the VM's network settings and root password, etc. I share your thoughts. It feels like it should be a part of nova to me as well.
- Chris On Feb 10, 2011, at 7:53 AM, Jay Pipes wrote: > If this guest agent code is going to be required for certain features > in Nova's Cactus release (at least, XenServer features), then > shouldn't it be in Nova? > > Or am I not understanding what the guest agent code does? > > -jay > > On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:57 AM, Thierry Carrez <[email protected]> wrote: >> Paul Voccio wrote: >>> So the question I want to pose to the community is if they are >>> interested in the code, where should it go and how should we move >>> forward on extending it? >> >> I think it's always interesting to publish the code. I'm not convinced >> of the value of shipping it inside Nova though. >> >> I'm not in the POC so it's not my job to define what should be >> considered "Openstack core" and what should not, but "compatible guest >> agents" IMO typically warrant their own project... >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Thierry Carrez (ttx) >> Release Manager, OpenStack >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
