Re: [Openstack] Setting Expectations

2012-08-10 Thread George Reese
.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >

Re: [Openstack] Removing support for KVM Hypervisor ...

2012-08-10 Thread George Reese
You're just trying to give me a heart attack :) Sent from my iPhone On Aug 10, 2012, at 15:32, Sandy Walsh wrote: > > Sorry George, couldn't resist. :) > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.ne

Re: [Openstack] [openstack-dev] [nova] Call for Help -- OpenStack API XML Support

2012-08-10 Thread George Reese
On Aug 10, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Jay Pipes wrote: > On 08/09/2012 11:05 PM, George Reese wrote: >> On Aug 9, 2012, at 8:14 PM, Doug Davis > <mailto:d...@us.ibm.com>> wrote: >>> Situations like this are always interesting to watch. :-) >>> >>> On th

Re: [Openstack] [openstack-dev] [nova] Call for Help -- OpenStack API XML Support

2012-08-10 Thread George Reese
, 2012, at 8:14 AM, Gabe Westmaas wrote: >> > > The biggest problem with this is that either json or XML ends up feeling > second class. -- George Reese - Chief Technology Officer, enStratus e: george.re...@enstratus.comSkype: nspollutiont: @GeorgeReesep:

Re: [Openstack] [openstack-dev] [nova] Call for Help -- OpenStack API XML Support

2012-08-09 Thread George Reese
__ > STSM | Standards Architect | IBM Software Group > (919) 254-6905 | IBM 444-6905 | d...@us.ibm.com > The more I'm around some people, the more I like my dog. > > > George Reese > 08/09/2012 07:02 PM > Please respond

Re: [Openstack] Angry People and OpenStack

2012-08-02 Thread George Reese
rld deployments. In the mean time, I know people on this list heaping plenty of public praise on OpenStack who are actively pushing people in private towards alternatives. Yeah, that'll work really well. -George -- George Reese - Chief Technology Officer, enStratus e: george.re...@en

Re: [Openstack] Suspend/Stop VM

2012-07-30 Thread George Reese
(self, server): > """ > Unlock the server. > """ > self._action('unlock', server, None) > > def suspend(self, server): > """ > Suspend the server. > """ >

Re: [Openstack] Suspend/Stop VM

2012-07-30 Thread George Reese
wrote: > On Mon, 2012-07-30 at 10:50 -0500, George Reese wrote: >> I must be missing something, but I can't find any docs on how to suspend or >> stop a VM via API. >> >> Any pointers, please? :) > > Try 'nova --debug pause $instance' > > Show

Re: [Openstack] Suspend/Stop VM

2012-07-30 Thread George Reese
es. Do a "sudo > virsh list --all", it will list all the running instances even if nova > cannot see it for some reason. And then you can kill all the "ghost" > instances by "sudo virsh shutdown ". > > Hope this helps. > > PJ > > > On Mo

[Openstack] Suspend/Stop VM

2012-07-30 Thread George Reese
I must be missing something, but I can't find any docs on how to suspend or stop a VM via API. Any pointers, please? :) -George -- George Reese - Chief Technology Officer, enStratus e: george.re...@enstratus.comSkype: nspollutiont: @GeorgeReesep: +1.207.956.0217 enSt

Re: [Openstack] Openstack JAVA SDK

2012-07-18 Thread George Reese
go about > installing them? > > Thanks much, > Jyothsna > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListH

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-16 Thread George Reese
ators to change them. Obviously some members of the community > believe this tipping point was the Essex release. It is also inevitable that > development will "slow down" by some measures as the cost of regressions > rises and what George Reese called "technical

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-13 Thread George Reese
y the lack of OpenStack interoperability and compatibility, and others are still interested in just paying it lips service. We'll see what wins out come GA of Folsom, won't we? -George On Jul 13, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Stefano Maffulli wrote: > On 07/12/2012 03:54 PM, George Reese w

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-12 Thread George Reese
> Please refrain from adding more of your references to excrements and > help the community make a decision. > > /stef > > > On 07/12/2012 12:14 PM, George Reese wrote: >> So if Im not coding, I should shut up? >> >> I think you answered your own question. >&g

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-12 Thread George Reese
perability of OpenStack deployments. I can only assume that's because you can't actually defend it, yet you nevertheless have your head stuck in the sand. -George -- George Reese - Chief Technology Officer, enStratus e: george.re...@enstratus.comSkype: nspollutiont: @GeorgeR

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-12 Thread George Reese
ed (which is what > Vish's email was opening discussion about)? > > Or…?? > > -Jon > > From: George Reese > Date: Thursday, July 12, 2012 12:47 PM > To: Jon Mittelhauser > Cc: Brian Waldon , "Openstack > (openstack@lists.launchpad.net) (opensta

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-12 Thread George Reese
n it to us. > > You are complaining without offering a counter proposal. That is simply not > effective and makes semi-neutral folks (like me) tend to discard your point > of view (which I assume is not your objective). > > -Jon > > From: George Reese &

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-12 Thread George Reese
u seem to have > strong opinions on how things should be done, but I don't see your voice in > any of the community discussions. > > Moving forward, I wish you would share your expertise in a constructive > manner. Keep in mind this list reaches 2200 people. Let's not was

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-12 Thread George Reese
. I'm just asking you to contribute code or design help rather than slanderous commentary. Brian " "Offensive" " Waldon On Jul 12, 2012, at 11:59 AM, George Reese wrote: You evidently have not had to live with the interoperability nightmare known as OpenStack in the same w

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-12 Thread George Reese
ate about changes that may > have impact on operations and he broader ecosystem that bases its efforts on > assumptions established at the start of a release cycle, rather than on > changes introduced late in the cycle. > > Cheers > > Chris > > Sent from my iPad >

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-12 Thread George Reese
the community just keeps shoveling. -George On Jul 12, 2012, at 12:22 PM, Jay Pipes wrote: > On 07/12/2012 12:32 PM, George Reese wrote: >> This community just doesn't give a rat's ass about compatibility, does it? > > a) Please don't be inappropriate on the mailing

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-12 Thread George Reese
t; Have a great day! > Brian Waldon > > On Jul 12, 2012, at 9:32 AM, George Reese wrote: > >> This community just doesn't give a rat's ass about compatibility, does it? >> >> -George >> >> On Jul 11, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Vishvananda Ishaya wrote:

Re: [Openstack] [nova] [cinder] Nova-volume vs. Cinder in Folsom

2012-07-12 Thread George Reese
> > _______ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- George Reese - Chief Techno

Re: [Openstack] OpenStack Java API

2012-02-11 Thread George Reese
>> >> >> -- >> >> Luis Alberto Gervaso Martín >> Java EE Architect & Instructor >> C/ Cuenca 4A, 2ºB >> Getafe (Madrid) >> SPAIN >> mobile: (+34) 627983344 >> l...@woorea.es <mailto:l...@woorea.es> >> >> >&g

Re: [Openstack] Compute API Versioning

2011-12-20 Thread George Reese
I was getting all worried that we hadn't covered this lately. -George -- George Reese - Chief Technology Officer, enStratus e: george.re...@enstratus.comSkype: nspollutiont: @GeorgeReesep: +1.207.956.0217 enStratus: Enterprise Cloud Management - @enStratus - http://www.enstratu

Re: [Openstack] Nova EC2 API Team

2011-11-08 Thread George Reese
g. > > If you have any questions please let me know. > > Regards > chuck > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack

Re: [Openstack] Push vs Polling (from Versioning Thread)

2011-10-28 Thread George Reese
There are ways around that without guaranteed message delivery. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2011, at 11:41, Bryan Taylor wrote: > On 10/28/2011 10:33 AM, George Reese wrote: > >> There's no reason in this scenario to guarantee message delivery. > > Usage, billi

Re: [Openstack] Push vs Polling (from Versioning Thread)

2011-10-28 Thread George Reese
You are describing an all-purpose system, not one that supports the narrow needs of IaaS state notifications. There's no reason in this scenario to guarantee message delivery. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 28, 2011, at 10:09, Jorge Williams wrote: On Oct 28, 2011, at 8:11 AM, George

Re: [Openstack] Push vs Polling (from Versioning Thread)

2011-10-28 Thread George Reese
le the polling from their end. Both sides are thus engaged in trying to figure out a way to scale work that is almost entirely pointless work. There's a reason you see the cloud management tools "pushing push". We've seen this IaaS polling across a bunch of clouds. It suc

Re: [Openstack] Push vs Polling (from Versioning Thread)

2011-10-27 Thread George Reese
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 27, 2011, at 11:26, Bryan Taylor wrote: > On 10/27/2011 10:36 AM, George Reese wrote: > >> #3 Push scales a hell of a lot better than having tools polling a cloud >> constantly. It doesn't matter whether it is polling the API, polling a >&g

Re: [Openstack] API Versioning and Extensibility

2011-10-27 Thread George Reese
mited tool for interacting with the HTTP protocol and should not be the boundary of what an API should support. On Oct 27, 2011, at 10:59 AM, Bryan Taylor wrote: > On 10/27/2011 08:56 AM, George Reese wrote: > >> THE API SHOULD NOT BE SERVING ATOM CONTENT!!! > > What!? Atom is

Re: [Openstack] API Versioning and Extensibility

2011-10-27 Thread George Reese
flix case, I'm simply > pointing out that they go out of their way to support variants, precisely to > support the browser case. > > -jOrGe W. > > -- George Reese - Chief Technology Officer, enStratus e: george.re...@enstratus.comt: @GeorgeReesep: +1.207.956.

Re: [Openstack] API Versioning and Extensibility

2011-10-27 Thread George Reese
grasp on how cloud APIs get consumed, what people have done right, what people have done wrong, and where we need innovation. We need innovation in pushing data to API consumers. We don't need people re-inventing API design best practices to suit extraneous use cases. Version and content desired be

Re: [Openstack] API Versioning and Extensibility

2011-10-26 Thread George Reese
gt; > That seems silly to me, we're missing an important feature, the ability to > click. > > -jOrGe W. > > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack &

Re: [Openstack] OpenStack API Versioning Conventions

2011-10-12 Thread George Reese
The extension has nothing to do with representation in HTTP. It's the content type (in the headers). Sent from my iPhone On Oct 12, 2011, at 17:15, Bryan Taylor wrote: > On 10/11/2011 10:28 AM, George Reese wrote: >> It's wildly inappropriate to equate a thing with

Re: [Openstack] OpenStack API v1.0 Removal from Nova

2011-10-12 Thread George Reese
gt;> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> This email may include confidential information. If you received it in >> error, please delete it. >> >> >> ___ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : openstack@

Re: [Openstack] OpenStack API Versioning Conventions

2011-10-12 Thread George Reese
On Oct 12, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Soren Hansen wrote: > 2011/10/11 George Reese : >> It's wildly inappropriate to equate a thing with its representation. > > I didn't say I was right in doing so :) > > It's a discussion that gets philosophical rather quickly

Re: [Openstack] OpenStack API Versioning Conventions

2011-10-12 Thread George Reese
On Oct 12, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Soren Hansen wrote: > 2011/10/11 George Reese : >> See EC2 for someone doing it damn well. I've never had to write new code to >> talk to them unless I want to take advantage of new functionality. > > Now I'm confused. EC2 includes

Re: [Openstack] OpenStack API Versioning Conventions

2011-10-11 Thread George Reese
HTTP methods are well defined and the system should behave in accordance with those definitions. Otherwise, even saying the word REST is a joke. On Oct 11, 2011, at 9:10 PM, Caitlin Bestler wrote: > George Reese wrote: > >> No, not at all. > >> The object is /servers/1

Re: [Openstack] OpenStack API Versioning Conventions

2011-10-11 Thread George Reese
a painful thing to have to do. We also couldn't guarantee that the > entity returned from the latest version (like v5) looks anything like that > defined in the requested version (like v1). > > On Oct 11, 2011, at 10:46 AM, George Reese wrote: > >> In the example yo

Re: [Openstack] OpenStack API Versioning Conventions

2011-10-11 Thread George Reese
/ > Ubuntu Developer| http://www.ubuntu.com/ > OpenStack Developer | http://www.openstack.org/ -- George Reese - Chief Technology Officer, enStratus e: george.re...@enstratus.comt: @GeorgeReesep: +1.207.956.0217f: +1.612.338.5041 enStratus: Governance for Public, Private, an

Re: [Openstack] OpenStack API Versioning Conventions

2011-10-11 Thread George Reese
lient will respond with a 302 and a v2 client with a 404. A v1 client can then query /instances/1234 and get the version 1 xml or json. A v2 client querying /instances/1234 gets version 2 xml or json. -George On Oct 11, 2011, at 3:11 PM, Soren Hansen wrote: > 2011/10/11 George Reese : >&

Re: [Openstack] OpenStack API Versioning Conventions

2011-10-11 Thread George Reese
a single major version, as I do not want to define a spec that > resides above all major versions of our api. > > Waldon > > > On Oct 11, 2011, at 9:14 AM, George Reese wrote: > >> Versioning should not be included in the URI. It belongs in the headers. A

Re: [Openstack] OpenStack API Versioning Conventions

2011-10-11 Thread George Reese
Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> This email may include confidential information. If you received it in >>

Re: [Openstack] OpenStack API Versioning Conventions

2011-10-10 Thread George Reese
to get this right, so I'm > looking forward to everybody's feedback! > > Thanks! > Brian Waldon > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://l

Re: [Openstack] Standardizing External APIs

2011-09-07 Thread George Reese
See: http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2011/04/proposal-for-cloud-state-notifications.html and http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2010/02/towards-event-driven-cloud-apis.html On Sep 7, 2011, at 7:52 AM, Sandy Walsh wrote: > +1 > > > From:

Re: [Openstack] Standardizing External APIs

2011-09-07 Thread George Reese
gt; Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- George Reese - Chief Technology Officer, enStratus e: george.re...@enstratus.comt: @GeorgeReese

Re: [Openstack] API Spec

2011-08-27 Thread George Reese
t my deployment testing with v1.1. The limiting factor is not >> v1.1 vs v1.x for most sites. It is packaging, user exits and integration, >> not whether feature X is in the latest API. >> >> Tim. >> >> - Reply message - >> From: "George R

Re: [Openstack] API Spec

2011-08-27 Thread George Reese
get Diablo out and deployable first. > > Tim Bell > CERN > > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More hel

Re: [Openstack] API Spec

2011-08-27 Thread George Reese
ectural decision that people are living > with - so, why not admit that and make it a priority to change? > > -- > Kind regards, > Michael > > > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad

Re: [Openstack] API Spec

2011-08-26 Thread George Reese
gaining traction around the > OpenStack API. > > > > Devin > > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack

Re: [Openstack] Cross-zone instance identifiers in EC2 API - Is it worth the effort?

2011-07-11 Thread George Reese
eem very cool. > > > -- > Soren Hansen| http://linux2go.dk/ > Ubuntu Developer| http://www.ubuntu.com/ > OpenStack Developer | http://www.openstack.org/ > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~opensta

Re: [Openstack] Cross-zone instance identifiers in EC2 API - Is it worth the effort?

2011-07-09 Thread George Reese
l may include confidential information. If you received it in error, > please delete it. > > > _______ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.

Re: [Openstack] Cross-zone instance identifiers in EC2 API - Is it worth the effort?

2011-07-08 Thread George Reese
This ship may have sailed, but given what I have seen across a wide variety of cloud APIs and what I are here, I strongly question the value of supporting an EC2 API. I think you overestimate the value of supporting existing tools. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 8, 2011, at 19:32, Lorin Hochstein

Re: [Openstack] Cross-zone instance identifiers in EC2 API - Is it worth the effort?

2011-07-08 Thread George Reese
; client tools to a different API? > > -- > Soren Hansen| http://linux2go.dk/ > Ubuntu Developer| http://www.ubuntu.com/ > OpenStack Developer | http://www.openstack.org/ > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openst

Re: [Openstack] Cross-zone instance identifiers in EC2 API - Is it worth the effort?

2011-07-08 Thread George Reese
he reasons for choosing UUID's to begin with are moot. > > -- > Soren Hansen| http://linux2go.dk/ > Ubuntu Developer| http://www.ubuntu.com/ > OpenStack Developer | http://www.openstack.org/ > > _______ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >

Re: [Openstack] XML and JSON for API's

2011-06-03 Thread George Reese
t;> -jay >> >> >> ___ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> More help : https://help.launch

Re: [Openstack] XML and JSON for API's

2011-06-02 Thread George Reese
+1 Sent from my iPhone On Jun 2, 2011, at 22:20, Jorge Williams wrote: > It's not just about the service itself validating it, its as Joseph said, > making sure that the data structures themselves are documented in detail to > the client. To my knowledge there is no accepted schema language

Re: [Openstack] Feedback on HTTP APIs

2011-06-02 Thread George Reese
I understand they are large integer fields. But for consideration of portability, they are strings. Sent from my iPhone On Jun 2, 2011, at 21:14, Jorge Williams wrote: > > On Jun 2, 2011, at 12:18 PM, George Reese wrote: > >> I hate UUIDs with a passion. >> >

Re: [Openstack] Feedback on HTTP APIs

2011-06-02 Thread George Reese
stHelp > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message (including any attached or > embedded documents) is intended for the exclusive and confidential use of the > individual or entity to which this message is addressed, and unless otherwise > expressly indicated, is confident

Re: [Openstack] Notifications proposal

2011-05-10 Thread George Reese
ncerns are very much welcomed! >> Matt Dietz > >> ___ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> More h

Re: [Openstack] Notifications proposal

2011-05-10 Thread George Reese
ture for making PSHB work > belongs in Nova. We can then follow all of the other rules of PSHB(feed > discovery and subscriptions, callbacks etc.) > > Does this make sense? > > Matt > > From: George Reese > Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 23:17:29 -0500 > To: Jorge Williams

Re: [Openstack] Notifications proposal

2011-05-09 Thread George Reese
the concept >>> of categories. I realize you kinda get that with the event type >>> "compute.create_instance" but there are always going to be messages that >>> may belong to multiple categories. Also, ISO timestamps with a T : >>> "2011-05-0

Re: [Openstack] OS API server password generation

2011-03-03 Thread George Reese
opt for the more intrusive option? -George On Mar 3, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Rick Clark wrote: > On 03/03/2011 12:40 PM, George Reese wrote: >> So why don't we give the provider root access to our machines? >> > to be fair, a provider owns the hypervisor and storage, I would al

Re: [Openstack] OS API server password generation

2011-03-03 Thread George Reese
gt; >> -Original Message- >> From: openstack-bounces+ewan.mellor=citrix@lists.launchpad.net >> [mailto:openstack-bounces+ewan.mellor=citrix@lists.launchpad.net] >> On Behalf Of George Reese >> Sent: 03 March 2011 15:36 >> To: Ed Leafe >>

Re: [Openstack] OS API server password generation

2011-03-03 Thread George Reese
eafe wrote: > On Mar 3, 2011, at 8:40 AM, George Reese wrote: > >> Any mechanism that requires an agent or requires any ability of the >> hypervisor or cloud platform to inject a password creates trust issues. In >> particular, the hypervisor and platform should avoid operat

Re: [Openstack] OS API server password generation

2011-03-03 Thread George Reese
that to the VM, and disables SSH, so that your > instances are created with the security scheme that you want. > > > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > ___ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : ope

Re: [Openstack] xen server agent code in nova?

2011-02-10 Thread George Reese
gt; Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >> >> ___ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net &