Re: [Openstack] Nova metadata service

2012-12-11 Thread JuanFra Rodriguez Cardoso
Link related to my doubt: http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/metadata-service.html Regards, JuanFra. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe :

Re: [Openstack] Nova metadata service

2012-12-10 Thread Joshua Harlow
Its really just a binary that activates https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/api/metadata/handler.py#L100 Its a way to allow for a VM to get metadata about itself and any userdata (of which users may have provided) on boot. Said feature is not just connected to ec2, but provides

Re: [Openstack] Nova metadata service

2012-12-10 Thread Matt Joyce
It is not a necessity, but it is very useful. Also look at config drive. -Matt On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Joshua Harlow harlo...@yahoo-inc.comwrote: Its really just a binary that activates https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/api/metadata/handler.py#L100 Its a way to

Re: [Openstack] Nova metadata service

2012-12-10 Thread Marco CONSONNI
Hello, nova-api-metada service is an optional nova daemon that implements an HTTP interface for retrieving metadata you associate to an instance at boot time (see --user-data parameter). Provided that you have installed and correctly configured it, try the following sequence for better