I agree with this approach. But, the default shouldnt be GET but configurable.
and each api call can have the additional requesttype=[POST|GET|PUT] to overwrite the default ~Rajani On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 5:30 PM, Pierre-Luc Dion <pd...@cloudops.com> wrote: > Their is the possibility that sysadmin managing CloudStack would block > request type POST on their firewall. Because of that I would be tempted to > ask for a param in cloudmonkey for the request type. So when you use > "deploy virtualmachine userdata=ASDASHDAD name=..." we could add the param > "requesttype=post" and by default it would be a get. > > Or the user simplicity method, automatically do a post if the query is > larger then 2KB. > > Cheers, > > > On Fri, Jul 17, 2015 at 5:30 AM, Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> > wrote: > > > How about we add feature in CloudMonkey to do HTTP post for non-listing > > APIs? Should we do it, or add a specific if-else for this API call? > > > > On 16-Jul-2015, at 9:31 pm, Pierre-Luc Dion <pd...@cloudops.com> wrote: > > > > Martins, > > > > post will work, if there is no feature request on cloudmonkey could you > > add one in Jira ? I found too that it could be a valuable feature to > > cloudmonkey. > > > > > > ref: > > http://docs.cloudstack.apache.org/projects/cloudstack- > > administration/en/4.5/virtual_machines.html#user-data-and-meta-data > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 9:31 AM, Mārtiņš Jakubovičs <mart...@vertigs.lv> > > wrote: > > > > Looks like API calls with GET method can have only 4KB of userdata, but > > with POST it can be till 32 KB. > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/blob/master/server/src/com/cloud/vm/UserVmManagerImpl.java#L3434 > > CloudMonkey use GET method, when change method in source code to POST it > > is possible to send API calls with bigger userdata. > > > > > > On 2015.07.16. 15:31, Mārtiņš Jakubovičs wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > I try to push 8KB user-data when deploy new instance though cloudmonkey, > > but I receive error message: > > > > Error 431: User data is too long for an http GET request > > cserrorcode = 4350 > > errorcode = 431 > > errortext = User data is too long for an http GET request > > uuidList: > > > > Looks like CloudStack can't handle so big request, but as documentation > > describe, it should handle till 32KB. > > http://cloudstack-administration.readthedocs.org/en/4.3/api.html > > > > ACS 4.3.2. > > > > Best regards, > > Martins > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Rohit Yadav > > Software Architect, ShapeBlue > > > > > > > > > > M. +91 88 262 30892 | rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com > > Blog: bhaisaab.org | Twitter: @_bhaisaab > > > > > > > > > > Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related > > services > > > > IaaS Cloud Design & Build > > <http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//> > > CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework <http://shapeblue.com/csforge/ > > > > CloudStack Consulting <http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/> > > CloudStack Software Engineering > > <http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-software-engineering/> > > CloudStack Infrastructure Support > > <http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> > > CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courses > > <http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> > > > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views > or > > opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > > represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not > the > > intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based > > upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the > sender > > if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a > > company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is > a > > company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape > Blue > > Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in > Brasil > > and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue SA Pty Ltd > is > > a company registered by The Republic of South Africa and is traded under > > license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark. > > >
