On 08/13/2012 09:06 AM, Hugh Brock wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 10:13:18AM +0200, Michal Fojtik wrote:
>> On Aug 11, 2012, at 5:31 PM, Justin Clift <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Justin,
>>
>> Yes, we are aware of this new feature and I like it a lot. Actually we were
>> pushing this for a half year (there is even RFE open from us in RHEVM/oVirt 
>> BZ ;-)
>>
>> The problem we are facing now, is not 'how to implement that' (it's pretty 
>> straight forward),
>> but 'if we are going to implement it now()'.
>>
>> Since the majority of people now are using RHEV-M 3.0 and we need to support 
>> that,
>> JRD and others hesitate to switch over to this feature and claim hook method 
>> 'obsolete'.
>>
>> What I think we can do here is to update rbovirt gem, we use as interface 
>> for oVirt API
>> and add this new feature there along with the old hook code. That can work 
>> together
>> for old hook method and also for new method.
>>
>> There is also problem with Audrey agent. I think with this new method, the 
>> user-data
>> file will appear in different location (correct me if i'm wrong). It will 
>> mean
>> that Audrey will somehow need to know to what version (of what injection 
>> method) was
>> used when launching an instance.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>   -- Michal
> Seems to me we need to get working now on compatibility across rhev
> 3.0/oVirt 3.1 and (eventually) rhev 3.1. We're going to have to support
> both versions anyway, so let's get it done now. 
>
> Michal let me know if you need any help making this happen.
>
> --Hugh
>>> Hi Michal,
>>>
>>> Was trying to get user_data working on the newly released
>>> oVirt 3.1.  But, no joy so far.
>>>
>>> With oVirt 3.1, its supposed to be an inbuilt feature now
>>> instead of needing a special hook installed.
>>>
>>> Looking at the oVirt 3.1 which implemented, seems like
>>> it's advertised differently now.  No longer in the
>>> "Capabilities" list?
>>>
>>>  
>>> http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/3460/10/backend/manager/modules/restapi/interface/definition/src/main/resources/api.xsd
>>>
>>> Looking at that side by side diff, does that seem right
>>> to you?
>>>
>>> The full oVirt change set is here if that's interesting:
>>>
>>>  http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/3460/
>>>
>>> Wish I'd thought to look at this yesterday.  Already
>>> reformatted the boxes. (no longer oVirt 3.1) ;>
>>>
>>> + Justin
>>>
>>> --
>>> Aeolus Community Manager
>>> http://www.aeolusproject.org
>>>


My understanding is that RHEVm3.1 is not planned for the CloudForms 1.1
release therefore making this feature something that is priorities after the
work for 1.1.

Joe

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