On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 04:50:56PM -0500, Matt Wagner wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 04:54:51PM +0100, Tomas Sedovic wrote: > > Good news everyone! > > > > During our discussions about the Aeolus API at the first Technical > > Cabal meeting, Michal Fojtik suggested we look at the CIMI spec > > (which Deltacloud partially implements). > > > > Apparently, it tackles a lot of things we are or will be discussing > > here, too. Things such as state changes, multi-instance deployments, > > networking, etc. > > This looks interesting. I'd had only brief exposure to the concept > prior to now, but some of the concepts it exposes do seem to line up > well with what we do. > > Is Deltacloud still the only project implementing this in the wild? It > seems interesting, but I'd hate for us to implement an API that few > people end up using. (On the other hand, I suppose everyone else is > probably saying this exact same thing right now...) > > > You can download it from the DMTF website: > > > > http://dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0263_1.0.1.pdf > > > > It's a *massive* document (178 pages, ffs) but I think it may be > > worth checking it out. > > Wait, you open with "Good news everyone!" and close with a link to a > 178-page API specification? I'd hate to see your idea of *bad* news. ;) > > Seriously, though, this is interesting and seems like it's worth > exploring further. (I can't say I've read the document in full yet.)
For what it's worth, Deltacloud's being the reference implementation for CIMI -- at least the part of CIMI that Deltacloud is architecturally capable of implementing -- has been a pretty significant boost in stature for Deltacloud. I think if there's any sanity to the CIMI bits around n-tier and monitoring, we ought to think very seriously about making that the primary lifecycle interface for both Conductor and Heat. --Hugh -- == Hugh Brock, [email protected] == == Engineering Manager, Cloud BU == == Aeolus Project: Manage virtual infrastructure across clouds. == == http://aeolusproject.org == "I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." --Robert McCloskey
