That helps a lot - thanks!
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Prachi Damle <[email protected]>wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 9:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Question about deployVirtualMachine API Call > > Hi, > > I would like to use the userdata parameter of the deployVirtualMachine API > Call. > > I have a couple questions about this: > > 1) Is it as simple as adding another GET parameter such as the following: > userdata=mydata? > > >> Yes. Your data should be base64 encoded. > > 2) How can I retrieve this userdata field later from the OS running in the > VM that was deployed earlier? > > >> This might help. > http://incubator.apache.org/cloudstack/docs/en-US/Apache_CloudStack/4.0.0-incubating/html/Admin_Guide/user-data-and-meta-data.html > > Thanks! > > -- > *Mike Tutkowski* > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > e: [email protected] > o: 303.746.7302 > Advancing the way the world uses the > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > *(tm)* > -- *Mike Tutkowski* *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* e: [email protected] o: 303.746.7302 Advancing the way the world uses the cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> *™*
