Rohit, I either agree or have no strong opinion on points 2 through 6, but I do not think point 1 is a good idea. Users in some cases rely heavily on projects and/or sharing domains and accounts. The two constructs both have earned their right to existence in production environments.
€0,02 On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 10:48 AM Kiran Chavala <kiran.chav...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Hi Rohit > > Good Ideas !, Please find my feedback inline > > > 1. Does it make sense to simply the Default View as a Project which > cannot be deleted and primary space for the Account. Essentially, the > default view is the logged in account/user's project with no other > collaborators > > Kiran> I prefer to keep the Default view as there should be some > differentiation > > Projects is a feature (like grouping) through which a user can organize > his resources in Cloudstack. > > Other public cloud providers uses the concept of resource groups to > organize a account resources > > May be it could be useful is future as more integrations are added to > Cloudstack > > 2. Migrate all isolated network constructs as VPC with a single tier. > > Kiran> +1 for this > > All other public cloud providers by default deploy a vpc network along > with the vm deployment > > Do you mean by default Cloudstack, should create a vpc network , instead > of isolated network ? > > Currently isolated network is created by default during vm creation > > > 3. Simplify templates/isos that are listed in deploy VM form: as a user, > the template/iso section of the deploy VM form is complicated, would it > make sense to simplify the template/iso shown as groups of guest OS family > (like several other portals) and templates uploaded/registered by the > account separately. > > Kiran> +1 for this > > Also I believe the community and shared filter can be merged into one as > it simplifies > > 4. Remove data disk from VM deploy form, or hide it by default (show a > button - add volume): > Currently, the deploy VM form only supports one data disk, however API can > multiple disks. One can always still use APIs, but deploy VM and later > attach more disks; or deploy vm but not start it, attach as many data disks > as we want and then start it. > > Kiran> I believe the data disk should be present in the vm deploy form, as > the user should have the option to select large disk for his use case > > Also when deploying a vm from ISO, a data disk offering is a mandatory > feild > > > 5. Show user-data and affinity (placement) groups as a first-class step, > not hidden under advanced menu. > > Kiran> +1, as user-data(cloud-init) is widely used in automation as it > helps in bringing up the vm with the required configuration > > +1 also for shifting the affinity groups from advanced menu > > 6. Offering groups or bundles: introduce way to group/bundle compute/data > offerings; for example, I want to see CPU optimised offerings, memory > optimiised offerings, specialised offerings (say GPU) etc. > > Kiran> +1, for this > > Regards > Kiran > > From: Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> > Date: Friday, 11 August 2023 at 9:44 PM > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> > Cc: us...@cloudstack.apache.org <us...@cloudstack.apache.org> > Subject: [DISCUSS] Simplifying constructs and UX > All, > > Request for comments on following ideas, largely in the UI: > > 1. Does it make sense to simply the Default View as a Project which > cannot be deleted and primary space for the Account. Essentially, the > default view is the logged in account/user's project with no other > collaborators > > 2. Migrate all isolated network constructs as VPC with a single tier. > > 3. Simplify templates/isos that are listed in deploy VM form: as a > user, the template/iso section of the deploy VM form is complicated, would > it make sense to simplify the template/iso shown as groups of guest OS > family (like several other portals) and templates uploaded/registered by > the account separately. > > 4. Remove data disk from VM deploy form, or hide it by default (show a > button - add volume): > Currently, the deploy VM form only supports one data disk, however API can > multiple disks. One can always still use APIs, but deploy VM and later > attach more disks; or deploy vm but not start it, attach as many data disks > as we want and then start it. > > 5. Show user-data and affinity (placement) groups as a first-class > step, not hidden under advanced menu. > > 6. Offering groups or bundles: introduce way to group/bundle > compute/data offerings; for example, I want to see CPU optimised offerings, > memory optimiised offerings, specialised offerings (say GPU) etc. > > > Regards. > > > > > > -- Daan
