Currently, at API level, a normal user is not allowed to specify "isfeatured" when registering ISO (API will ignore "isfeatured" parameter when a normal user passes it), but a normal user is allowed to specify "isfeatured" when updating ISO.
Should we fix API to: (1) allow a normal user to specify "isfeatured" when registering ISO (API won't ignore "isfeatured" parameter when a normal user passes it) OR (2) disallow a normal user to specify "isfeatured" when updating ISO ? p.s. I'll do corresponding UI change after API is fixed. From: Jessica Wang Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2013 11:01 AM To: Nitin Mehta; <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> Cc: Alena Prokharchyk; Shweta Agarwal Subject: RE: questions about registerIso API and updateIsoPermissions API Nitin, > At the moment, I think that for Isos we should allow to edit it so would > call it an API bug. Thanks. > Register Iso does provide an option to mark an ISO featured. I see that in > the latest master. That only works for admin, but NOT normal user. If you log in as a normal user, then pass "isfeatured=true" to registerIso API, API will ignore it. The newly registered template will have "isfeatured: false". e.g. http://10.215.3.26:8080/client/api?command=registerIso&response=json&sessionkey=u%2FVIHPJuPohidGKFd0lh6csG%2BfM%3D&name=normalUserIso1&displayText=normalUserIso1&url=http%3A%2F%2F10.223.110.231%2Fisos_64bit%2Fdummy.iso&zoneid=6bcd3bd9-591c-4d99-a164-d05b87df1b04&isfeatured=true&isextractable=false&bootable=true&osTypeId=b8cbfd6c-2d40-11e3-86aa-3c970e739c3e&ispublic=false&_=1381340961641 { "registerisoresponse": { "count": 1, "iso": [ { "id": "9b903876-f17c-4634-8463-8e3025259956", "name": "normalUserIso1", "displaytext": "normalUserIso1", "ispublic": false, "created": "2013-10-09T10:52:38-0700", "isready": false, "bootable": true, "isfeatured": false, "crossZones": false, "ostypeid": "b8cbfd6c-2d40-11e3-86aa-3c970e739c3e", "ostypename": "Apple Mac OS X 10.6 (32-bit)", "account": "aaa_user", "zoneid": "6bcd3bd9-591c-4d99-a164-d05b87df1b04", "zonename": "jw-adv", "status": "", "domain": "aaa", "domainid": "47b09d73-84ef-48dc-9b73-1720bad600cb", "isextractable": false, "tags": [] } ] } } Jessica From: Nitin Mehta Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 5:27 PM To: Jessica Wang; <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> Cc: Alena Prokharchyk; Shweta Agarwal Subject: Re: questions about registerIso API and updateIsoPermissions API Answers inline. From: Jessica Wang <jessica.w...@citrix.com<mailto:jessica.w...@citrix.com>> Date: Tuesday 8 October 2013 5:10 PM To: "<dev@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:dev@cloudstack.apache.org>>" <dev@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:dev@cloudstack.apache.org>> Cc: Alena Prokharchyk <alena.prokharc...@citrix.com<mailto:alena.prokharc...@citrix.com>>, Nitin Mehta <nitin.me...@citrix.com<mailto:nitin.me...@citrix.com>>, Shweta Agarwal <shweta.agar...@citrix.com<mailto:shweta.agar...@citrix.com>> Subject: questions about registerIso API and updateIsoPermissions API Hi, I have questions about registerIso API and updateIsoPermissions API. (1) A normal user is allowed to specify isextractable property when registering an ISO (through registerIso API), but NOT allowed to update isextractable property when updating an ISO (through updateIsoPermissions API). Is this by design or it's just an API bug? Nitin>> This is a grey area. This was done for templates (Isos just inherited it) because derived templates may or may not belong to the same user and we want to follow the principle of least privilege. At the moment, I think that for Isos we should allow to edit it so would call it an API bug. (2) A normal user is NOT allowed to specify isfeatured property when registering an ISO (through registerIso API), but allowed to update isfeatured property when updating an ISO (through updateIsoPermissions API)? Is this by design or it's just an API bug? Nitin>> Register Iso does provide an option to mark an ISO featured. I see that in the latest master. Jessica