Good suggestion - we could definitely improve the syntax. How about this, which is closer to what we have today:
whirr.templates.web=role1+role2 whirr.templates.db=role3+role4 whirr.instance-templates=3 web, 2 db whirr.templates.web.hardwareId=x4.large whirr.templates.web.imageId=eu-east/0a1b2c3d whirr.templates.db.hardwareId=x1.large Tom On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Karel Vervaeke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, I'd like to suggest a change in the configuration syntax. > It's really a minor improvement, but I wanted to share the idea nonetheless: > > Currently, you have to change things in at least two places to add a role: > > whirr.instance-templates=3 role1+role2, 2 role3+role4 > whirr.templates.role1+role2.hardwareId=x4.large > whirr.templates.role1+role2.imageId=eu-east/0a1b2c3d > whirr.templates.role3+role4.hardwareId=x1.large > > I would suggest something like this: > > # roles > whirr.instance-class.web=role1+role2 > whirr.instance-class.db=role3+role4 > > # hardware > whirr.instance-descriptor.lightweight.hardwareId=x1.large > whirr.instance-descriptor.heavyweight.hardwareId=x4.large > > # assign roles to hardware > whirr.instance-templates=3 web/heavyweight, 1 db/lightweight, 1 db/heavyweight > > Regards, > Karel > > -- > Karel Vervaeke > http://outerthought.org/ > Open Source Content Applications > Makers of Kauri, Daisy CMS and Lily
