Hi Mark,
I was thinking at the OVF container format first since as far I know, it does support metadatas. Thank's, Emilien Macchi ---------------------------------------------------- # OpenStack Engineer // eNovance Inc. http://enovance.com // ? [email protected] ? +33 (0)1 49 70 99 80 // 10 rue de la Victoire 75009 Paris On 08/14/2013 06:34 PM, Mark Washenberger wrote: > Lets dig into this a bit more so that I can understand it. > > Given that we have properties that we want to export with an image, > where would those properties be stored? Somewhere in the image data > itself? I believe some image formats support metadata, but I can't > imagine all of them would. Is there a specific format you're thinking > of using? > > > On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Emilien Macchi > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hi, > > > I would like to discuss here about two blueprint proposal (maybe > could I merge them into one if you prefer) : > > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/glance/+spec/api-v2-export-properties > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/glance/+spec/api-v2-import-properties > > *Use case* : > I would like to set specific properties to an image which could > represent a signature, and useful for licensing requirements for > example. > To do that, I should be able to export an image with user > properties included. > > Then, a user could reuse the exported image in the public cloud, > and Glance will be aware about its properties. > Obviously, we need the import / export feature. > > The idea here is to be able to identify an image after cloning or > whatever with a property field. Of course, the user could break it > in editing the image manually, but I consider he / she won't. > > > Let me know if you have any thoughts and if the blueprint is valuable. > > Regards, > > -- > Emilien Macchi > ---------------------------------------------------- > # OpenStack Engineer > // eNovance Inc. http://enovance.com > // ? [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ? +33 (0)1 49 > 70 99 80 <tel:%2B33%20%280%291%2049%2070%2099%2080> > // 10 rue de la Victoire 75009 Paris > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
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