This was needed originally for ec2 support (which requires an integer id). It's not really the db index per say, just another id value which is valid (though hidden) for the server.
Before unwinding this issue we *must* make sure that the openstack/ec2 project does not need access to it. On 02/15/2016 09:36 PM, Alex Xu wrote: > I don't think our API supports get servers by DB index is good idea. So > I prefer we remove it in the future with microversions. But for now, > yes, it is here. > > 2016-02-16 8:03 GMT+08:00 少合冯 <lvmxhs...@gmail.com > <mailto:lvmxhs...@gmail.com>>: > > I guess others may ask the same questions. > > I read the nova API doc: > such as this API: > http://developer.openstack.org/api-ref-compute-v2.1.html#showServer > > GET /v2.1/{tenant_id}/servers/{server_id} > *Show server details* > > > *Request parameters* > Parameter Style Type Description > tenant_id URI csapi:UUID > > The UUID of the tenant in a multi-tenancy cloud. > > server_id URI csapi:UUID > > The UUID of the server. > > > But I can get the server by DB index: > > curl -s -H X-Auth-Token:6b8968eb38df47c6a09ac9aee81ea0c6 > http://192.168.2.103:8774/v2.1/f5a8829cc14c4825a2728b273aa91aa1/servers/2 > { > "server": { > "OS-DCF:diskConfig": "MANUAL", > "OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone": "nova", > "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host": "shaohe1", > "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname": "shaohe1", > "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name": "instance-00000002", > "OS-EXT-STS:power_state": 1, > "OS-EXT-STS:task_state": "migrating", > "OS-EXT-STS:vm_state": "error", > "OS-SRV-USG:launched_at": "2015-12-18T07:41:00.000000", > "OS-SRV-USG:terminated_at": null, > ...... > } > } > > and the code really allow it use DB index > https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/compute/api.py#L1939 > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: > openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > <http://openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe> > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > -- Sean Dague http://dague.net __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
