On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Randall Hansen <rand...@puppetlabs.com>wrote:
> On Mar 3, 2011, at 9:20 AM, Brian Gupta wrote: > > > Also, going forward, it would be very helpful for the API to be an equal > citizen of the GUI. > > I agree, Brian. While we plan to improve Dashboard's GUI for those who > want it, it's often hard to beat a CLI for efficiency and repeatability. > Yes it will also make it possible to integrate with Ubuntu's cloud-init framework, which has quickly become the standard for cloud-based post-spinup node customization and configuration, with CentOS and other distro support included. Amazon has even adopted it now. That said, cloud-init is no longer just an EC2 option, with Eculyptus and Openstack support builtin for private cloud deployments. The way I envision using it is is to pass the node it's hostname, classes, custom puppet variables and a user-data script that cloud-init would use to install puppet, and have the node register itself with DNS and Dashboard. > Please let me know if you have any further questions. > > Absolutely. I'll keep your name on my list, and we'll make our plans in > public. > Any sense on a timeframe? (I just saw James' email. I will reply separately later tonight.) > r > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. > > -- <http://aws.amazon.com/solutions/solution-providers/brandorr/> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
