Re: [Openstack] nova-api crashes due to ImportError

2011-11-30 Thread Andy Bierman
Yep - that was it. There was an old version in /etc/nova. I copied the new version there and nova-api works now. Thanks, Andy From: Brian Waldon [mailto:brian.wal...@rackspace.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 12:57 PM To: Andy Bierman Cc: openstack@lists.launchpad.net Subject: Re

[Openstack] nova-api crashes due to ImportError

2011-11-30 Thread Andy Bierman
Hi, I am running the code from yesterday (lp:nova) on Ubuntu 11.04 (x64). All nova-* programs except nova-api are starting OK. That program terminates because it cannot import 'metadatarequesthandler'. See the trackback attached. How can I get nova-api working? thanks, Andy 2011-11-30 11:55:45,

Re: [Openstack] OpenStack API Versioning Conventions

2011-10-11 Thread Andy Bierman
I agree only the major version should be in the URL, and the major version must be bumped if any API is changed such that the 'API contract' with existing clients is broken somehow. (Standard 'old manager/new agent' stuff.) Traditionally, the software release version IDs need to be precise, so w

Re: [Openstack] nova.sh behind a firewall

2011-06-03 Thread Andy Bierman
om/>" to "hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80<http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/>" 3.Save and close. Andy From: openstack-bounces+biermana=brocade@lists.launchpad.net [mailto:openstack-bounces+biermana=brocade@lists.launchpad.net] On Behalf Of Andy Bierman Sent:

[Openstack] nova.sh behind a firewall

2011-06-03 Thread Andy Bierman
Hi, Not sure anybody else ran into this problem installing nova, but if add-apt-repository is timing out, your firewall is probably blocking port 11371. Try this: http://superuser.com/questions/64922/how-to-work-around-blocked-outbound-hkp-port-for-apt-keys Andy _

Re: [Openstack] XML and JSON for API's

2011-06-03 Thread Andy Bierman
IMO, defining an API by providing 1 example of the API is not really interoperable. The point of defining a schema is to specify the 'contract' the API provider will honor, so a developer coding against the API knows what to write (for that particular message exchange). As for extensibility, YAN

Re: [Openstack] XML and JSON for API's

2011-06-02 Thread Andy Bierman
+1 to your +1. I was wondering about formal definitions for the Quantum plugin APIs. Will there be WADL definitions? I really want to use RelaxNG schemas to validate the XML payloads (request and response) defined by the API. Andy -Original Message- From: openstack-bounces+biermana=br