This will be a nice addition. I think another "image inventory" issue I created may complement this: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-561
Very little work has been done on this so far but the intention of the first stage is to retrieve some basic details about images such as installed applications and patch levels. These details will be stored in the database when an image is captured. It should also be possible query some attributes dynamically from offline images. With KVM for example, you can view the files in an offline image and query the registry of offline Windows images. I'm hoping some sort of image inventory feature will be included in VCL 2.4. I intend to work on this at some point after 2.3 is released. I'd be happy to try to incorporate the retrieval of any specific information which would be useful for the broker. -Andy On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Karuna P Joshi <kjos...@umbc.edu> wrote: > Hello, > > I have created a new issue under the VCL project for developing a cloud > broker tool for VCL. This goal of this tool is to enable VCL users to > specify their requirements via policies. For instance, they can specify > their security needs, their software needs etc. using a web interface. The > broker tool will discover the VCL image that best matches these policies. The > users (or broker tool ) can then issue a reservation for that particular > image. This feature will be very useful for instances where the VCL user is > not sure which VCL image will best match their needs. > I have attached slides that explain our methodology for cloud service > lifecycle. > I have also included a high level architecture diagram of the tool and look > forward to any feedback on the design. > > regards, > Karuna > ____________________ > Karuna Pande Joshi > PhD Candidate, > CSEE Dept, UMBC > kjos...@umbc.edu, karuna.jo...@umbc.edu
