[one-users] User data and Elastic IP with Sunstone

[Daniel Molina]

On 13 September 2012 09:46, Ricardo Duarte <rjtd21 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Daniel,
>
> I know I can set CONTEXT with templates.
> But user_data is such a typical parameter to be changed that it can become
> cumbersome to require a new template for every single change.
> And not always are users able to create their own templates.
> So it would be nice to be able to also set some variables, with sunstone,
> when creating a new VM without going through the hassle to create a new
> template. Maybe make it generic, so that users could add CONTEXT variables
> on the "Create Virtual Machine" dialog.
> The way it works with econe is just perfect. Regular users can set
> user_data per instance, with the request.
>
> Does it make sense for me to add a feature request for this one.
>

I think it would be very useful to have this functionality. Please open a
new feature request, so we can consider it for the next release

Thanks


>
> Regards,
> Ricardo
>
> ------------------------------
> From: dmolina at opennebula.org
> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:12:49 +0200
> Subject: Re: [one-users] User data and Elastic IP with Sunstone
> To: rjtd21 at hotmail.com
> CC: users at lists.opennebula.org
>
>
> Hi,
>
> On 9 September 2012 21:25, Ricardo Duarte <rjtd21 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> As far as I can see, elastic IPs and userdata are only supported through
> the econe interface.
> Are there any plans to add the same functionality to Sunstone and the cli?
>
>
> Currently there is no plan to implement this functionality in OCA (CLI &
> Sunstone), but you can open a feature request in our dev page [1] and we
> will consider it for next releases.
>
> Regarding the userdata, you can use the CONTEXT section in the VM
> template. There, you can specify any variable or file and reference
> NETWORK, IMAGE and USER information [2]
>
> [1] http://dev.opennebula.org/
> [2] http://opennebula.org/documentation:rel3.6:template#context_section
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> --
> Daniel Molina
> Project Engineer
> OpenNebula - The Open Source Solution for Data Center Virtualization
> www.OpenNebula.org | dmolina at opennebula.org | @OpenNebula
>



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Daniel Molina
Project Engineer
OpenNebula - The Open Source Solution for Data Center Virtualization
www.OpenNebula.org | dmolina at opennebula.org | @OpenNebula
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