[one-users] econe-upload to file datastore

[Steffen Claus]

Am 16.08.2013 19:06, schrieb Daniel Molina:
> Hi
>
>
> On 16 August 2013 10:39, Steffen Claus <steffen.claus at scai.fraunhofer.de
> <mailto:steffen.claus at scai.fraunhofer.de>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>     i went through the code and found the following lines in the
>     EC2QueryServer.rb:
>
>     def upload_image(params)
>         image = ImageEC2.new(Image.build_xml,
>                             @client,
>                             params['file'],
>                            {:type => "OS"})
>
>     This renders it impossible to upload files to a file datastore.
>
>     What would be the best way to handle this situation? Additional
>     parameters for the upload_image method, even though AWS doesn't
>     distingush between image types? Or one could check the TYPE of the
>     datastore to define allowed IMAGE types for upload, e.g.:
>     type == "image" --> allowed: OS, CDROM, DATABLOCK
>     type == "file" --> allowed: KERNEL, RAMDISK, CONTEXT.
>
>     What do you think?
>
>
> econe-upload is a nonofficial EC2 api call, it's just a helper to upload
> image to OpenNebula. So, you can add a new param type to the request an
> use it when creating the new image.
I know that econe is not supposed to support the whole range of EC2 
functionalities. So you suggest I should change the server code?
>
> BTW, how are you going to use this files through EC2?
They are pre-configured to be used within VM templates. I just need an 
automatic way of uploading them from outside the Cloud infrastructure.

>
> Cheers
>
>
>
>     BR,
>     Steffen
>
>
>     ----- Ursprüngliche Mail -----
>      > Hi,
>      > i am trying to upload a file via econe-upload to my file datastore.
>      > However, i keep getting the following error:
>      >
>      > "econe-upload:
>      >
>     <Response><RequestId/><Errors><Error><Code>UnsupportedOperation</Code><Message>[ImageAllocate]
>      > Error allocating a new image. Only IMAGES of type KERNEL, RAMDISK
>      > and CONTEXT can be registered in a FILE_DS
>      > datastore</Message></Error></Errors></Response>".
>      >
>      > Is the current implementation of econe-upload incapable of handling
>      > file datastores? Where can i change the image type?
>      >
>      > Is there another way of uploading files via command-line/API? I
>      > haven't succeded with ec2-tools (ec2-import-volume) as well. What
>      > about OCCI?
>      >
>      > BR,
>      > Steffen
>      >
>      >
>      >
>      > --
>      > Steffen Claus
>      >
>      > Fraunhofer-Institut für Algorithmen und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen
>      > (SCAI)
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>
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>     (SCAI)
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>     D-53754 Sankt Augustin
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-- 
Steffen Claus

Fraunhofer-Institut für Algorithmen und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen (SCAI)
Schloss Birlinghoven
D-53754 Sankt Augustin
Tel: +49 2241 14-2511
steffen.claus at scai.fraunhofer.de
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