[one-users] set user quotas be valid for a given period of time

[knawnd at gmail.com]

Hi Carlos,

Thanks a lot for proposal! We will try to estimate it as well as other possible solutions to take a 
decision.

Regards,
Nikolay.

Carlos Martín Sánchez wrote on 14/04/14 13:39:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 8:29 AM, <knawnd at gmail.com <mailto:knawnd at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear all,
>
>     as far as I understand from [1] in the current stable OpenNebula release (v.4.4) it's not
>     possible to set user quotas be valid for a given period of time.
>     We would like to implement the following scenario. Split all cloud users into two categories: 1)
>     permanent and 2) temporal. Users from the second category can use cloud resources only during
>     certain period of time. And e.g. one week/month before quotas are expired the user will get
>     notification via email. He can ignore it if he is not going to use cloud resources any longer or
>     ask for prolongation.
>
>     Best regards,
>     Nikolay.
>
>     [1] http://docs.opennebula.org/4.__4/administration/users_and___groups/quota_auth.html
>     <http://docs.opennebula.org/4.4/administration/users_and_groups/quota_auth.html>
>
>
> No, that particular use case is not supported out of the box.
> You can however implement it using the following tools:
> * The quotas can be updated through the cli [1], ruby [2] or java [3] api.
> * You can be notified when new users are created using hooks [4].
> * You can define ACL rules to modify what a user can/cannot do.
> * You shouldn't need it for your requirements, but you can also create custom authentication and
> authorization drivers [5]
>
> Regards
>
> [1] http://docs.opennebula.org/doc/4.4/cli/oneuser.1.html
> [2] http://docs.opennebula.org/4.4/integration/system_interfaces/ruby.html
> [3] http://docs.opennebula.org/4.4/integration/system_interfaces/java.html
> [4] http://docs.opennebula.org/4.4/integration/infrastructure_integration/hooks.html
> [5] http://docs.opennebula.org/4.4/integration/infrastructure_integration/devel-auth.html
>
> --
> Carlos Martín, MSc
> Project Engineer
> OpenNebula - Flexible Enterprise Cloud Made Simple
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