Fwd: Questions about network related support for jClouds

[Andrew Phillips <an...@apache.org>]

Forwarding to user@, as that may be of interest to others there...

> 2.  For a given network/interface, specify an IP address to be used  
> instead of being assigned a random IP from the network
> 3.  A floating IP to be used for the instance

One of the OpenStack experts on the list will certainly have more to  
say, but for #2 and #3 it might be worth trying what happens if you  
set autoAssignFloatingIp to false/true on the template options, if you  
haven't already.

More floating IP options are available via the FloatingIPApi [2],  
which you can access via the (provider-specific) NovaApi.

Hope that helps!

ap

[1]  
http://javadocs.jclouds.cloudbees.net/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/v2_0/compute/options/NovaTemplateOptions.Builder.html#autoAssignFloatingIp(boolean)
[2]  
http://javadocs.jclouds.cloudbees.net/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/v2_0/NovaApi.html#getFloatingIPExtensionForZone(java.lang.String)

----- Forwarded message from jeffrngu@cisco.com -----
     Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 02:14:10 +0000
     From: "Jeffrey Nguyen (jeffrngu)" <je...@cisco.com>
Reply-To: dev@jclouds.apache.org
  Subject: Questions about network related support for jClouds
       To: "dev@jclouds.apache.org" <de...@jclouds.apache.org>

Hi Devs,

I have the need to specify additional network related parameters when  
creating an instance of an OpenStack cartridge.   These parameters  
include the following:

   1.  A list of networks (uuids) to associate with the list of  
network interfaces defined in the cartridge
   2.  For a given network/interface, specify an IP address to be used  
instead of being assigned a random IP from the network
   3.  A floating IP to be used for the instance

With the jClouds version 1.7 and later, CreateServerOptions.networks()  
fulfills item #1 (please seee  
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/JCLOUDS-416, )

Can someone give me some pointers on whether items #2 and #3 are also  
supported.   If not, I would appreciate some pointers, tips on how to  
extend the existing API to support them.

Thanks in advance!

Regards,
-Jeffrey

Re: Questions about network related support for jClouds

[Andrew Phillips <an...@apache.org>]

> I'm not sure how to use NovaTemplateOptions in the context of
> CreateServerOptions.  Right now, I'm using CreateServerOptions in
> ServerApi.create() to create a new instance.  Not really sure how to
> combine that with NovaTemplateOptions.  Perhaps there's another way to
> spin off an instance besides ServerApi.create()?

Have a look at the "jclouds Core Concepts" document [1], which will  
hopefully help explain the difference between the abstract  
ComputeService and the provider-specific APIs such as server API.

Regards

ap

[1] https://wiki.apache.org/jclouds/Core%20Concepts