[jira] [Comment Edited] (CLOUDSTACK-9813) Use configdrive for userdata, metadata & password

["Marcus Sorensen (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Marcus Sorensen edited comment on CLOUDSTACK-9813 at 7/12/17 9:44 PM:
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Can we not rely on secondary storage for config drive? I'd much rather see it generated dynamically into a temp space or into primary storage alongside root disk during VM start.  It just seems like a bad idea to rely on mounting and availability of secondary storage (which by design is supposed to be out of band from running VMs) to have a healthy VM. People put a lot of work into their primary storage for VM availability, not as much for secondary storage.

The idea of a config drive is good, but moving to a model where secondary storage has to be mounted and healthy at all times is a big deal and should be carefully considered.


was (Author: mlsorensen):
Can we not rely on secondary storage for config drive? I'd much rather see it generated dynamically into a temp space or into primary storage alongside root disk during VM start.  It just seems like a bad idea to rely on mounting and availability of secondary storage (which by design is supposed to be out of band from running VMs) to have a healthy VM. People put a lot of work into their primary storage for VM availability, not as much for secondary storage

> Use configdrive for userdata, metadata & password 
> --------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: CLOUDSTACK-9813
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-9813
>             Project: CloudStack
>          Issue Type: New Feature
>      Security Level: Public(Anyone can view this level - this is the default.) 
>          Components: KVM, Network Controller, Secondary Storage, SystemVM, VMware
>    Affects Versions: Future
>            Reporter: Eric Waegeman
>            Assignee: Kris Sterckx
>
> To avoid the use of an extra VM for the virtual router we implement configdrive for userdata, metadata & password. 
> The configdrive ISO is created on the secondary store and the KVM & VMware plugins are adapted to accept the configdrive ISO as second cdrom.
> Is applicable for isolated, VPC and shared networks.



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