[jira] [Commented] (VCL-710) Allow an admin to permanently delete an image

["Andy Kurth (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Andy Kurth commented on VCL-710:
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I agree.  It isn't intuitive that when you delete an image from the web interface it doesn't actually get deleted from disk.  The reason why image files aren't actually deleted is to prevent problems if a user accidentally deletes an image.  This however introduces disk space problems which VCL currently has no way to handle.  We are often running custom scripts to clean up deleted images.

A new interface could be added to list all deleted images which haven't been deleted from disk.  An admin could select images to permanently delete.  We could add a new imagedeleted state to be processed by vcld.  In order to delete the image from all possible locations, it would need to be processed by all management nodes and all VM hosts.
                
> Allow an admin to permanently delete an image
> ---------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: VCL-710
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/VCL-710
>             Project: VCL
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>          Components: web gui (frontend)
>            Reporter: Nathaniel Sherry
>            Priority: Minor
>
> It would be nice if VCL's web interface had a way to permanently delete an image, along with removing the base image file from storage for certain kinds, like VM images.

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