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Posted to dev@stratos.apache.org by Lahiru Sandaruwan <la...@wso2.com> on 2014/04/01 06:44:24 UTC
Re: Adding custom tags for instances created
Hi,
We can add name-value pairs using usermatadata() of EC2TemplateOptions(Got
the info from jclouds list).
Will work on it.
Thakns.
On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Nirmal Fernando <ni...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi Lahiru,
>
> Actually there's a limitation in jclouds, that you cannot have name, value
> pairs as tags, but only names :-) (at least this is what I see in the API)
>
> public EC2TemplateOptions tags(Iterable<String> tags) {
> return EC2TemplateOptions.class.cast(super.tags(tags));
>
> }
>
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 8:59 AM, Lahiru Sandaruwan <la...@wso2.com>wrote:
>
>> Ahh. Great :)
>>
>> One question can we customize "name" tag?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 8:19 PM, Nirmal Fernando <ni...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Guys,
>>>
>>> We already have tags support for EC2 in CC. :-) Please add a property to
>>> IaaSProvider section, named as 'tags' and also you can have a comma
>>> separated list of values for that.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 8:46 AM, Lahiru Sandaruwan <la...@wso2.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Isuru Perera <is...@wso2.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> AFAIK, currently the "tags" are supported only in EC2.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, changing the cartridge definition for that seems to be not good.
>>>>> However this is JSON and we can just add the tags for the definitions.
>>>>>
>>>>> But adding another element to Cartridge definition means there will be
>>>>> lot of code changes.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I was working with vCloud, I noticed each vCloud object can have
>>>>> metadata. I'm not sure about OpenStack yet, but may be we can have a
>>>>> generic solution for all IaaSes.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is also an option to avoid changing the Cartridge definition and
>>>>> add each tag as a property. We might need to add another property to
>>>>> identify tags.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "property":[
>>>>> {
>>>>> "name":"instanceType",
>>>>> "value":"m3.medium"
>>>>> },
>>>>> {
>>>>> "name":"keyPair",
>>>>> "value":"r2-azdev1"
>>>>> },
>>>>> {
>>>>> "name":"tagPrefix",
>>>>> "value":"tag-"
>>>>> },
>>>>> {
>>>>> "name":"tag-name",
>>>>> "value":"DEV Stratos"
>>>>> },
>>>>> {
>>>>> "name":"tag-owner",
>>>>> "value":"Lahiru"
>>>>> }
>>>>> ],
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> +1... Will do like this.
>>>>
>>>> BTW. What do you mean by tagPrefix?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 5:56 AM, Lahiru Sandaruwan <lahirus@apache.org
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a requirement to add tags to the instances created through
>>>>>> cloud controller. jclouds supports tags already.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since we have to support several tags, we will not abe to support
>>>>>> them at properties.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How about cartridge definition with iaasProvider like
>>>>>> following(Adding optional 'tag' element),
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "iaasProvider":[
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> "type":"ec2-west",
>>>>>> "imageId":"us-west-1/ami-2a39076f",
>>>>>> "maxInstanceLimit":"5",
>>>>>> "property":[
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> "name":"instanceType",
>>>>>> "value":"m3.medium"
>>>>>> },
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> "name":"keyPair",
>>>>>> "value":"r2-azdev1"
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> ],
>>>>>> "tag":[
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> "name":"name",
>>>>>> "value":"DEV Stratos"
>>>>>> },
>>>>>> {
>>>>>> "name":"owner",
>>>>>> "value":"Lahiru"
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> ],
>>>>>>
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> send your thoughts over.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Isuru Perera
>>>>> Senior Software Engineer | WSO2, Inc. | http://wso2.com/
>>>>> Lean . Enterprise . Middleware
>>>>>
>>>>> about.me/chrishantha
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> --
>>>> Lahiru Sandaruwan
>>>> Software Engineer,
>>>> Platform Technologies,
>>>> WSO2 Inc., http://wso2.com
>>>> lean.enterprise.middleware
>>>>
>>>> email: lahirus@wso2.com cell: (+94) 773 325 954
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Nirmal
>>>
>>> Nirmal Fernando.
>>> PPMC Member & Committer of Apache Stratos,
>>> Senior Software Engineer, WSO2 Inc.
>>>
>>> Blog: http://nirmalfdo.blogspot.com/
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> --
>> Lahiru Sandaruwan
>> Software Engineer,
>> Platform Technologies,
>> WSO2 Inc., http://wso2.com
>> lean.enterprise.middleware
>>
>> email: lahirus@wso2.com cell: (+94) 773 325 954
>> blog: http://lahiruwrites.blogspot.com/
>> twitter: http://twitter.com/lahirus
>> linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/pub/lahiru-sandaruwan/16/153/146
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Nirmal
>
> Nirmal Fernando.
> PPMC Member & Committer of Apache Stratos,
> Senior Software Engineer, WSO2 Inc.
>
> Blog: http://nirmalfdo.blogspot.com/
>
--
--
Lahiru Sandaruwan
Software Engineer,
Platform Technologies,
WSO2 Inc., http://wso2.com
lean.enterprise.middleware
email: lahirus@wso2.com cell: (+94) 773 325 954
blog: http://lahiruwrites.blogspot.com/
twitter: http://twitter.com/lahirus
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