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[Chris Behrens <chris.behrens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi George,

Would love to hear your ideas.   I appreciate any conversations that involve security and extensibility. :)  I have short term goals I need to hit, but I'm all for combining any duplicated efforts for the long run.

- Chris


On Feb 10, 2011, at 8:40 AM, George Reese wrote:

> I have been planning to put together a blueprint proposal for an agent component leveraging some of the stuff that enStratus has done with agents. The idea would be for a guest agent that is fully secure and extensible for any kind of management needs.
> 
> Thoughts on combining the efforts?
> 
> -George
> 
> On Feb 10, 2011, at 11:11 AM, Chris Behrens wrote:
> 
>> Jay,
>> 
>> It sounds like you understand it. :)  The guest agent will be required to configure the VM's network settings and root password, etc.  I share your thoughts.  It feels like it should be a part of nova to me as well.
>> 
>> - Chris
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 10, 2011, at 7:53 AM, Jay Pipes wrote:
>> 
>>> If this guest agent code is going to be required for certain features
>>> in Nova's Cactus release (at least, XenServer features), then
>>> shouldn't it be in Nova?
>>> 
>>> Or am I not understanding what the guest agent code does?
>>> 
>>> -jay
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:57 AM, Thierry Carrez <thierry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Paul Voccio wrote:
>>>>> So the question I want to pose to the community is if they are
>>>>> interested in the code, where should it go and how should we move
>>>>> forward on extending it?
>>>> 
>>>> I think it's always interesting to publish the code. I'm not convinced
>>>> of the value of shipping it inside Nova though.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm not in the POC so it's not my job to define what should be
>>>> considered "Openstack core" and what should not, but "compatible guest
>>>> agents" IMO typically warrant their own project...
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Thierry Carrez (ttx)
>>>> Release Manager, OpenStack
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