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[Chris Behrens <chris.behrens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's required for Rackspace images.  It's not necessarily required for others.  You'll need it if you need to configure the VM with a specific IP address and you're not doing DHCP.  It'll be required if you want to offer the ability to set root password, etc, as well.

- Chris

On Feb 11, 2011, at 11:25 AM, Ed Leafe wrote:

> On Feb 11, 2011, at 1:51 PM, Chris Behrens wrote:
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>> Yeah, I'm mixed.  I tend to agree with the arguments for keeping it a separate project.  It makes sense.  At the same time, some sort of agent will be a requirement for configuring a guest in a non-DHCP based environment.  And as you mention, we'll need to keep everything in sync, so it feels like it should be a part of nova.  :-/
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> 	Will the agent need to be part of the images? Much of what I've seen seems to require the agent to be present on the vm when it is created. If that's the case, it should certainly be a separate project.
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