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[Chris Behrens <chris.behrens@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nevermind.  Just found a comment in the API spec that says "hostID" is unique per account, not globally.  Hmmm...


On Jul 15, 2011, at 2:27 PM, Chris Behrens wrote:

> I see the v1.1 API spec talks about a 'hostId' item returned when you list your instances (section 4.1.1 in the spec).  These should be the same thing, IMO.
> 
> I think you're right, though.  I don't believe we have any sort of 'hostId' today, since hosts just become available by attaching to AMQP.
> 
> - Chris
> 
> On Jul 15, 2011, at 1:16 PM, Glen Campbell wrote:
> 
>> I understand that we're all familiar with virtualization and its benefits. However, in the Real World, those of us who run clouds often need to work with physical devices. I've proposed a blueprint and spec for a /hosts admin API resource that would return information on physical hosts. However, I don't believe that there's any way for us to actually identify a specific server (I'm actually hoping I'm mistaken about this, because that would make my life easier). 
>> 
>> So, to get information about a specific host, you'd use /host/{id} — but what should go in the {id} slot?
>> 
>> We'd also like to include this data elsewhere; for example, in error messages, it might help to know the physical device on which a server is created. 
>> 
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