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["Debo Dutta (dedutta)" <dedutta@xxxxxxxxx>]

Have you tinkered with devstack .... Its simplifies some of the issues
you raised for a dev guy. 

 

debo

 

From: openstack-bounces+dedutta=cisco.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:openstack-bounces+dedutta=cisco.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Aniruddha Khadkikar
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 9:03 PM
To: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Openstack] User experience and simplified configurations

 

Hi,

Its only recently that I have started exploring openstack and the first
thing that comes to my mind is the nature and amount of configuration
required for the various components. 
The managed IT Deb packages for Diablo were very helpful in reaching a
poc level implementation involving a separate cloud controller, volume
and glance with swift and with a compute node. 

Are there any plans to simplify the configuration files and develop
command line wizards for a better user experience?

I believe that with every release an incrementally better experience
will help in greater adoption of the platform. For example I could only
get things working on my third trial. That too led to problems due to
EC2 not working till a project was added using nova manage. I still
remain confused between tenants and projects in Diablo. Logically one
customer (tenant) should be able to run multiple projects. So I was a
bit surprised at them being treated as equivalent.

First target for simplification could be the various pipeline settings
and the nova configuration. I have found these a bit complicated to
understand. 

I have not started testing Essex yet.

Regards
Aniruddha