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[Alexey Ababilov <aababilov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

I am curious to know: is it necessary for nova to save images in file which
names are hashes from image IDs (UUIDs)?

Nova saves root image under its sha1 hash:
https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/virt/libvirt/connection.py#L1214
but it saves kernel and ramdisk under their original IDs:
https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/virt/libvirt/connection.py#L1199
https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/virt/libvirt/connection.py#L1206

Is it a security measures?


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Alessio Ababilov
Software Engineer
Grid Dynamics