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[Srikanth Kumar Lingala <srikanthkumar.lingala@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the information, Kaill.

Srikanth.

On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 5:42 PM, Kiall Mac Innes <kiall@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Srikanth,
>
> File Injection is not available through Horizon.
>
> Atul is describing a different feature that can be used to achieve similar
> results. The contents of "User-Data" will be accessible to the instance via
> "http://169.254.169.254/latest/user-data"; - Ubuntu ships with a tool
> called cloud-init that makes use of this data if available.
>
> Eg One of the simple use cases for cloud-init is, if the data starts with
> "#!", it will assume it's a shell script and download + execute it. This
> can, in a roundabout way, be used to achieve similar results to the file
> injection feature.
>
> Thanks,
> Kiall
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Srikanth Kumar Lingala <
> srikanthkumar.lingala@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I am able to create an instance with the following command (along with
>> File Injection):
>> *
>> *
>> *#> nova boot --file /root/inject.txt=/root/inject.txt --flavor=1
>> --image=4671e99b-1c01-42e8-94d6-2405a59bab57 testserver1*
>> *
>> *
>> Now, what I need is to do the same from the Horizon. I will select a file
>> to inject from Horizon and Launch the Instance, it should inject that file.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Srikanth.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Atul Jha <Atul.Jha@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> The test step followed for user-data as follows.
>>>
>>> 1. Got image from
>>> http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/precise/current/precise-server-cloudimg-i386-disk1.img
>>>
>>> 2. Booted it from Horizon and passed the script in the file
>>>
>>> #!/bin/sh
>>> mkdir /home/ubuntu/testdir
>>>
>>> 3. Logged in to the machine with
>>>
>>> ssh -i <mykey.pub> ubuntu@IP
>>>
>>> And i can see the directory created.
>>>
>>>
>>> File injection via Horizon uses cloud-init and i have tested it on
>>> Ubuntu 12.04 i have no idea about other distributions.
>>>
>>> You can file more about cloud-init here :-
>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CloudInit
>>>
>>> And thanks, i will add this in the doc somewhere. :)
>>>
>>> Hope it helps.
>>>
>>>
>>> Atul jha
>>>
>>> ________________________________________
>>> From: Shake Chen [shake.chen@xxxxxxxxx]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 2:28 PM
>>> To: Srikanth Kumar Lingala
>>> Cc: Atul Jha; openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: Re: [Openstack] File Injection through Horizon
>>>
>>> I also have same question.
>>>
>>> can you give us example. how to injection throuth Horizon?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 3:24 PM, Srikanth Kumar Lingala <
>>> srikanthkumar.lingala@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:srikanthkumar.lingala@xxxxxxxxx>>
>>> wrote:
>>> Hi Atul,
>>> Can you please guide me how to do File Injection through Horizon?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Srikanth.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 12:41 PM, Atul Jha <Atul.Jha@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:
>>> Atul.Jha@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> <snip>
>>> I have some doubts regarding File Injection.
>>> Can File Injection can be done through Horizon, while creating an
>>> Instance?
>>> While creating an Instance from Horizon, a field called 'User Data'
>>> [text area] is there. Is that field is related to File Injection? Can
>>> anyone tell me, the values we need to give for 'User Data'?
>>> </snip>
>>> Yes.
>>>
>>>
>>> Cheers!!
>>>
>>> Atul Jha
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