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[Matt Joyce <matt.joyce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is not a necessity, but it is very useful.  Also look at config drive.

-Matt

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Joshua Harlow <harlowja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Its really just a binary that activates
> https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/api/metadata/handler.py#L100
>
> Its a way to allow for a VM to get metadata about itself and any userdata
> (of which users may have provided) on boot.
>
> Said feature is not just connected to ec2, but provides a generic
> mechanism for getting this type of data to an instance.
>
> The ec2 folks I believe are just the 'originators' of said concept and
> that’s how it got named initially.
>
> From: JuanFra Rodriguez Cardoso <juanfra.rodriguez.cardoso@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, December 10, 2012 5:10 PM
> To: Openstack <openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [Openstack] Nova metadata service
>
> Hi guys!
>
> After looking for in the mailing list and docs, I honestly still don't
> understand what really is nova-api-metadata.
> it's a mandatory service in a multi-host deployment? it's only related to
> EC2?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Regards,
> JuanFra.
>
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