[openstack-dev] New Nova hypervisor: Docker

Daniel P. Berrange berrange at redhat.com
Wed Aug 28 09:18:09 UTC 2013


On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 06:00:50PM +1000, Michael Still wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Sam Alba <sam.alba at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We've been working hard during the last couple of weeks with some
> > people. Brian Waldon helped a lot designing the Glance integration and
> > driver testing. Dean Troyer helped a lot on bringing Docker support in
> > Devstack[1]. On top of that, we got several feedback on the Nova code
> > review which definitely helped to improve the code.
> >
> > The blueprint[2] explains what Docker brings to Nova and how to use it.
> 
> I have to say that this blueprint is a fantastic example of how we
> should be writing design documents. It addressed almost all of my
> questions about the integration.

Yes, Sam (& any of the other Docker guys involved) have been great at
responding to reviewers' requests to expand their design document. The
latest update has really helped in understanding how this driver works
in the context of openstack from an architectural and functional POV.

> However, it would be nice for this to be on Launchpad, that being
> where we track blueprints. Would it be possible for you to move it
> over there? Or just link to the design doc from there?

Their blueprint on launchpad already links to the doc in fact, so no
change is needed

  https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/new-hypervisor-docker

links to

  https://github.com/dotcloud/openstack-docker/blob/master/docs/nova_blueprint.md

Regards,
Daniel
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