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On 02/13/2015 09:47 AM, Jordan Pittier wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I would like to add the 'add' capability to the HTTP glance store.
>
> Let's say I (as an operator or cloud admin) provide an HTTP server where
> (authenticated/trusted) users/clients can make the following HTTP request :
>
> POST http://server1/myLinuxImage HTTP/1.1
> Host: server1
> Content-Length: 256000000
> Content-Type: application/octet-stream
>
> mybinarydata[..]
>
> Then the HTTP server will store the binary data, somewhere (for instance
> locally), some how (for instance in a plain file), so that the data is
> later on accessible by a simple GET http://server1/myLinuxImage
>
> In that case, this HTTP server could easily be a full fleshed Glance store.
>
> Questions :
> 1) Has this been already discussed/proposed ? If so, could someone give
> me a pointer to this work ?
> 2) Can I start working on this ? (the 2 main work items are : 'add an
> add method to glance_store._drivers.http.__Store' and 'add a delete
> method to glance_store._drivers.http.__Store (HTTP DELETE method)'

What is the difference between just calling the Glance API to upload an 
image, versus adding add() functionality to the HTTP image store?

Best,
-jay