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On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 02:02:44AM +0800, Zhenguo Niu wrote:
> Maybe we can continue the discussion here, as there's no enough time in the
> irc meeting :)

Someone mentioned this would make a good summit session, as there's a
few competing proposals that are all good options. I do welcome
discussion here until then, but I'm going to put it on the schedule. :)

// jim

> 
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 1:06 AM, Zhenguo Niu <niu.zglinux at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> > Ironic is currently using shellinabox to provide a serial console, but
> > it's not compatible
> > with nova, so I would like to propose a new console type and a custom HTTP
> > proxy [1]
> > which validate token and connect to ironic console from nova.
> >
> > On Horizon side, we should add support for the new console type [2] as
> > well, here are some screenshots from my local environment.
> >
> >
> >
> > ​
> >
> > Additionally, shellinabox console ports management should be improved in
> > ironic, instead of manually specified, we should introduce dynamically
> > allocation/deallocation [3] mechanism.
> >
> > Functionality is being implemented in Nova, Horizon and Ironic:
> > https://review.openstack.org/#/q/topic:bp/shellinabox-http-proxy
> > https://review.openstack.org/#/q/topic:bp/ironic-shellinabox-console
> > https://review.openstack.org/#/q/status:open+topic:bug/1526371
> >
> >
> > PS: to achieve this goal, we can also add a new console driver in ironic
> > [4], but I think it doesn't conflict with this, as shellinabox is capable
> > to integrate with nova, and we should support all console drivers.
> >
> >
> > [1] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/shellinabox-http-proxy
> > [2]
> > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/horizon/+spec/ironic-shellinabox-console
> > [3] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/1526371
> > [4] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bug/1553083
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards,
> > Zhenguo Niu
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Best Regards,
> Zhenguo Niu




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