<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">What capabilities would this new service give us that existing, proven, configuration management tools like chef and puppet don't have?</div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 12:52 PM, Nachi Ueno <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nachi@ntti3.com" target="_blank">nachi@ntti3.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi Flavio<br>
<br>
Thank you for your input.<br>
I agree with you. oslo.config isn't right place to have server side code.<br>
<br>
How about oslo.configserver ?<br>
For authentication, we can reuse keystone auth and oslo.rpc.<br>
<br>
Best<br>
Nachi<br>
<br>
<br>
2014/1/9 Flavio Percoco <<a href="mailto:flavio@redhat.com">flavio@redhat.com</a>>:<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">> On 08/01/14 17:13 -0800, Nachi Ueno wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> Hi folks<br>
>><br>
>> OpenStack process tend to have many config options, and many hosts.<br>
>> It is a pain to manage this tons of config options.<br>
>> To centralize this management helps operation.<br>
>><br>
>> We can use chef or puppet kind of tools, however<br>
>> sometimes each process depends on the other processes configuration.<br>
>> For example, nova depends on neutron configuration etc<br>
>><br>
>> My idea is to have config server in oslo.config, and let cfg.CONF get<br>
>> config from the server.<br>
>> This way has several benefits.<br>
>><br>
>> - We can get centralized management without modification on each<br>
>> projects ( nova, neutron, etc)<br>
>> - We can provide horizon for configuration<br>
>><br>
>> This is bp for this proposal.<br>
>> <a href="https://blueprints.launchpad.net/oslo/+spec/oslo-config-centralized" target="_blank">https://blueprints.launchpad.net/oslo/+spec/oslo-config-centralized</a><br>
>><br>
>> I'm very appreciate any comments on this.<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> I've thought about this as well. I like the overall idea of having a<br>
> config server. However, I don't like the idea of having it within<br>
> oslo.config. I'd prefer oslo.config to remain a library.<br>
><br>
> Also, I think it would be more complex than just having a server that<br>
> provides the configs. It'll need authentication like all other<br>
> services in OpenStack and perhaps even support of encryption.<br>
><br>
> I like the idea of a config registry but as mentioned above, IMHO it's<br>
> to live under its own project.<br>
><br>
> That's all I've got for now,<br>
> FF<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> @flaper87<br>
> Flavio Percoco<br>
><br>
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