<div dir="ltr">All,<br>Recently I have tried <span class="" id=":69c.32" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":69c.46" tabindex="-1">plugins</span></span> feature which was implemented for 6.x release. And that was really pleasant experience. <span class="" id=":69c.33" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":69c.47" tabindex="-1">Plugins</span></span> work almost out-of-the box. I was able to implement Cinder with <span class="" id=":69c.34" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":69c.48" tabindex="-1">NetApp</span></span> <span class="" id=":69c.35" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":69c.49" tabindex="-1">backend</span></span> installation and configuration as a separate Fuel <span class="" id=":69c.36" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":69c.50" tabindex="-1">plugin</span></span>.<div><br></div><div>Current simple implementation (with <span class="" id=":69c.37" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":69c.51" tabindex="-1">pre</span></span>- and post-deployment customizations) covers around 30% of our use cases. Obviously this will cover all cases that require <span class="" id=":69c.38" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":69c.52" tabindex="-1">OpenStack</span></span> configuration file changes (e.g. custom Cinder <span class="" id=":69c.39" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":69c.53" tabindex="-1">backend</span></span>, <span class="" id=":69c.40" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":69c.54" tabindex="-1">LDAP</span></span> integration e.t.c). </div><div><br></div><div>Next things that will cover  significant amount of our use cases is ability to add custom roles and modify node provisioning parameters. I'm looking forward to trying those features out.</div><div><br></div><div>I'd like to thank Fuel team for implementation such desirable feature. <span class="" id=":69c.41" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":69c.55" tabindex="-1">Plugins</span></span> will <span class="" id=":69c.42" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":69c.56" tabindex="-1">definitely</span></span>  help to increase flexibility of MOS. Great job!<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Kind regards<div><span class="" id=":69c.43" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":69c.57" tabindex="-1">Dmitry</span></span> <span class="" id=":69c.44" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":69c.58" tabindex="-1">Ukov</span></span></div><div>IT Engineer</div><div><div><span class="" id=":69c.45" tabindex="-1" style="background:yellow"><span class="" id=":69c.59" tabindex="-1">Mirantis</span></span>, Inc.</div></div><div><br></div>
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