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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="spelle"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Yo</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Nova Gurus :-),</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We here at GoDaddy are getting hot and heavy into Cells V2 these days and would like to propose an enhancement or maybe see if something like this is already in the works.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Need: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">To be able to “synchronize” cells from a specified file (git controlled, or inventory generated).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Details: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We are thinking about adding a new method to nova-manage called “apply-cells” that would take a
<span class="spelle">json</span>/<span class="spelle">yaml</span> file and “make-it-so”. This method would make the cells in the DB match exactly that of what the spec says matching on the cell’s name. Internally it calls its own
<span class="spelle">create_cell</span>, <span class="spelle">update_cell</span>, and
<span class="spelle">delete_cell</span> commands to get it done.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We already have a POC in the works. Are you aware of any others who have made requests for something like this? Ref:
<a href="https://review.openstack.org/#/c/568987/">https://review.openstack.org/#/c/568987/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Thanks a ton,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">David Bingham (<span class="spelle">wwriverrat</span> on IRC)</span></p>
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