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On 12/13/2019 1:48 AM, Blom, Merlin, NMU-OI wrote:
> I wrote a *function for distinguishing an image instance from an boot 
> from volume instance* for billing purpose.
> 
> But it does not work this way, it seems as if BfV Instances also have 
> the Image property set.
> 
> *Is there an elegant solution other than analyzing the volume attachment 
> state?*
> 
> This cloud be a problem, because an image instance cloud also have volumes.
> 
> def getBootFromVolInstances(serverId):
> 
>      '''Determines wether an instance is a boot frome volume instance'''
> 
>      server = conn.compute.find_server(serverId, ignore_missing=True)
> 
>      if server:
> 
>          if server.image:
> 
>              return False
> 
>          else:
> 
>              return True
> 
>      return False
> 

I don't know what client-side tooling you're using (looks like the 
openstacksdk?) but a volume-backed server will have an 'image' parameter 
in the response body but it should be an empty string. From the API 
reference [1]:

"The UUID and links for the image for your server instance. The image 
object might be an empty string when you boot the server from a volume."

[1] 
https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/?expanded=show-server-details-detail#show-server-details

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Thanks,

Matt