[Openstack-operators] Deprecation of in tree EC2 API in Nova for Kilo release

Alex Baretto shakamunyi at gmail.com
Thu Jan 29 00:11:16 UTC 2015


Hi Tim,

Would you be able to share use cases/experiences with EC2 API to help with
support for your proposals? I am also familiar with multiple OpenStack
clouds using the EC2 API.

Best,

-Alex.

On 28 January 2015 at 12:38, Tim Bell <Tim.Bell at cern.ch> wrote:

> There are currently 35% of openstack clouds from the survey using this
> feature. I would therefore propose that this be reviewed with the operators
> in detail before a rapid depreciation is performed. To the best of my
> knowledge, the new package is not yet in use in production.
>
> At CERN, we are highly dependent on this function and while it does not
> provide 100% compatibility, it works pretty well.
>
> I would therefore propose that the new EC2 API modules are validated in
> production and at scale before depreciating the existing functions. I think
> validating, packaging and deploying to a reasonable number of clouds and
> reviewing it with the operators is a viable target for Kilo. This can then
> be reviewed in one of the joint developer/operator sessions for feasibility.
>
> Tim
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Christian Berendt [mailto:christian at berendt.io]
> > Sent: 28 January 2015 21:29
> > To: openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org
> > Subject: Re: [Openstack-operators] Deprecation of in tree EC2 API in
> Nova for
> > Kilo release
> >
> > On 01/28/2015 08:56 PM, Sean Dague wrote:
> > > Comments are welcomed, but we've attempted to get more people engaged
> > > to address these issues over the last 18 months, and never really had
> > > anyone step up. Without some real maintainers of this code in Nova
> > > (and tests somewhere in the community) it's really no longer viable.
> >
> > I think it is the right decision to remove the EC2 API in Nova.
> >
> > Christian.
> >
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