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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I think the root of my confusion came from the fact that I was configuring nova-api using --flagfile=nova-api.conf and nova-api.conf contained the list of flags for the node. This is also the reason why I filed a bug to suggest that nova-api.conf is not hardcoded in bin/nova-api<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> openstack-bounces+armando.migliaccio=eu.citrix.com@lists.launchpad.net [mailto:openstack-bounces+armando.migliaccio=eu.citrix.com@lists.launchpad.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andy Smith<br><b>Sent:</b> 19 January 2011 19:03<br><b>To:</b> Jay Pipes<br><b>Cc:</b> openstack@lists.launchpad.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openstack] new config file for nova-api<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Jay Pipes <<a href="mailto:jaypipes@gmail.com">jaypipes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If more documentation enables deployers to properly deploy Nova, it's<br>in scope. At least, that's my opinion.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In scope for documentation, I meant that flags and paste.deploy don't configure the same types of things.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>--andy<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#888888'><br>-jay</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Andy Smith <<a href="mailto:andyster@gmail.com">andyster@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> My understanding is that the paste.deploy config is unrelated to the flags<br>> system and is rather separate in scope.<br>><br>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Jay Pipes <<a href="mailto:jaypipes@gmail.com">jaypipes@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>><br>>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 6:41 AM, Armando Migliaccio<br>>> <<a href="mailto:Armando.Migliaccio@eu.citrix.com">Armando.Migliaccio@eu.citrix.com</a>> wrote:<br>>> > I have noticed that recently a new way of configuring nova-api has been<br>>> > introduced. It seems that the old gflags style has been replaced in<br>>> > favour<br>>> > of paste.deploy style.<br>>> ><br>>> > I am trying to find information about this transition, and how old<br>>> > config<br>>> > files can be translated to new ones. Do we just past the flags under the<br>>> > [DEFAULT] section? I am also wondering if this is going to be done for<br>>> > other<br>>> > services other than nova-api.<br>>> ><br>>> > This blueprint does not seem to have a lot of information.<br>>><br>>> Hey Todd and Anne,<br>>><br>>> Think we can add a bit of documentation about this? Armando, can you<br>>> file a bug so that we can track the documentation needs?<br>>><br>>> Thanks!<br>>> jay<br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Mailing list: <a href="https://launchpad.net/~openstack" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~openstack</a><br>>> Post to : <a href="mailto:openstack@lists.launchpad.net">openstack@lists.launchpad.net</a><br>>> Unsubscribe : <a href="https://launchpad.net/~openstack" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~openstack</a><br>>> More help : <a href="https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp" target="_blank">https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp</a><br>><br>><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>