Hi all,
Following up to the previous mailing list [1] and virtual meetup [2] discussions, I would like to announce the plans to deprecate the 'iscsi' deploy interface.
This is the updated plan discussed on the virtual meetup: 1) In the Victoria cycle (i.e. right now): - Fill in the detected feature gaps [3]. - Switch off the iscsi deploy interface by default. - Change [agent]image_dowload_source to HTTP by default. - Give the direct deploy a higher priority, so that it's used by default unless disabled. - Mark it as deprecated in the code (causing warnings when enabled). - Release a major version of ironic to highlight the defaults changes. 2) In the W cycle: - Keep the iscsi deploy deprecated. - Listen to operators' feedback. 3) In the X cycle - Remove the iscsi deploy completely from ironic and IPA. - Remove support code from ironic-lib with a major version bump.
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns.
Dmitry
[1] http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2020-August/016681.ht... [2] https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/Ironic-Victoria-midcycle [3] https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2008075