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.html

[2] https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/Ironic-Victoria-midcycle

[3] https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2008075

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