Hi all,

We're about to remove the iSCSI deploy interface. Please make sure that you update your deployments **before** upgrading to Xena.

Please let us know if you have any troubles with migrating to a different deploy interface.

Dmitry

On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 11:40 AM Dmitry Tantsur dtantsur@redhat.com wrote:

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

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