Whats the use case for this? We should be thorough when making API changes like this. On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 6:56 AM, joehuang <joehuang at huawei.com> wrote: > +1. > > Or at least provide a way to specify an external UUID for the instance, > and can retrieve the instance through the external UUID which may be linked > to external system's object. > > Chaoyi Huang ( joehuang ) > ________________________________________ > 发件人: Pasquale Porreca [pasquale.porreca at dektech.com.au] > 发送时间: 2014年9月24日 21:08 > 收件人: openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org > 主题: [openstack-dev] [nova] Create an instance with a custom uuid > > Hello > > I would like to be able to specify the UUID of an instance when I create > it. I found this discussion about this matter: > https://lists.launchpad.net/openstack/msg22387.html > but I could not find any blueprint, anyway I understood this > modification should not comport any particular issue. > > Would it be acceptable to pass the uuid as metadata, or should I instead > modify the api if I want to set the UUID from the novaclient? > > Best regards > > -- > Pasquale Porreca > > DEK Technologies > Via dei Castelli Romani, 22 > 00040 Pomezia (Roma) > > Mobile +39 3394823805 > Skype paskporr > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev at lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev at lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/attachments/20140924/77d6e79f/attachment-0001.html>