> -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Riedemann [mailto:mriedem at linux.vnet.ibm.com] > Sent: 28 August 2015 02:29 > To: openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org > Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] --detailed-description for OpenStack items > > > > On 8/27/2015 12:23 PM, Tim Bell wrote: > > Some project such as cinder include a detailed description option > > where you can include an arbitrary string with a volume to remind the > > admins what the volume is used for. > > > > Has anyone looked at doing something similar for Nova for instances > > and Glance for images ? > > > > In many cases, the names get heavily overloaded with information. > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > ____________ > > ____ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > > Unsubscribe: > > OpenStack-dev-request at lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > > > The nova instances table already has a display_description column: > > http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/nova/tree/nova/db/sqlalchemy/mo > dels.py#n287 > > Couldn't that just be used? It doesn't look like the nova boot command in > the CLI exposes it though. Seems like an easy enough add. > > Although the server create API would have to be changed since today it just > sets the description to be the same as the name: > > http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/nova/tree/nova/api/openstack/co > mpute/servers.py#n589 > > That could be enabled with a microversion change in mitaka though. > This would be great. I had not checked the schema, only the CLI. Should I submit a bug report (or is there a way of doing an enhancement request) ? A display function would also be needed in Horizon for the novice users (who are the ones who are asking for this the most) Tim > -- > > Thanks, > > Matt Riedemann > > > __________________________________________________________ > ________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: OpenStack-dev- > request at lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev