On 8/28/2015 2:38 AM, Tim Bell wrote: > > >> -----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 > > __________________________________________________________________________ > 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 > Tim, sounds like a perfect case of writing a backlog spec that then one of the developers in nova can pick up for mitaka: http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/nova-specs/tree/README.rst#n57 -- Thanks, Matt Riedemann