[openstack-dev] [Fuel][UX] Throw KVM\QEMU and leave Libvirt on Wizard

Lukasz Oles loles at mirantis.com
Mon Dec 21 13:20:22 UTC 2015


On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Igor Kalnitsky <ikalnitsky at mirantis.com> wrote:
> What about hypervisor "Qemu", and checkbox option on Settings tab -
> "Use KVM extension"?
Qemu is not a hypervisor This will be even more confusing.
I think "Libvirt" + some tooltip which says "Qemu and KVM" will be ok.

Regarfs


>
> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Andrey Danin <adanin at mirantis.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Let's call this hypervisor type "Qemu-KVM". So it will be a separate HV like
>> vCenter, Xen, or HyperV. The actual selection between qemu and kvm will be a
>> HV specific option in this case.
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Igor Kalnitsky <ikalnitsky at mirantis.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Agree with Kevin. libvirt itself isn't a hypervisor. It's an API (or
>>> single entry point) for dealing with other hypervisors, including qemu
>>> and kvm.
>>>
>>> So it's kinda confusing, I'd prefer to find another solution.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Igor
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 7:24 PM, Fox, Kevin M <Kevin.Fox at pnnl.gov> wrote:
>>> > I think it may be confusing to a fair number of the users you are
>>> > targeting.
>>> > libvirt supports more then just qemu/kvm. xen, virtualbox, and others.
>>> > saying libvirt makes people have to know that when you say libvirt you
>>> > mean
>>> > just the qemu/kvm that nova supports using the implementation detail of
>>> > using libvirt.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Kevin
>>> > ________________________________
>>> > From: Aleksandr Didenko [adidenko at mirantis.com]
>>> > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 4:16 AM
>>> > To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)
>>> > Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [Fuel][UX] Throw KVM\QEMU and leave Libvirt
>>> > on
>>> > Wizard
>>> >
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > looks good to me.
>>> >
>>> > Regards,
>>> > Alex
>>> >
>>> > On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Andriy Popovych
>>> > <apopovych at mirantis.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi fuelers,
>>> >>
>>> >> We want to throw KVM/QEMU options from Wizard and instead of them leave
>>> >> only one: Libvirt [0]. Libvirt option enables QEMU by default and there
>>> >> are
>>> >> still be possibility to change it on KVM in settings. It looks more
>>> >> logically because both QEMU\KVM are options for libvirt which manage
>>> >> them.
>>> >>
>>> >> What are you think about it?
>>> >>
>>> >> [0] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/258690
>>> >>
>>> >>
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