[openstack-dev] [Keystone] Should region name be case insensitive?

Sean Dague sean at dague.net
Wed Jan 7 12:18:14 UTC 2015


On 01/07/2015 06:36 AM, James Downs wrote:
> 
> On Jan 7, 2015, at 12:59 AM, Denis Makogon <dmakogon at mirantis.com
> <mailto:dmakogon at mirantis.com>> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Hello Zhou.
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Zhou, Zhenzan <zhenzan.zhou at intel.com
>> <mailto:zhenzan.zhou at intel.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi, ____
>>
>>     __ __
>>
>>     I meet such an issue when using glance/nova client deployed with
>>     Devstack to talk with a cloud deployed with TripleO:____
>>
>>     __ __
>>
>>     [minicloud at minicloud allinone]$ glance image-list____
>>
>>     public endpoint for image service in RegionOne region not found____
>>
>>     __ 
>>
>> Both glance/nova python client libraries allows users to specify
>> region name
>> (see http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/sdk_auth_nova.html).
>> So, you are free to metion any region you want.
> 
> That’s true, but the OP was asking whether the region name should be
> case sensitive or not. 
> 
> I think it probably makes sense that regionOne should be the same as
> RegionONE, or RegionOne.

The general standard in OpenStack has been case sensitivity. There are
performance and security implications on case insensitive environments.

It just sounds like tripleo is using a bad default here, and that's what
should be addressed.

	-Sean

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