[Openstack-operators] Deprecation of in tree EC2 API in Nova for Kilo release

Belmiro Moreira moreira.belmiro.email.lists at gmail.com
Thu Jan 29 09:59:49 UTC 2015


I completely agree with Tim and Daniel.
Also, deprecating nova EC2 API without having the community engaged with
the new stackforge “EC2 standalone service” can lead to a no EC2 support at
all.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 4:46 AM, Saju M <sajuptpm at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think, new EC2 API also uses EC2 API in the nova for basic operations.
> Only the new features like VPC is implemented in new EC2 API. So I think we
> should move it first.
> On Jan 29, 2015 5:42 AM, "Alex Baretto" <shakamunyi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tim,
>>
>> Would you be able to share use cases/experiences with EC2 API to help
>> with support for your proposals? I am also familiar with multiple OpenStack
>> clouds using the EC2 API.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> -Alex.
>>
>> On 28 January 2015 at 12:38, Tim Bell <Tim.Bell at cern.ch> wrote:
>>
>>> There are currently 35% of openstack clouds from the survey using this
>>> feature. I would therefore propose that this be reviewed with the operators
>>> in detail before a rapid depreciation is performed. To the best of my
>>> knowledge, the new package is not yet in use in production.
>>>
>>> At CERN, we are highly dependent on this function and while it does not
>>> provide 100% compatibility, it works pretty well.
>>>
>>> I would therefore propose that the new EC2 API modules are validated in
>>> production and at scale before depreciating the existing functions. I think
>>> validating, packaging and deploying to a reasonable number of clouds and
>>> reviewing it with the operators is a viable target for Kilo. This can then
>>> be reviewed in one of the joint developer/operator sessions for feasibility.
>>>
>>> Tim
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: Christian Berendt [mailto:christian at berendt.io]
>>> > Sent: 28 January 2015 21:29
>>> > To: openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org
>>> > Subject: Re: [Openstack-operators] Deprecation of in tree EC2 API in
>>> Nova for
>>> > Kilo release
>>> >
>>> > On 01/28/2015 08:56 PM, Sean Dague wrote:
>>> > > Comments are welcomed, but we've attempted to get more people engaged
>>> > > to address these issues over the last 18 months, and never really had
>>> > > anyone step up. Without some real maintainers of this code in Nova
>>> > > (and tests somewhere in the community) it's really no longer viable.
>>> >
>>> > I think it is the right decision to remove the EC2 API in Nova.
>>> >
>>> > Christian.
>>> >
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