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Jay,

It sounds like you understand it. :)  The guest agent will be required to configure the VM's network settings and root password, etc.  I share your thoughts.  It feels like it should be a part of nova to me as well.

- Chris


On Feb 10, 2011, at 7:53 AM, Jay Pipes wrote:

> If this guest agent code is going to be required for certain features
> in Nova's Cactus release (at least, XenServer features), then
> shouldn't it be in Nova?
> 
> Or am I not understanding what the guest agent code does?
> 
> -jay
> 
> On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:57 AM, Thierry Carrez <thierry at openstack.org> wrote:
>> Paul Voccio wrote:
>>> So the question I want to pose to the community is if they are
>>> interested in the code, where should it go and how should we move
>>> forward on extending it?
>> 
>> I think it's always interesting to publish the code. I'm not convinced
>> of the value of shipping it inside Nova though.
>> 
>> I'm not in the POC so it's not my job to define what should be
>> considered "Openstack core" and what should not, but "compatible guest
>> agents" IMO typically warrant their own project...
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> --
>> Thierry Carrez (ttx)
>> Release Manager, OpenStack
>> 
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