Key name is the recommended method, but injecting it into the guest is not. The key should be downloaded from the metadata server using a guest process like cloud-init. Vish On Jan 11, 2013, at 10:20 AM, David Kranz <david.kranz at qrclab.com> wrote: > Sometimes when I boot a bunch of vms seconds apart, using the key_name argument, some instance will not have its key injected. > I found a bug ticket marked "won't fix" with a comment from Vish that key injection was for "developer convenience"[1]. Of course > the personality argument could also be used to inject the file. This is odd because key_name is a documented part of nova client, as the files > mechanism. So what is the recommended way to do what the key_name argument is documented to do? > > I think if key_name is not intended to work it should be removed from nova client. > > -David > > > [1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/967994 > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack at lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp