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+1 yahoo use case(s) would also benefit from not having to patch the code to achieve similar results.

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> On Feb 2, 2014, at 12:12 AM, "Tim Bell" <Tim.Bell at cern.ch> wrote:
> 
> It would be interesting to have a formal exit inside OpenStack nova at VM creation for this sort of check rather than having to patch the code.
> 
> Other scenarios that I've seen is where there is a need to enforce limits as the server name is used for other purposes. Examples are characters in the server name or maximum length.
> 
> Tim
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gustavo panizzo <gfa> [mailto:gfa at zumbi.com.ar]
>> Sent: 02 February 2014 05:27
>> To: Craig J; openstack at lists.openstack.org
>> Subject: Re: [Openstack] nova unique name generator middleware
>> 
>> On 02/01/2014 04:19 PM, Craig J wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> I think the best way to accomplish this is to write a custom piece of
>>> paste middleware and plug it into the nova api. I'm planning on
>>> basically overriding the name provide by the user with a name that we
>>> can guarantee to be unique.
>> 
>> do you plan to rename the vm in case the name already exists or just abort the creation? i would choose the second
>> 
>>> 
>>> So, two questions:
>>> 1. Does anyone have a similar piece of middleware they'd care to share?
>> i don't i would love to have it, i would share if i have it
>> 
>>> 2. Are there any reasons this approach won't work? Any better approaches?
>> it think it should be done at tenant level, my use case is i want to restrict vm names depending on the tenant them are in
>> 
>> example:
>> 
>> tenant foo, vm names allowes
>> 
>> foo-mysql-n
>> foo-apache-n
>> 
>> tenant bar
>> 
>> foo-mongodb-n
>> foo-nginx
>> 
>> this help a lot with orchestration, we are doing it manually now but i would like to enforce it
>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Craig
>>> 
>>> 
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