On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 04:50:56PM -0500, Matt Wagner wrote:
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 04:54:51PM +0100, Tomas Sedovic wrote:
> Good news everyone!
>
> During our discussions about the Aeolus API at the first Technical
> Cabal meeting, Michal Fojtik suggested we look at the CIMI spec
> (which Deltacloud partially implements).
>
> Apparently, it tackles a lot of things we are or will be discussing
> here, too. Things such as state changes, multi-instance deployments,
> networking, etc.
This looks interesting. I'd had only brief exposure to the concept
prior to now, but some of the concepts it exposes do seem to line up
well with what we do.
Is Deltacloud still the only project implementing this in the wild? It
seems interesting, but I'd hate for us to implement an API that few
people end up using. (On the other hand, I suppose everyone else is
probably saying this exact same thing right now...)
> You can download it from the DMTF website:
>
>
http://dmtf.org/sites/default/files/standards/documents/DSP0263_1.0.1.pdf
>
> It's a *massive* document (178 pages, ffs) but I think it may be
> worth checking it out.
Wait, you open with "Good news everyone!" and close with a link to a
178-page API specification? I'd hate to see your idea of *bad* news. ;)
Seriously, though, this is interesting and seems like it's worth
exploring further. (I can't say I've read the document in full yet.)
For what it's worth, Deltacloud's being the reference implementation for
CIMI -- at least the part of CIMI that Deltacloud is architecturally
capable of implementing -- has been a pretty significant boost in
stature for Deltacloud.
I think if there's any sanity to the CIMI bits around n-tier and
monitoring, we ought to think very seriously about making that the
primary lifecycle interface for both Conductor and Heat.
--Hugh
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