Aeolus API and DMTF CIMI

Hugh Brock hbrock at redhat.com
Tue Nov 20 21:54:47 UTC 2012


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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== Hugh Brock, hbrock at redhat.com                                   ==
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