Aeolus API and DMTF CIMI

Tomas Sedovic tsedovic at redhat.com
Wed Nov 21 10:02:32 UTC 2012


On 11/20/2012 10:50 PM, 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...)

I don't necessarily suggest we adopt CIMI as-is (though that may in fact 
be something we should consider). It's just that it may give us a way to 
resolve some of our API design questions.

>
>> 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. ;)

To quote Professor Farnsworth from Futurama: "Great news, everyone! 
You'll be delivering a package to Chapek 9, a world where humans are 
killed on sight."

>
> 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.)
>
> -- Matt
>




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