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This spec was approved for liberty but implementation didn't make it. Rescheduling for mitaka now. Implements: blueprint userdata-modification APIImpact Previously-Approved: liberty Change-Id: Ic25e057b0cc71c177aeaf202dfeea8bdf34700aa
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Allow user_data modification
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/userdata-modification
Current nova API allows setting up user_data during server creation and retrieving it along with other extended server attributes. EC2 API requires public API for modification of this data for compatibility with Amazon.
Problem description
There is no mechanism for end-user to modify user_data.
Use Cases
- User wants to modify user_data. Impacts end user.
Project Priority
None
Proposed change
Add a new microversion allowing modification of OS-USER-DATA:user_data via PUT method.
Alternatives
None
Data model impact
None
REST API impact
The method:
"/v2/{tenant_id}/servers/{server_id}"
With the method type PUT.
will be updated to allow setting of attribute "user_data" The JSON schema will be used exactly the same as for creation (it will be reused): :
server_create = {
'user_data': {
'type': 'string',
'format': 'base64'
}Security impact
None
Notifications impact
None
Other end user impact
None
Performance Impact
None
Other deployer impact
None
Developer impact
None
Implementation
Assignee(s)
- Primary assignee:
-
Alexandre Levine (alexandrelevine@gmail.com)
Work Items
Single work item.
Dependencies
None
Testing
Unit tests and functional tests to be created.
Documentation Impact
Compute API documentation changes
References
https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/YVR-nova-contributor-meetup
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/ API_ModifyInstanceAttribute.html
History
None