OpenStack Nova GCE API README

Support of GCE-API for OpenStack.

Installation =====

Make sure that python-pip package is installed.

Check and correct default options in the begining of 'install.sh' file.

Run "install.sh".

Check for other options in /etc/gceapi/gceapi.conf if needed.

Run it - "gce-api".

Usage

Download gcloud from Google and install it. https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/gcutil/

There are two ways for using it:

1. Run authorization command:

python google-cloud-sdk/platform/gcutil/gcutil --authorization_uri_base=http://localhost:8787 auth and next any other commands: python google-cloud-sdk/platform/gcutil/gcutil --api_host=http://localhost:8787/ --authorization_uri_base=http://localhost:8787 --project demo listzones

2. You have to have Google account

You can activate an already-authorized account with

gcloud config set account <account>

or authorize a new account with

gcloud auth login

Next you must authorize in Openstack by running authorization command:

gcutil --authorization_uri_base=http://localhost:8787 auth

and next you can run any other commands:

gcutil --api_host=http://localhost:8787/ --authorization_uri_base=http://localhost:8787 --project demo listzones

Make gcutil always use your GCE API endpoint using '--api_host' flag and your GCE API authorization endpoint using '--authorization_uri_base' flag. Also you can store this settings in "~/.gcutil.flags" file.

If it doesn't work by some reason check that your PYTHONPATH is exported and set correctly to something like /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages:/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages.

Limitations

* Names are unique in GCE and are used for identification. Names are not unique in Nova. IDs are used instead. Solution: GCE-managed OpenStack installation should also maintain unique naming.

* GCE IDs are ulong (8 bytes). Openstack IDs can be different (int, string) but mostly they are GUID (16 bytes). Solution: Since Openstack IDs are of different length and nature and because GCE API never uses ID as a parameter now, 8-byte hashes are generated and returned for any ID to report.

* GCE allows per-user SSH key specification, but Nova supports only one key. Solution: Nova GCE API just uses first key.

• Default Openstack flavors are available as machine types. GCE doesn't allow symbol '.' in machine type names, that's why GCE API plugin converts symbols '.' into '-' in 'get' requests (e.g. request of machine types converts the name 'm1.tiny' into m1-tiny) and vise versa in 'put/post/delete' requests (e.g. instance creation converts the name 'n1-standard-1' to 'n1.standard.1').

Authentication specifics

GCE API uses OAuth2.0 for authentication. Simple sufficient implementation of this protocol was added into GCE API service in nova because of its absence in keystone. Current implementation allows operation with several OpenStack projects for one authenticated user as Google allows. For this initial token returned during authentication doesn't contain information about project required by keystone. Instead another authentication happens with each request when incoming project information is added to existing user info and new token is acquired in keystone.

Supported Features

Standard Query Params (except for fields and prettyPrint) are not supported.

Supported resource types

• Addresses
• Disks
• Firewalls
• Images
• Instances
• MachineTypes
• Networks
• Projects
• Regions
• Zones

Unsupported resource types

• ForwardingRules
• HttpHealthChecks
• TargetPools

In the lists below: "+" means supported "-" unsupported

+Addresses

+aggregatedList GET /project/aggregated/addresses +delete DELETE /project/regions/region/addresses/address +get GET /project/regions/region/addresses/address +insert POST /project/regions/region/addresses +list GET /project/regions/region/addresses

+Disks

+aggregatedList GET /project/aggregated/disks +createSnapshot POST /project/zones/zone/disks/disk/createSnapshot +delete DELETE /project/zones/zone/disks/disk +get GET /project/zones/zone/disks/disk +insert POST /project/zones/zone/disks +list GET /project/zones/zone/disks

+Firewalls

+delete DELETE /project/global/firewalls/firewall +get GET /project/global/firewalls/firewall +insert POST /project/global/firewalls +list GET /project/global/firewalls -patch PATCH /project/global/firewalls/firewall -update PUT /project/global/firewalls/firewall

-ForwardingRules

-aggregatedList GET /project/aggregated/forwardingRules -delete DELETE /project/regions/region/forwardingRules/forwardingRule -get GET /project/regions/region/forwardingRules/forwardingRule -insert POST /project/regions/region/forwardingRules -list GET /project/regions/region/forwardingRules -setTarget POST /project/regions/region/forwardingRules/forwardingRule/setTarget

+GlobalOperations

+aggregatedList GET /project/aggregated/operations +delete DELETE /project/global/operations/operation +get GET /project/global/operations/operation +list GET /project/global/operations

-HttpHealthChecks

-delete DELETE /project/global/httpHealthChecks/httpHealthCheck -get GET /project/global/httpHealthChecks/httpHealthCheck -insert POST /project/global/httpHealthChecks -list GET /project/global/httpHealthChecks -patch PATCH /project/global/httpHealthChecks/httpHealthCheck -update PUT /project/global/httpHealthChecks/httpHealthCheck

+Images

+delete DELETE /project/global/images/image -deprecate POST /project/global/images/image/deprecate +get GET /project/global/images/image +insert POST /project/global/images +list GET /project/global/images

+Instances

+addAccessConfig POST /project/zones/zone/instances/instance/addAccessConfig +aggregatedList GET /project/aggregated/instances +attachDisk POST /project/zones/zone/instances/instance/attachDisk +delete DELETE /project/zones/zone/instances/instance +deleteAccessConfig POST /project/zones/zone/instances/instance/deleteAccessConfig +detachDisk POST /project/zones/zone/instances/instance/detachDisk +get GET /project/zones/zone/instances/instance -getSerialPortOutput GET /project/zones/zone/instances/instance/serialPort +insert POST /project/zones/zone/instances +list GET /project/zones/zone/instances +reset POST /project/zones/zone/instances/instance/reset -setMetadata POST /project/zones/zone/instances/instance/setMetadata -setTags POST /project/zones/zone/instances/instance/setTags -setScheduling POST /project/zones/zone/instances/instance/setScheduling

+MachineTypes

+aggregatedList GET /project/aggregated/machineTypes +get GET /project/zones/zone/machineTypes/machineType +list GET /project/zones/zone/machineTypes

+Networks

+delete DELETE /project/global/networks/network +get GET /project/global/networks/network +insert POST /project/global/networks +list GET /project/global/networks

+Projects

+get GET /project +setCommonInstanceMetadata POST /project/setCommonInstanceMetadata

-RegionOperations

+delete DELETE /project/regions/region/operations/operation +get GET /project/regions/region/operations/operation +list GET /project/regions/region/operations

+Regions

+get GET /project/regions/region +list GET /project/regions

+Routes

+delete DELETE /project/global/routes/route +get GET /project/global/routes/route +insert POST /project/global/routes +list GET /project/global/routes

+Snapshots

+delete DELETE /project/global/snapshots/snapshot +get GET /project/global/snapshots/snapshot +list GET /project/global/snapshots

-TargetPools

-addHealthCheck POST /project/regions/region/targetPools/targetPool/addHealthCheck -addInstance POST /project/regions/region/targetPools/targetPool/addInstance -aggregatedList GET /project/aggregated/targetPools -delete DELETE /project/regions/region/targetPools/targetPool -get GET /project/regions/region/targetPools/targetPool -getHealth POST /project/regions/region/targetPools/targetPool/getHealth -insert POST /project/regions/region/targetPools -list GET /project/regions/region/targetPools -removeHealthCheck POST /project/regions/region/targetPools/targetPool/removeHealthCheck -removeInstance POST /project/regions/region/targetPools/targetPool/removeInstance -setBackup POST /project/regions/region/targetPools/targetPool/setBackup

+ZoneOperations

+delete DELETE /project/zones/zone/operations/operation +get GET /project/zones/zone/operations/operation +list GET /project/zones/zone/operations

+Zones

+get GET /project/zones/zone +list GET /project/zones