Eucalyptus Next Steps

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Next steps for Eucalyptus in Natty.

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Robbie Williamson
Priority:
High
Drafter:
Dave Walker
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
Dave Walker
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for natty
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
milestone icon natty-alpha-3
Started by
Dave Walker
Completed by
Robbie Williamson

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Sprints

Whiteboard

Notes from the Session:
natty commitments:
 * ebs root
   * (StopInstance StartInstance support, BlockDeviceMapping support)
 * disable api termination
 * instance initiated shutdown behaviory
 * import keypair
 * some user management similar to Identity Access Management
   improved command line tools for create delete ...
 * tagging (not yet commiting to full aws tagging support)
 * snapshot sharing (user sharing snapshots, not instances)
 * default instance types
   * knowledge of m1.2xlarge ...
   * ephemeral devices for ephemeral1..4
 * CreateImage
 * loader support - up to eucalyptus from ubuntu

 Ubuntu / Eucalyptus TODOs for natty cycle
 * review of legacy operating systems and virtio disk/network support
 * review of ubuntu patches
 * review of java dependencies
 * euca2ools 2.0 / boto updates (without this most of features above are not exposed)
 * Eucalyptus / Ubuntu to collaborate / share test suitesthank
 * somehow need to get to gwt 2.1 (or 2.0)

Work Items alpha-3:
[davewalker] update to eucalyptus 2.0.1: DONE

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Work Items