[Capi-bof] Current charter and last call for changes.

[Richard Davies]

I'm joining this discussion a little late, but wanted to comment, given 
that ElasticHosts is one of the key existing RESTful APIs referenced, 
and we're looking forward to working with this OGF effort.

We've reviewed this charter, and are pleased with the proposed scope and 
timings - we hope that this group can produce a great standard.


Only one point in the text: it states "In particular, storage and 
networking details beyond creation and mapping of mount points and 
interfaces respectively is specifically excluded".

We're keen that the standard should cover specifying the number, 
connectivity and possible static IPs for network interfaces. For 
example, "a VM has two interfaces, one on a private VLAN with IP 
allocated by DHCP, and one on the public internet with static IP of 
X.X.X.X."

This is critical to support multi-tier web applications, etc. and is 
supported in most existing vendor APIs (e.g. our own 
www.elastichosts.com/products/api, but also GoGrid, Amazon Elastic IP, etc.)


Looking at the e-mail achieve, I believe that you have had this 
discussion (Michael Richardson, and Sam Johnston) and did agree that all 
of what I mention is in fact in scope. Can we update the wording to 
capture this? e.g.

"Storage details beyond creation and mapping of mount points is 
specifically excluded. Networking details are similarly excluded beyond 
creation and mapping of interfaces, assignment of these to public or 
private networks and assignment of dynamic or static IPs."


Cheers,

Richard.

Thijs Metsch wrote:
> Hi @all,
> 
> First of all: thank you all for joining this mailing-list. Currently
> their are around 60 people on the list. Also the feedback we get and the
> level of interest is great!
> 
> Please find attached the current version of the charter. Feel free to
> comment. If you comment please state what you like to change and how to
> reformulate it. In special have a look at the mission statement in the
> charter.
> 
> I would call this the last call for changes, because we need to get the
> charter fixes soon, so we can send the final version to the OGF steering
> committee. The deadline for changes will be Monday 5pm (CET).
> 
> Again thanks for joining and I'm looking forward to discuss and work
> with you,
> 
> -Thijs