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

[Edmonds, AndrewX]

I think what's key here is that we do not leak certain technology concerns (e.g. making assumptions about IP versions). It's perfectly fine to say that a VM needs a network adapter and that it needs to have a static IP address, details of which are supplied by the infrastructure provider after provisioning the requested resources. Also perfectly fine to have network configuration specified but abstractly, like as was previously discussed (Sam had suggested it) here (e.g. this VM is to be part of the "public" network or "private" network) but not get bogged down in "this VM needs to be available on subnet XXX.YYY.ZZZ".

The text that Richard suggests is fine so long as the effort is in defining an abstract network configuration. :-)

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: capi-bof-bounces at ogf.org [mailto:capi-bof-bounces at ogf.org] On Behalf Of Richard Davies
Sent: 27 March 2009 10:45
To: Thijs Metsch
Cc: capi-bof
Subject: Re: [Capi-bof] Current charter and last call for changes.

<snip>

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
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