<font size=2 face="sans-serif">Andrew -</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"> Unfortunately
in our case we assign ip-addresses from a static pool.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">So i understand the </font><tt><font size=2>VMPayload</font></tt><font size=2 face="sans-serif">
feature will include setting up <gues_info> ip-address, right?</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Sorry that i have not read any info
regarding this functionality -- when will it be available? Thanks.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Regards,<br>
Messaoud Benantar<br>
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<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Andrew Cathrow <acathrow@redhat.com></font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">To:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Messaoud Benantar/Austin/IBM@IBMUS</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Cc:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">users@ovirt.org</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">03/13/2012 03:12 PM</font>
<br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Re: [Users]
Rest API for vmanager 3.0 (set VM ip address)</font>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Not today, the guest would usually just pickup from
DHCP<br>
But that's the purpose of the VMPayload feature that's being discussed
- a way to pass arbitrary data/config to the VM<br>
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----- Original Message -----<br>
> From: "Messaoud Benantar" <mbenanta@us.ibm.com><br>
> To: "Andrew Cathrow" <acathrow@redhat.com><br>
> Cc: users@ovirt.org<br>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 4:02:46 PM<br>
> Subject: Re: [Users] Rest API for vmanager 3.0 (set VM ip address)<br>
> <br>
> Andrew -- thanks for the reply.<br>
> Since <guest_info> of a <vm> is not modifiable, is there
a way to set<br>
> a VM's IP address.<br>
> This seems like a really needed functionality when provisioning VMs<br>
> through the Rest API.<br>
> <br>
> Regards,<br>
> Messaoud Benantar<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> From: Andrew Cathrow <acathrow@redhat.com><br>
> To: Messaoud Benantar/Austin/IBM@IBMUS<br>
> Cc: users@ovirt.org<br>
> Date: 03/13/2012 01:30 PM<br>
> Subject: Re: [Users] Rest API for vmanager 3.0 (set VM ip address)<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> ----- Original Message -----<br>
> > From: "Messaoud Benantar" <mbenanta@us.ibm.com><br>
> > To: users@ovirt.org<br>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 12:13:25 PM<br>
> > Subject: [Users] Rest API for vmanager 3.0 (set VM ip address)<br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > Hi everyone,<br>
> > i am using the vmanager's 3.0 Rest API.<br>
> > have created a VM from an existing template (using http POST)
and<br>
> > been trying to find a way to set the VMs ip address<br>
> > with no success. I tried supplying the ip address in the<br>
> > <guest_info><br>
> > element during VM creation as in:<br>
> > <guest_info><br>
> > <ips><br>
> > <ip address="x.x.x.x"/><br>
> > </ips><br>
> > </guest_info><br>
> <br>
> That's a read only property that shows the IP address of the virtual<br>
> machine reported by the in-guest agent.<br>
> <br>
> There's discussion going on about how we pass a payload to a VM that<br>
> can handle things like in-guest configuration<br>
> <br>
> </font></tt><a href=http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/VMPayload><tt><font size=2>http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/VMPayload</font></tt></a><tt><font size=2><br>
> <br>
> > <br>
> > But the created VM ends up with the same ip address as that in
the<br>
> > template.<br>
> > <br>
> > Anyone attempted to do something similar ? Is there another way
of<br>
> > doing it. I tried the nics API but there seem to be no interface<br>
> > to modify a nic's ip address.<br>
> > <br>
> > Thank you.<br>
> > <br>
> > <br>
> > Regards,<br>
> > Messaoud Benantar<br>
> > <br>
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