Re: [Users] Rest API for vmanager 3.0 (set VM ip address)

----- Original Message ----- > From: "Messaoud Benantar" <mbenanta(a)us.ibm.com&gt; > To: "Andrew Cathrow" <acathrow(a)redhat.com&gt; > Cc: users(a)ovirt.org > Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2012 10:15:39 PM > Subject: Re: [Users] Rest API for vmanager 3.0 (set VM ip address) > > > Andrew - > Unfortunately in our case we assign ip-addresses from a static pool. > So i understand the VMPayload feature will include setting up > <gues_info> ip-address, right? > Sorry that i have not read any info regarding this functionality -- > when will it be available? Thanks. > Details on the VMPayload feature can be found in http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/VMPayload Basically, the purpose of the feature is to allow passing a payload to a guest upon startup, exposed as either a CD or Floppy device. So, you can use this in order to pass configuration information to the guest.

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