Hi! Some quick notes and questions from the user perspective. I hope it helps in some way:) Core: [1] Action - Http mapping: Which Http method does actions map to? POST? [2] Return values: Return values could be specified both for CRUD and resource-specific actions. For instance when creating new resources the generated id should be returned as a minimum (see also id assignment below) [3] Creating subresources: it could be clarified whether subresources can be created along with the parent resource or not? What is right creation seuqence: 1. Create a compute w/o network and storage then add network and storage 2. Create a compute with network and storage in 1 transaction then maybe adding more resources later... Which scenario is valid? Which should be supported by an OCCI-complient solution? [4] Adding subresources: Do you plan to support adding subresources? For instance attaching an existing storage to a compute? If yes where does it fit within the spec? Is it a resource UPDATE procedure by providing a link to an existing resource? [5] Id assignment: Generally speaking server assigned ids doesn't provide a robust solution. What if the client lost the connection? It can lead to zombie resources... Think of system integration and cloud management automation... Either unique names or sequences (like in RDBMS) could be supported. [6] 'Attributes in creation': the specification deals with attribute mutability however it doesn't clarify attribute 'creatibility'. That is what attributes can be filled by the client and what can be filled by the server when creating resources? What can be null? What is always assigned either dynamically or manually? Generally it would be nice to document how attributes behaves when creating a new resource: can be null | must be manually filled | dynamically assigned | manual or dynamic etc. Infrastructure: [7] Graphics: It is a basic service within clouds to provide OS-independent monitor that is terminal access to vms independent from the OS running in the virtual machine. VNC is a typical solution. It would be nice to support this within compute (eg. graphics type, ip, port, password, and keymap). [8] Compute transitional states: It might be useful to introduce substates for transitions. For instance virtual machine deployment typically takes some time while the resource is either pending (not yet scheduled) or being deployed. Typically a user or agent would be interested in such transitions... [9] Compute end state: Also an end state (like deleted) should be introduced that is for systems that support logical deletes (destroys the vm but maintains the record for audit purposes or kinda). [10] Virtual network: vnets are basic services within cloud/virtualization solutions. That is the admin or user create a virtual network and the user assigns the compute's NIC to the selected virtual network. This is related to the following question: "Semantics of provisioning a compute in relation to networking is undecided". In my limited practise I've seen 2 types of provisioning: * when the client request an explicit address * when a client request a virtual network and it is the server who assigns the address That is in the first case IP address is filled by the client, however in the second case it is filled by the server (see also [6] above). [11] Private vs. public IP: Also there's a difference between public and private IPs. Public IP allocation is definitely a cloud role, related to the administration domain too. However managing private IPs at the cloud level might not make sense: since vlans are separated anytime any private IP could be configured at the VM level, it is the user responsibility. So for private IPs it is usually the MAC address that must be managed by the cloud (that is unique MAC address is a generally a must). [12] Cooked storage: Do you plan to support cooked storage, that is creating a storage with a file system on it? If yes a disk type attribute might be introduced... [13] Golden images: It is a basic service within clouds to create a storage by cloning an existing image. If this is to be supported then a source attribute (link) might be introduced to the storage resource. Cheers, Gyula ________________________________________ Feladó: occi-wg-bounces@ogf.org [occi-wg-bounces@ogf.org] ; meghatalmazó: Thijs Metsch [tmetsch@platform.com] Küldve: 2010. augusztus 3. 9:26 Címzett: occi-wg@ogf.org Tárgy: [occi-wg] New revision of the spec Hi, I would like to point you to the newest version of the spec: http://forge.ogf.org/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.occi-wg/wiki/CoreAndModels http://forge.ogf.org/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.occi-wg/wiki/HTTPHeaderRen... http://forge.ogf.org/sf/wiki/do/viewPage/projects.occi-wg/wiki/Infrastructur... Some changes have happened including: * renaming Kind to Resource * Cleanup of namespace for schemes in the category and links * added some diagrams etc. This version includes a lot of rewording and should be more clear on many issues! Please review it and give us a first shot of feedback! 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