Comment 4 for bug 1180861

Ok awesome David

I understand what you are saying now. I guess I was thinking more of
something that was stored in Horizon itself (like an HTML frame..or
something, lol.)

But I see how it all ties in now. Thanks for that, I hope down the line we
will see this added!

On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 3:58 PM, David Lyle <email address hidden> wrote:

> Not right away. It requires a change to horizon. The data needs to be
> stored in the images metadata or it will be lost. But if you look at
> the edit image dialog now, you will see a Kernel ID field. The Notes
> field would also have to be added to the form, packaged as part of the
> image update call to glance. Then when horizon read the image details
> it would look for the specific metadata fields it added as part of the
> update. The fields have the format x-image-meta-property-notes.
>
> This is more of an enhancement request than a bug, but if should not be
> too much effort. I am not a glance expert though and I am relying on my
> interpretation of the documentation.
>
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> Title:
> Add/consume general description/notes field in image properties
>
> Status in OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon):
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Some images we have been uploading to OpenStack require a little bit
> of tailoring before it can get going. For example we have added
> AlienVaults OSSIM 4.2 which upon installation requires a static IP
> address. After launching, the user must change the IP address to the
> IP that OpenStack his given via DHCP.
>
> I think it would be beneficial for us to be able add
> notes/descriptions to the image file. When a user is on his way to
> create a new instance, he will be displayed the notes about the image.
>
> I could write things like
> 1 - Configure IP Address
> 2 - Restart OSSIM Services
> 3 - Login to webgui with admin/admin
>
> This would avoid them having to ask ME for instructions getting them
> setup. For times where you just can't launch an instance without extra
> configuration.
>
> Hopefully this is something that can be done!
>
> Thanks
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