[Ovirt-devel] Re: Virtual machine configuration screen

[Perry N. Myers]

Bryan Kearney wrote:
> 
> 
> Darryl L. Pierce wrote:
>> +++ Scott Seago [28/07/08 16:56 -0400]:
>>> Darryl L. Pierce wrote:
>>>> The initial set of configurable options that I'm looking at are:
>>> Is this something we should keep a copy of in the PG database, or 
>>> should  we just grab a list of cobbler profiles when displaying the 
>>> form to the  user (and then store this as a string)?
>>
>> I think it would be best to grab a copy the first time we need them 
>> and then
>> either hold onto it in memory for a time. I don't think we should be 
>> storing
>> that list in our schema, though. We can easily and quickly get the 
>> list from
>> Cobbler when/as needed.
> 
> Are you assuming a dedicated cobbler service which is part of oVirt, or 
> integration with a sepertae cobbler server? If the latter, do you have 
> an issue with items being managed in cobbler which should not be in oVirt?

Both.  We need to be able to integrate with an existing cobbler server if 
one exists and if it doesn't we need to be able to create a new cobbler 
server.

As for 'hiding' specific profiles/images from oVirt, that is not something 
we have considered.  What would the use case for this be?

Perry