[Ovirt-devel] Get rid of dns requirements

[Ian Main]

On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 11:33:04 -0500 (CDT)
Mike McGrath <mmcgrath at redhat.com> wrote:

> I'm working on the cumulus install and the dns requirements are a bit
> silly.  I'm going to keep emailing the list with steps I think we should
> take to simplify the cumulus cloud.  Right now it is huge, has tons of
> requirements (I know some of these will go away as kerberos goes away), and
> tons of moving parts.
> 
> So my first suggestion, get rid of the dns requirements.  My team right now
> has a ton of turnover, and as I recall correctly the last large company I
> worked for had lots of turnover as well meaning simplicity is highly
> valued.
> 
> So what do I suggest?  non-fqdn searches like how puppet is initially
> setup.  When you run puppet for the first time it auto contacts
> 'puppet'.searchdomain.  This is simple, predictable and can be explained
> to a junior admin in about 15 seconds.

Wooo.. I like that idea.  Will require node changes though.. don't think
it can make it for this release but I'd like to see that on the list..

    Ian