Feature_ _Launch_Stand alone_Images

Feature - Launch Stand-alone Images

Summary

Permit users to launch an image without having to manually craft an XML file and host it on a webserver. Instead, Conductor users should be able to use a tool in Conductor to browse images stored in Image Warehouse, click one of them, select a hardware profile and maybe a pool, and launch it.

Also, as a related item, permit users to import images (well, a reference to images) that exist in cloud providers.

Owner

Matt Wagner

Current status

• Targeted release: Aeolus 0.4.0
• Last update: 20110727
• Percentage of completion: 0%

Screencast Demo

Scenario 1: Launching an existing image

• Show an interface listing available images in Warehouse. (Accompanied by relevant metadata.)

• Show selection of an image from the list, and input of relevant data on next screen

  • Select a hardware profile, pool (?), and assign a name to the deployment (if used)

• Show instance launching

• Show instance in list managed alongside other instances

Scenario 2: Importing an existing an existing image

• Show import screen
• User selects an AMI from EC2, pastes name into form, chooses provider, and imports
• Image appears in list, and can be selected like other images in Scenario 1

Implementation Tasks (for real)

• Create wireframe UI for instance launch and relevant flows
• Figure out what it means to “import” an image from a cloud provider these days
• Modify Warehouse-backed models to use ActiveResource
• Build out interface
  • Model and controller code to list Warehouse images, and view from wireframe
  • Support launching an image, perhaps integrating with existing deployable launch feature