Difference between revisions of "HypervisorSupportMatrix/Requirements"
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|Launch | |Launch | ||
|Yes | |Yes | ||
| − | |' | + | |We don't import running guests, which makes this critical |
|- | |- | ||
|Reboot | |Reboot | ||
|Yes | |Yes | ||
| − | |' | + | |It's a pretty core operation that should be supportable everywhere |
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|Terminate | |Terminate | ||
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|Resize | |Resize | ||
|Yes | |Yes | ||
| − | | | + | |When billed by the minute, ability to shrink/grow is important |
|- | |- | ||
|Rescue | |Rescue | ||
|Yes | |Yes | ||
| − | | | + | |Seems like important user-facing ability |
|- | |- | ||
|Pause/Unpause | |Pause/Unpause | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | |' | + | |Some hypervisors don't support this |
|- | |- | ||
|Suspend/Resume | |Suspend/Resume | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | |' | + | |Some hypervisors don't support this |
|- | |- | ||
|Inject networking | |Inject networking | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | |' | + | |Doesn't make sense everywhere (?) |
|- | |- | ||
|Inject files | |Inject files | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | | | + | |Trying to move away from this anyway |
|- | |- | ||
|Serial Console | |Serial Console | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | |' | + | |Doesn't make sense everywhere |
|- | |- | ||
|VNC Console | |VNC Console | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | |' | + | |Doesn't make sense everywhere |
|- | |- | ||
|SPICE Console | |SPICE Console | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | | | + | |Limited to single-hypervisor support |
|- | |- | ||
|RDP Console | |RDP Console | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | | | + | |Limited to single-hypervisor support |
|- | |- | ||
|Attach/Detach Volume | |Attach/Detach Volume | ||
| − | | | + | |Yes |
| − | | | + | |Volumes are the default persistence mechanism |
|- | |- | ||
|Live Migration | |Live Migration | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | | | + | |Not all hypervisors will support this |
|- | |- | ||
|Snapshot | |Snapshot | ||
| − | | | + | |Yes |
| − | | | + | |Basic function for bootstrapping environments |
|- | |- | ||
|iSCSI backing | |iSCSI backing | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | | | + | | |
|- | |- | ||
|FibreChannel Backing | |FibreChannel Backing | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | | | + | | |
|- | |- | ||
|Set admin password | |Set admin password | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | | | + | |Overlaps with rescue, not supported everywhere |
|- | |- | ||
|Boot from glance image | |Boot from glance image | ||
|Yes | |Yes | ||
| − | | | + | |This is basic expected behavior |
|- | |- | ||
|Boot from volume | |Boot from volume | ||
| − | | | + | |Yes |
| − | | | + | |If volumes work, this should work too |
|- | |- | ||
|Works with nova-network | |Works with nova-network | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | | | + | |The (distant) future is neutron |
|- | |- | ||
|Works with neutron | |Works with neutron | ||
| − | | | + | |Yes |
| − | |' | + | |Neutron is openstack's networking platform, so must be supported |
|- | |- | ||
|Supports configdrive | |Supports configdrive | ||
|Yes | |Yes | ||
| − | | | + | |This is our preferred future file-based configuration mechanism |
|- | |- | ||
|Evacuate | |Evacuate | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | | | + | | |
|- | |- | ||
|Volume Swap | |Volume Swap | ||
|No | |No | ||
| − | | | + | |Not supported everywhere |
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Revision as of 15:39, 11 July 2014
| Feature | Required | Why |
| Launch | Yes | We don't import running guests, which makes this critical |
| Reboot | Yes | It's a pretty core operation that should be supportable everywhere |
| Terminate | Yes | 'Cause |
| Resize | Yes | When billed by the minute, ability to shrink/grow is important |
| Rescue | Yes | Seems like important user-facing ability |
| Pause/Unpause | No | Some hypervisors don't support this |
| Suspend/Resume | No | Some hypervisors don't support this |
| Inject networking | No | Doesn't make sense everywhere (?) |
| Inject files | No | Trying to move away from this anyway |
| Serial Console | No | Doesn't make sense everywhere |
| VNC Console | No | Doesn't make sense everywhere |
| SPICE Console | No | Limited to single-hypervisor support |
| RDP Console | No | Limited to single-hypervisor support |
| Attach/Detach Volume | Yes | Volumes are the default persistence mechanism |
| Live Migration | No | Not all hypervisors will support this |
| Snapshot | Yes | Basic function for bootstrapping environments |
| iSCSI backing | No | |
| FibreChannel Backing | No | |
| Set admin password | No | Overlaps with rescue, not supported everywhere |
| Boot from glance image | Yes | This is basic expected behavior |
| Boot from volume | Yes | If volumes work, this should work too |
| Works with nova-network | No | The (distant) future is neutron |
| Works with neutron | Yes | Neutron is openstack's networking platform, so must be supported |
| Supports configdrive | Yes | This is our preferred future file-based configuration mechanism |
| Evacuate | No | |
| Volume Swap | No | Not supported everywhere |
