Bug 1041750 - [RFE][glance]: VMware vCenter templates available as glance images
Summary: [RFE][glance]: VMware vCenter templates available as glance images
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
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Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Classification: Red Hat
Component: RFEs
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Assignee: RHOS Maint
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URL: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/glan...
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Reported: 2013-12-12 19:09 UTC by RHOS Integration
Modified: 2015-03-19 17:30 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2015-03-19 17:30:55 UTC
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Description RHOS Integration 2013-12-12 19:09:57 UTC 
Cloned from launchpad blueprint https://blueprints.launchpad.net/glance/+spec/hypervisor-templates-as-glance-images.

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Title: VMware vCenter templates available as glance images

In the current OpenStack architecture, to deploy an instance from an image, the images have to be available in glance. Images are added using the glance image-create command. This command uploads the images into the glance server.
VMware vCenter already has the deployable images in the form of “Templates”. This blueprint proposes to make
1. Glance to be aware the vCenter templates.
2. Avoid upload of VMware templates into the image server.
The advantages are
1. VMware vCenter Driver can be used to deploy the images to the ESX hosts. The driver will use the VI SDK API to deploy the template. Leverage vCenter template deployment optimizations.
2. Avoids the copy of the vCenter images into the glance image server.
The same design can be extended to other hypervisors as well.

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