Overview

This is a simple nova extension to demonstrate how to write extensions for nova. The files included in this repo are designed to be 'dropped' into nova and python-novaclient.

Installing Server Component

This is designed as a minimal base for a "core extension," meaning it is designed to be run from the nova source tree. To use it:

# First, clone and run devstack
git clone https://github.com/openstack-dev/devstack.git
cd devstack
./stack.sh

cd /opt/stack/
git clone [email protected]:cloudbuilders/simple_nova_extension.git
cd simple_nova_extension
cp nova/nova/api/openstack/compute/contrib/cats.py ../nova/nova/api/openstack/compute/contrib/cats.py
cp nova/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/contrib/test_cats.py ../nova/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/contrib/test_cats.py

# Then, restart your nova-api process!

Installing Client Component

python-novaclient has no direct extension mechanism, but it is easy to modify. To add cat support to python-novaclient, first, copy the client code to python-novaclient

cp simple_nova_extension/python-novaclient/novaclient/v1_1/cats.py python-novaclient/novaclient/v1_1/cats.py

Now, we will add api client support by modifying python-novaclient/novaclient/v1_1/client.py:

--- a/novaclient/v1_1/client.py
+++ b/novaclient/v1_1/client.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from novaclient import client
+from novaclient.v1_1 import cats
 from novaclient.v1_1 import certs
 from novaclient.v1_1 import aggregates
 from novaclient.v1_1 import flavors
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ class Client(object):
         # extensions
         self.dns_domains = floating_ip_dns.FloatingIPDNSDomainManager(self)
         self.dns_entries = floating_ip_dns.FloatingIPDNSEntryManager(self)
+        self.cats = cats.CatManager(self)
         self.certs = certs.CertificateManager(self)
         self.floating_ips = floating_ips.FloatingIPManager(self)
         self.floating_ip_pools = floating_ip_pools.FloatingIPPoolManager(self)

This diff is approximate, and only intended as a hint!

Finally, add cli support by adding this to python-novaclient/novaclient/v1_1/shell.py

--- a/novaclient/v1_1/shell.py
+++ b/novaclient/v1_1/shell.py
@@ -1640,3 +1640,12 @@ def do_ssh(cs, args):
         print "ERROR: No %s %s address found." % (address_type,
                                                   pretty_version)
         return
+
+
+def do_cat_list(cs, args):
+    """Print a list of available 'flavors' (sizes of servers)."""
+    cats = cs.cats.list()
+    utils.print_list(cats, [
+        'ID',
+        'THUMB',
+        'URL'])

This diff is approximate, and only intended as a hint!

Now, you should be able to see some cats!

nova cat-list