[Blueprint servercloud-p-pushing-cloud] Pushing Ubuntu to the Cloud

[Chris Johnston]

Blueprint changed by Chris Johnston:

Whiteboard changed:
  Work Items:
- [utlemming] Stand-up a public glance server: DEFERED
- [utlemming] Write new Query format in JSON: IN-PROGRESS
- [utlemming] Alter build scripts to publish to glance server: IN-PROGRESS
- [utlemming] Write "ubuntu-cloud-images-sync" script: IN-PROGRESS
- [utlemming] Document how to consume public glance server: DEFERRED
- [utlemming] Modify Ubuntu openstack packaging to include Ubuntu glance server: DEFERRED
+ [utlemming] Stand-up a public glance server: POSTPONED
+ [utlemming] Write new Query format in JSON: INPROGRESS
+ [utlemming] Alter build scripts to publish to glance server: INPROGRESS
+ [utlemming] Write "ubuntu-cloud-images-sync" script: INPROGRESS
+ [utlemming] Document how to consume public glance server: POSTPONED
+ [utlemming] Modify Ubuntu openstack packaging to include Ubuntu glance server: POSTPONED
  [heckj] Change Dashboard to support multiple glance registry servers: TODO
  [heckj] Add GPG support for image authenticity: TODO
  [smoser] cloud-init should look for archive.local and support apt-proxy: TODO
  [utlemming] Eucalytpus sync script: TODO
  [utlemming] Upstream changes to live-build: TODO
  [smoser] Stand-up a public glance server: TODO
  
  Rationale: There is significant value to both the community and paid
  customers in having Canonical own and maintaining images on major cloud-
  vendors.
  
  Assumptions:
    * There are literally thousands of public Ubuntu public images; each public image is slightly different and is confusing to customers.
    * Owning our own images will help to reduce vendor customization and make for a consistent experience across different cloud-vendors.
    * There will be new major cloud-vendors that will want the official images, or on which we want to publish images.
    * The current system was design for publishing images to one vendors in multiple regions
    * Amazon AWS is growing with new services and new regions, which may stress the current system
  
  UDS Deciusions:
  To provide multiple ways for different cloud vendors to consume the official Ubuntu images. The four methods decided on are:
  1. Push Ubuntu images to all EC2 regions
  2. Provide a public glance server for OpenStack Deployments. OpenStack to make changes to support multiple glance registry servers.
  3. Provide a sync script for people to pull the latest images for OpenStack
  4. Provide a sync script for people to pull the latest images for Eucalpytus
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Pushing Ubuntu to the Cloud
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-p-pushing-cloud