[Blueprint servercloud-q-cloud-images] Ubuntu Cloud Images Roundtable

[Antonio Rosales]

Blueprint changed by Antonio Rosales:

Whiteboard changed:
  Etherpad: http://pad.ubuntu.com/uds-q-servercloud-q-cloud-images
  Blueprint: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-q-cloud-images
  
  Note, related blueprint (cloud-init, cloud-utils) at
     https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-q-cloud-init-utils
  
  General Cloud Image improvements.
  Discussion of improvement and enhancements to the Cloud Images and Cloud-Init
  1. Publication of EBS Rescue volumes
  2. Improving methods for users to find official EC2 AMI ids
      Places that Ubuntu AMIs are listed currently:
       - http://cloud.ubuntu.com/ami
             Action: Default should show the latest, EBS boot, 64-bit, us-east-1
               with easy "Launch" button to start AWS console
             Action: Check-box interface/Work on UI
             Action: Add link to cloud-images.ubuntu.com
   - http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/
             Action: Add launch button
             Action: Link from other AMI listings to preferred start page
             Action: Add links Quickstarts
  
   Make it easier for people to find the official AMI's
   3. Full disk images (-disk1.img) for older releases (at least 10.04).
   4. Disable the 5 second grub menu, by default.  It was really only necessary to
      change the command line options, but now with the easy nocloud from ISO, I think
      we should shave the 5 seconds off boot.
  
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  User Stories:
  Thomas has encountered an issue deploying Ubuntu Cloud images and can access a rescue snapshot via the Elastic Block Store volume to take advantage of a SSH shell to help debug the issue.
  
  Leah would like to speed up the boot process and can take advantage of
  nocloud from ISO, and thus would like to disable the 5 second boot time-
  out default in the grub menu.
  
  Luke is looking for official Ubuntu AMIs and can easily find and launch
  the lasest from cloud.ubuntu.com/ami
  
  Rachel is a Lucid Ubuntu Cloud user and take advantage of a full disk
  image.
  
  Assumptions:
  n/a
  
  Test Plans:
  Deploy EBS rescue volume and utilize ssh to access a defunct cloud image.
  
  Deploy default latest cloud image and confirm grub does not have a 5
  second time out.
  
  Get user feedback on easily finding the latest AMI on
  cloud.ubuntu.com/ami and being easily able to launch it.
  
  Release Notes:
  When work is complete add information pertaining to Lucid full disk images, rescue EBS shots, and improvements to cloud.ubuntu.com.
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+ [21-Sep-2012: a.rosales] As 3/5 of the work items are implemented, and there is no single overarching deliverable for this blueprint I am marking the "implementation" status as "implemented."  We will need to carry forward:
+   * Build Rescue EBS Snapshots
+   * Work with IS to show only the latest images on cloud.ubuntu.com/ami

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