There are two nova-api.conf files

I think this bug also relates to this Bug #704985

Confusing indeed. Only on Ubuntu though.

I suggest renaming the paste config file to "nova-api.ini" or perhaps "api-paste.ini" if it always goes in a "nova" directory. Thoughts?

"paste-config.ini" would work for me. Although, anything with "paste" in it would work to make sure that it's contents are obvious. +1 for all names with "paste" in them. :)

I'd just like to note that a "paste config file" is nothing more than a regular config/ini file. The fact that nova-api.conf is a "flagfile" specific to gflags is the main issue here. So, I'd prefer that nova-api.conf be named nova-api.flags or something like that to indicate it is a non-standard configuration file compared to nova-api.conf, which indicates a standard configuration file used by ConfigParser or paste.deploy, which uses ConfigParser.

Jay: in fact the conflict is between /etc/nova/nova-api.conf (the paste config) and /etc/init/nova-api.conf (the upstart script). It has nothing to do with a potential gflags file ?

I'd rename it "nova-api.pasteconfig" or something like that (to make sure everyone knows it's about nova-api).

Theirry, with all due respect, like I said, a paste config file is nothing more than a standard INI file. It is the GFlags nova-api.conf file that is non-standard, which is why I suggested changing the /etc/nova/nova-api.conf file to /etc/nova/nova-api.flags to indicate it is a non-standard configuration file...

But regardless, this naming issue I've brought up is a bikeshed issue at best.

Then I'm a bit confused. "/etc/nova/nova-api.conf" currently contains the nova-api paste config... You're suggesting we rename it to /etc/nova/nova-api.flags ?

No. Forget it... it's not important.

On Mar 1, 2011 8:11 AM, "Thierry Carrez" <email address hidden> wrote:

Then I'm a bit confused. "/etc/nova/nova-api.conf" currently contains
the nova-api paste config... You're suggesting we rename it to /etc/nova
/nova-api.flags ?

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2011/3/1 Jay Pipes <email address hidden>:
> The fact that nova-api.conf is a "flagfile" specific to gflags [...]

It's not. :)

There's an upstart job config file named /etc/init/nova-api.conf.
There's a paste config file named /etc/nova/nova-api.conf.
There's a flag file named /etc/nova/nova.conf.

The bug is about the confusion caused by the first two. Renaming the
paste one to say "paste" in the name sounds reasonable to me.

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OK, the only consensus I've seen so far is that "paste" should be in the name. How about "api-paste.ini"--any objections to that specifically?

This needs a matching change in Ubuntu packaging

This bug was fixed in the package nova - 2011.2~bzr786-0ubuntu1

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nova (2011.2~bzr786-0ubuntu1) natty; urgency=low

  [Chuck Short]
  * New upstream version.

  [ Thierry Carrez (ttx) ]
  * nova-api.conf was renamed api-paste.ini (LP: #705453)

  [ Soren Hansen ]
  * Start on filesystem event rather than local-filesystems.
  * Weed out a *lot* of out-dated information from debian/control.
  * Create /var/lock/nova in upstart jobs and set lock_path in the
    flagfile.
  * Add dependency on python-novaclient.
 -- Chuck Short <email address hidden> Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:41:45 -0500