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Defining the 'keymap' option in libvirt results in the '-k' option being passed through to QEMU [1][2]. This QEMU option has some uses, primarily for users interacting with QEMU via stdin on the text console. However, for users interacting with QEMU via VNC or Spice, like nova users do, it is strongly recommended to never add the "-k" option. Doing so will force QEMU to do keymap conversions which are known to be lossy. This disproportionately affects users with non-US keyboard layouts, who would be better served by relying on the guest OS to manage this. Users should instead rely on their clients and guests to correctly configure this. This is the second part of the three part deprecation cycle for these options. At this point, they are retained but deprecated them and their defaults modified to be unset. This allows us to warn users with libvirt hypervisors that have configured the options about the pitfalls of the option and give them time to prepare migration strategies, if necessary. A replacement option is added to the VMWare group to allow us to retain this functionality for that hypervisor. Combined with the above, this will allow us to remove the options in a future release. [1] https://github.com/libvirt/libvirt/blob/v1.2.9-maint/src/qemu/qemu_command.c#L6985-L6986 [2] https://github.com/libvirt/libvirt/blob/v1.2.9-maint/src/qemu/qemu_command.c#L7215-L7216 Change-Id: I9a50a111ff4911f4364a1b24d646095c72af3d2c Closes-Bug: #1682020
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OpenStack Nova
OpenStack Nova provides a cloud computing fabric controller, supporting a wide variety of compute technologies, including: libvirt (KVM, Xen, LXC and more), Hyper-V, VMware, XenServer, OpenStack Ironic and PowerVM.
Use the following resources to learn more.
API
To learn how to use Nova's API, consult the documentation available online at:
For more information on OpenStack APIs, SDKs and CLIs in general, refer to:
Operators
To learn how to deploy and configure OpenStack Nova, consult the documentation available online at:
In the unfortunate event that bugs are discovered, they should be reported to the appropriate bug tracker. If you obtained the software from a 3rd party operating system vendor, it is often wise to use their own bug tracker for reporting problems. In all other cases use the master OpenStack bug tracker, available at:
Developers
For information on how to contribute to Nova, please see the contents of the CONTRIBUTING.rst.
Any new code must follow the development guidelines detailed in the HACKING.rst file, and pass all unit tests.
Further developer focused documentation is available at:
Other Information
During each Summit and Project Team Gathering, we agree on what the whole community wants to focus on for the upcoming release. The plans for nova can be found at: