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Just to show what to do if we don't have standardized image names any longer. Python and Shell (CLI) covered, opentofu is TBD.

Just to show what to do if we don't have standardized image names any
longer. Python and Shell (CLI) covered, opentofu is TBD.

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scs-0102-v2 is not there yet ...

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This fixes the markdownlint rule.

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OK, a preview of this is on https://docs-staging.scs.community/user-docs/.

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This reverts commit b634819.

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This was more complicated than I hoped for.
We could have done some HCL magic IF the openstack provider would have
allowed to query image properties by IDs which it does not seem to.
So the external python3 program is easiest and we reuse what we already
have.

Also comment on heat.

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Ready for merging IMVHO. Please review!

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Looks great, I was able to successfully run all scripts except the Heat config on the scs-0102-v1 compliant cloud I have access to (DD8).

It might be out of scope, but we could also consider UI users (they exist!). At least in Horizon, it seems to be rather convoluted to find the images as well. Only way I found to view the metadata was via "Edit metadata" on the Images tab, but I couldn't figure out a way to find the SCS mandated images from the "Launch Instance ↦ Source" tab at all.

Has someone tried this in Skyline?

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Thanks to @toothstone for the idea!

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Looks great, I was able to successfully run all scripts except the Heat config on the scs-0102-v1 compliant cloud I have access to (DD8).

I did test :-)
Because I never get code correct without it.
Thanks for validating.

It might be out of scope, but we could also consider UI users (they exist!). At least in Horizon, it seems to be rather convoluted to find the images as well. Only way I found to view the metadata was via "Edit metadata" on the Images tab, but I couldn't figure out a way to find the SCS mandated images from the "Launch Instance ↦ Source" tab at all.

Unfortunately, I did not find anything in instance (VM) creation dialogues either.
But Compute, Images and just clicking on the image name gives you all the metadata for review, so you don't need to try editing it.
I included a screenshot.

Has someone tried this in Skyline?

Yes, I included a screenshot as well.

Thanks for the noting the web interface omission.
Somehow I was more concerned about users that automate things, as portability in my mind is all about making sure that the automation from one SCS cloud work on all others.
But indeed, you still might want to interactively select and verify the right image when you do the initial exploration.

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