Separate Nova Metadata

Registered by Vish Ishaya

The metadata server currently runs with the ec2 api. This should be broken out into a separate service. It should:
a) run on its own port
b) still be run automatically with nova-api but also have a nova-metadata worker
c) have updated forward rule and flags (instead of using ec2_dmz_ip)

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Vish Ishaya
Priority:
High
Drafter:
Vish Ishaya
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Vish Ishaya
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for essex
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
milestone icon 2012.1
Started by
Vish Ishaya
Completed by
Vish Ishaya

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Gerrit topic: https://review.openstack.org/#q,topic:bp/separate-nova-metadata,n,z

Addressed by: https://review.openstack.org/1373
    Refactor metadata code out of ec2/cloud.py

Addressed by: https://review.openstack.org/1372
    Separate metadata api into its own service

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