Allow user_data modification

Registered by Alexandre Levine

Current nova API allows setting up user_data during server creation and retrieving it along with other extended server attributes.
EC2 API requires public API for modification of this data for compatibility with Amazon.

Blueprint information

Status:
Started
Approver:
John Garbutt
Priority:
Low
Drafter:
Alexandre Levine
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
Alexandre Levine
Definition:
Pending Approval
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Needs Code Review
Milestone target:
None
Started by
John Garbutt

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Gerrit topic: https://review.openstack.org/#q,topic:bp/userdata-modification,n,z

Addressed by: https://review.openstack.org/191791
    user_data modification

Removing milestone as blueprint is not get complete. In fact the nova-spec is still being reviewed. --johnthetubaguy 22nd June 2015

Please note this blueprint will delayed until the M release if it is not in the NeedsCodeReview state (with all the code up for review) before July 16th, and merged by July 30th. We expect to re-open master for the M release in September. For more information, please see: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Nova/Liberty_Release_Schedule#Non-priority_Blueprint_Feature_Freeze and http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-June/065819.html
--johnthetubaguy 15th July 2015

Unapproved for liberty due to the Non-Priority Feature Proposal Freeze. --johnthetubaguy 16th July 2015

Addressed by: https://review.openstack.org/234251
    user_data modification This spec was approved for liberty but implementation didn't make it there. Rescheduling for mitaka now.

Addressed by: https://review.openstack.org/258235
    Merge os-user-data extension into servers

Addressed by: https://review.openstack.org/261680
    Allows modification of user_data in server PUT request

Sorry, we have now hit the Non-Priority Feature Freeze for Mitaka. For more details please see: http://docs.openstack.org/releases/schedules/mitaka.html#m-nova-npff and http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/process.html#non-priority-feature-freeze
--johnthetubaguy 2016.01.31

Addressed by: https://review.openstack.org/321047
    user_data modification

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