[Blueprint servercloud-q-cloud-images] Ubuntu Cloud Images Roundtable

[Antonio Rosales]

Blueprint changed by Antonio Rosales:

Whiteboard changed:
  Etherpad: http://pad.ubuntu.com/uds-q-servercloud-q-cloud-images
  Blueprint: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-q-cloud-images
  
  Note, related blueprint (cloud-init, cloud-utils) at
     https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/servercloud-q-cloud-init-utils
  
- Ben, could you please integrate the spec @
- https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BlueprintSpec [a.rosales].
+ General Cloud Image improvements.
+ Discussion of improvement and enhancements to the Cloud Images and Cloud-Init
+ 1. Publication of EBS Rescue volumes
+ 2. Improving methods for users to find official EC2 AMI ids
+     Places that Ubuntu AMIs are listed currently:
+      - http://cloud.ubuntu.com/ami
+            Action: Default should show the latest, EBS boot, 64-bit, us-east-1
+              with easy "Launch" button to start AWS console
+            Action: Check-box interface/Work on UI
+            Action: Add link to cloud-images.ubuntu.com
+  - http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/
+            Action: Add launch button
+            Action: Link from other AMI listings to preferred start page
+            Action: Add links Quickstarts
+ 
+  Make it easier for people to find the official AMI's
+  3. Full disk images (-disk1.img) for older releases (at least 10.04).
+  4. Disable the 5 second grub menu, by default.  It was really only necessary to
+     change the command line options, but now with the easy nocloud from ISO, I think
+     we should shave the 5 seconds off boot.
+ 
+ ---
+ 
+ User Stories:
+ Thomas has encountered an issue deploying Ubuntu Cloud images and can access a rescue snapshot via the Elastic Block Store volume to take advantage of a SSH shell to help debug the issue.
+ 
+ Leah would like to speed up the boot process and can take advantage of
+ nocloud from ISO, and thus would like to disable the 5 second boot time-
+ out default in the grub menu.
+ 
+ Luke is looking for official Ubuntu AMIs and can easily find and launch
+ the lasest from cloud.ubuntu.com/ami
+ 
+ Rachel is a Lucid Ubuntu Cloud user and take advantage of a full disk
+ image.
+ 
+ Assumptions:
+ n/a
+ 
+ Test Plans:
+ Deploy EBS rescue volume and utilize ssh to access a defunct cloud image.
+ 
+ Deploy default latest cloud image and confirm grub does not have a 5
+ second time out.
+ 
+ Get user feedback on easily finding the latest AMI on
+ cloud.ubuntu.com/ami and being easily able to launch it.
+ 
+ Release Notes:
+ When work is complete add information pertaining to Lucid full disk images, rescue EBS shots, and improvements to cloud.ubuntu.com.

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Ubuntu Cloud Images Roundtable
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