[caiman-discuss] AI engine dry run

[Ethan Quach]

Alok Aggarwal wrote:
> Here is what I'm thinking of implementing in the AI engine
> as far as dry run functionality goes -
>
> - Parse and validate the manifest obtained from the AI
>    webserver
> - Set up installation parameters based on the information
>    in the manifest
> - Initiate target discovery to either select a target
>    device specified in the manifest or pick a default target
> - Initiate target instantiation in dry run mode to do
>    some sanity checking
> - Print out the installation parameters such as target
>    device, IPS repo name/port, list of packages to be
>    installed
>   

Just a nit but printing out which manifest from which
service got selected would also be useful.


-ethan

> Note that the IPS repo won't be contacted as part of this
> process so if there are problems with name resolution, etc.
> the dry run won't catch those.
>
> Would this be sufficient for test purposes?
>
> Alok
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