It's too easy to forget to select a keypair when launching an instance

[Julie Pichon]

I remember discussions about this but cannot find a bug #.

At the moment, when Launching a new instance it's very easy to forget to set a keypair and I've seen a lot of users reporting being annoyed by that behaviour (myself included), especially when they only have one keypair they use for everything.

Possible solutions include:
- If there is only one keypair, select it by default
- Transform the launch instance workflow into a "wizard"-like workflow where the user has to go through each step/tab, making it less likely to forget to set the keypair
- Move the keypair dropdown to the first tab
- ?

I'd suggest going with #1 for now to get a simple fix out that doesn't introduce new UX considerations, in time for grizzly.

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/21966

[Joe T (joe-topjian-v)]

I've thought about this many times, too. I like #2 as a solution.

#1 is a very simple solution and would solve a lot of forgetfulness, but what about images that don't utilize a keypair (such as Windows)? The keypair would then just be ignored and things would work as usual but it comes off as a type of solution that is forcing itself upon all use-cases when it's not needed. If that makes sense?

What about a hypothetical situation where having a keypair selected when it's not needed would actually cause the instance to not load correctly?

[Julie Pichon (jpichon)]

Hi Joe, thank you for your thoughts. I fully appreciate that this isn't a perfect solution! Code freeze is on Tuesday and creating a wizard would require, I suspect, a blueprint for a new type of workflows that isn't likely to land in time. I've heard many complaints from users about this and I think it's a reasonable compromise (for now, to be revisited later definitely), in one specific use case: one keypair and only one exists. It's also still possible to launch an instance without associating a keypair, of course.

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/21966
Committed: http://github.com/openstack/horizon/commit/5cfbb95f04a236c046ccf69524a898cddea3efa2
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit 5cfbb95f04a236c046ccf69524a898cddea3efa2
Author: Julie Pichon <email address hidden>
Date: Thu Feb 14 12:55:58 2013 +0000

    If a user only has 1 keypair, this keypair should be selected by default

    When Launching a new instance, it's easy to forget to select a keypair
    as it's hidden in another tab. This mitigates the issue by selecting a
    keypair automatically when there is only one.

    Fixes bug #1125124

    Change-Id: I04cd6850b4b5f0901d2f9035af8df53cfb67f8c5

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: stable/folsom
Review: https://review.openstack.org/22351

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/22351
Committed: http://github.com/openstack/horizon/commit/19b19c0e87547ef09515a7ddb0c30eb89e2d55e2
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: stable/folsom

commit 19b19c0e87547ef09515a7ddb0c30eb89e2d55e2
Author: Julie Pichon <email address hidden>
Date: Tue Feb 19 19:58:34 2013 +0000

    If a user only has 1 keypair, this keypair should be selected by default

    When Launching a new instance, it's easy to forget to select a keypair
    as it's hidden in another tab. This mitigates the issue by selecting a
    keypair automatically when there is only one.

    Fixes bug #1125124

    Change-Id: I04cd6850b4b5f0901d2f9035af8df53cfb67f8c5