nova cli allows to create a server name with all blank space/characters

[Prem Karat]

xxxx@xxxxx:~$ nova boot --image "xxx" --flavor "xxx" " "

xxxx@xxxxx:~$ nova list
+--------------------------------------+------+--------+------------------+
| ID | Name | Status | Networks |
+--------------------------------------+------+--------+------------------+
| 29688fe9-2c33-4635-8f13-04efb16ee5dc | | ACTIVE | private=10.0.0.2 |
+--------------------------------------+------+--------+------------------+
As you can see above, nova cli lets a user create a server name with all blank spaces.

[Prem Karat (prem-karat)]

Am working on to provide a fix. Patch will be submitted soon.

[Prem Karat (prem-karat)]

Also nova cli allow as server name to be renamed with all blank characters.

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/28183

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/28183
Committed: http://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/98ff29d13af9e0c1fa96e49e68939634c24ad2c3
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit 98ff29d13af9e0c1fa96e49e68939634c24ad2c3
Author: Prem Karat <email address hidden>
Date: Fri May 3 22:36:04 2013 +0530

    Fix to disallow server name with all blank spaces

    * Nova CLI allows server name to be created with all blank characters.
      This fix will disallow a server name with all blank spaces during
      server/instance creation as well as while updating/renaming a server
    * Adding unit tests to test the above scenarios (create & rename
      server with blank spaces)

    Fixes bug 1175956

    Change-Id: I58af207c4a6b8579bb172d4bb612e0aa2aa6b498