Add 'Start Instance' to Instances table actions

[Julie Pichon]

Some users have been reporting that they would like the ability to start multiple instances at once, for instance after an upgrade it's common for the instances to be shut off and needing to be manually restarted.

In itself it'd be easy enough to implement to be a low hanging fruit - tweaking the StartInstance action button to allow for the 'instance' parameter to be None and then adding it to the table_actions ( https://github.com/openstack/horizon/blob/master/openstack_dashboard/dashboards/project/instances/tables.py ).

However the proliferation of buttons is a concern, and I wonder how often starting multiple instances is actually useful. Any thoughts?

[Justin Pomeroy (jpomero)]

The proliferation of buttons might be solved by the table actions menu enhancement: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/103564/

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/119290

[Marcos Lobo (marcos-fermin-lobo)]

I like you idea and I would like to add one more concept: re-start multiple instances

What do you think?

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/119290
Committed: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/horizon/commit/?id=4ed4f4292caa6396f286932faea6ef81c6a95dfd
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit 4ed4f4292caa6396f286932faea6ef81c6a95dfd
Author: liyingjun <email address hidden>
Date: Fri Sep 5 11:56:18 2014 +0800

    Add 'Start/Stop Instance' to Instances table actions

    Some users have been reporting that they would like the ability to
    start multiple instances at once, for instance after an upgrade it's
    common for the instances to be shut off and need to be manually
    restarted.

    This patch adds 'Start Instances', 'Stop Instance' and moves
    'Soft Reboot Instances' to the Instances table actions menu which is
    a recently implemented feature.

    Change-Id: I3c3b29a92fe61e6330b60c3d2228d899c409c23a
    Closes-bug: #1354395