list of attached volumes in nova show is unreadable

[Yogev Rabl]

Description of problem:
The implementation of the the RFE Bug 978519 is problematic:

The list of the volumes attached is presented in the 'nova show' output as a list of dictionaries, like so:

os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | [{u'id': u'cfaba0b7-a578-48f3-8f2b-53b8c7f6447b'}|

The "u'id" key is irrelevant to the administrator and it is unnecessary.
When there are more than 2 volumes attached to the instance the display is unreadable:

| os-extended-volumes:volumes_attached | [{u'id': u'cfaba0b7-a578-48f3-8f2b-53b8c7f6447b'}, {u'id': u'07fd2432-3ae8-402e-acfd-fb2146942f99'}, {u'id': u'37683c4d-0bbd-4eb7-900a-cb7596375221'}, {u'id': u'554c605a-7c9b-4192-af42-3be5daf3c203'}, {u'id': u'f01fa946-a6e5-4581-ac18-f482f454794e'}] |

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
openstack-nova-common-2013.2-5.el6ost.noarch
openstack-nova-network-2013.2-5.el6ost.noarch
python-novaclient-2.15.0-1.el6ost.noarch
python-nova-2013.2-5.el6ost.noarch
openstack-nova-api-2013.2-5.el6ost.noarch
openstack-nova-console-2013.2-5.el6ost.noarch
openstack-nova-compute-2013.2-5.el6ost.noarch
openstack-nova-conductor-2013.2-5.el6ost.noarch
openstack-nova-novncproxy-2013.2-5.el6ost.noarch
openstack-nova-scheduler-2013.2-5.el6ost.noarch
openstack-nova-cert-2013.2-5.el6ost.noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.5

Steps to Reproduce:
1. attach volumes to an instance
2. run nova show <instance name / uid>

Expected results:
a clean list of the uid's of the volumes attached to the instance.

[Xavier Queralt (xqueralt-deactivatedaccount)]

I imagine you are referring to blueprint servers-add-volume-list

The dict containing the volume ID's should be parsed and presented properly by the nova client, no the nova api.

[moorryan (moorryan)]

hi - noticed that this had not bee looked at in awhile - thought I would have a go

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/127563

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Change abandoned by Joe Gordon (<email address hidden>) on branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/127563
Reason: This review is > 4 weeks without comment, and failed Jenkins the last time it was checked. We are abandoning this for now. Feel free to reactivate the review by pressing the restore button and leaving a 'recheck' comment to get fresh test results.

[Takashi Natsume (natsume-takashi)]

This bug report has been 'In Progress' status for more than two years, but there is no activity.
So set it back to 'New' status and 'Undecided' importance.