[RFE] SmartState Analysis using Ansible and not the built-in approach

[tjyang]

• WHAT:
  • Freezing an VM to get a snaphot for SSA to analysis is resource expensive.
  • I am getting resistance from VM farm admins to do SSA on their VMs
  • MIQ SSA should support lighter approach of collecting same info via ssh(ansible ?) to each VM/Host.
• WHY:
  • So that MIQ provider connection will be more welcomed by VM farm admin.
• HOW: Provide following extra data channels beside using snapshot.
  • Adding direct ssh connection to collect OS info.
  • Getting OS info from Ansible Tower/AWX miq provider.
  • Getting more system info (actual disk space usage) from existing provider connection.

[jerryk55]

@tjyang I might point out that one of the major advantages of SSA of VMs/Instances/Images via Snapshot is they do not need to be running. As a matter of fact Images would not be running regardless. ssh only works with running VMs/Instances. A second advantage, in the case that the VM is actually running, is that scanning the Snapshot puts zero performance impact on the running VM, since you are not actually connecting to it to execute anything. Just my 2 cents, off the top of my head. There is more, of course....

[tjyang]

@jerryk55

Thanks for the comment.

I am hoping SSA can be executed across physical/virtual hosts since MIQ is not just CMP(Cloud Management Platform) tool anymore.

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[Fryguy]

This could be the way forward for #77