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| -rw-r--r-- | nova/utils.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/nova/utils.py b/nova/utils.py index d18dd9843..10b27ffec 100644 --- a/nova/utils.py +++ b/nova/utils.py @@ -126,7 +126,13 @@ def runthis(prompt, cmd, check_exit_code = True): def generate_uid(topic, size=8): - return '%s-%s' % (topic, ''.join([random.choice('01234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz') for x in xrange(size)])) + if topic == "i": + # Instances have integer internal ids. + return random.randint(0, 2**32-1) + else: + characters = '01234567890abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz' + choices = [random.choice(characters) for x in xrange(size)] + return '%s-%s' % (topic, ''.join(choices)) def generate_mac(): |