+ for url_field in ('vim_url', 'vim_url_admin'):
+ # It is common that users copy and paste the URL from the VIM website
+ # (example OpenStack), therefore a common mistake is to include blank
+ # characters at the end of the URL. Let's remove it and just in case,
+ # lets remove trailing slash as well.
+ url = datacenter_descriptor.get(url_field)
+ if url:
+ datacenter_descriptor[url_field] = url.strip(string.whitespace + '/')
+