X-Git-Url: https://osm.etsi.org/gitweb/?p=osm%2Fvim-emu.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Femuvim%2Fapi%2Fopenstack%2Fcompute.py;h=be4324ccfa03acee19019ed3194f515d8258fbb3;hp=38796cf559497c13663bd729a5218835e01bbeed;hb=646b585edc20c98d97eb861834c234004d44dd7b;hpb=3f2f5653a81e404c68df5cc6807ba7e82a061361

diff --git a/src/emuvim/api/openstack/compute.py b/src/emuvim/api/openstack/compute.py
index 38796cf..be4324c 100755
--- a/src/emuvim/api/openstack/compute.py
+++ b/src/emuvim/api/openstack/compute.py
@@ -519,14 +519,17 @@ class OpenstackCompute(object):
             self.computeUnits[server.id] = server
         return server
 
-    def _shorten_server_name(self, name, char_limit=64):
+    def _shorten_server_name(self, name, char_limit=9):
         """
         Docker does not like too long instance names.
         This function provides a shorter name if needed
         """
+        # TODO this is a ugly hack and needs to be fixed
         LOG.debug("Long server name: {}".format(name))
         if len(name) > char_limit:
             # construct a short name
+            parts = name.split("_")
+            name = name.replace("_vnf", "")
             name = name[-char_limit:].strip("-_ .")
         LOG.debug("Short server name: {}".format(name))
         return name