Implement Availability Zone scheduler

The availability zone scheduler is enabled by default, so you should be able to specify an availability zone and have it work. If you want to force all instances into a particular zone if the user does not specify one you can use the config option:

default_schedule_zone=xxxxx

where xxxxx is the name of the zone you would like them to go into. Keep in mind that zones are currently a config option set when you start nova-compute via:

node_availability_zone=yyyyy

Where yyyyy is the name of the zone that the host should be a part of.

Thanks Vish for your reply.

I have seen that the zone-add is been removed from Essex version. Can you please let me know on how to add a zone to parent in Essex version and check whether the connection is active or not. In diablo we can see that using zone-list whether it is active or not.

Also you have mentioned the config node_availability_zone=yyyyy, is this to be mentioned in child node?

Thanks,
Sateesh B.

Note:
Cells/Zones is admin visible
"Availability Zone" is user visible

Availability Zone is configured using the flags in the nova.conf file:
node_availability_zone="nova"

See:
http://wiki.openstack.org/NovaConfigOptions

Zones are being replaced by cells in Folsom:
http://comstud.com/FolsomCells.pdf
http://etherpad.openstack.org/FolsomComputeCells

I don't think Essex has any support for Zones, the code was removed.

Hopefully that helps.

Thanks,
John

Hi john,

As you said that "I don't think Essex has any support for Zones, the code was removed." which conflicts with the vish statement "The availability zone scheduler is enabled by default".

Also look at the Question https://answers.launchpad.net/nova/+question/185840 which specifies that Alejandro Comisario has set up the multi zone set up.

Please clarify.

Thanks,
Sateesh B.

Vish is correct, it filters by "Availability Zone". This is setup using the settings in the nova.conf file.

This has nothing to do with the old "add zone" call. That was the "Zones" feature that has been removed, and it will be called "Cells" when it (hopefully) gets added back into Folsom.

Sorry for the confusion, the terms are confusing, hence the rename to "Cells".

In this question:
https://answers.launchpad.net/nova/+question/185840
They used an early build of Essex when the old Zone stuff was still in the code base. It has since been removed, so it is not in the final release of Essex.

I hope that makes more sense.

Thanks John for the reply.

So, there is no Zone support in the final version of Essex. Is there any way to acheive that.

If it supports the Zone, can you please tell the setup on how to add child zones to the parents in configuration.

Thanks,
Sateesh B.

As far as I know, there is no Zones support in the final version of Essex.

But you can still expose the concept of "Availability Zone" to your users by setting up the nova.conf on your compute nodes with the appropriate values.

Thanks Vish Ishaya, that solved my question.