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Update the IAllocator documentation


This should be rewritten from a 'change document' (e.g. "Ganeti only
supports...") to a 'current implementation document', but in the
meantime we can at least update it with the multi-evac changes.

Signed-off-by: default avatarIustin Pop <iustin@google.com>
Reviewed-by: default avatarMichael Hanselmann <hansmi@google.com>
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Ganeti automatic instance allocation
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Documents Ganeti version 2.0
Documents Ganeti version 2.1
.. contents::
......@@ -87,15 +87,20 @@ request
a dictionary containing the request data:
type
the request type; this can be either ``allocate`` or ``relocate``;
the ``allocate`` request is used when a new instance needs to be
placed on the cluster, while the ``relocate`` request is used when
an existing instance needs to be moved within the cluster
the request type; this can be either ``allocate``, ``relocate`` or
``multi-evacuate``; the ``allocate`` request is used when a new
instance needs to be placed on the cluster, while the ``relocate``
request is used when an existing instance needs to be moved within
the cluster; the ``multi-evacuate`` protocol requests that the
script computes the optimal relocate solution for all secondary
instances of the given nodes
The following keys are needed in allocate/relocate mode:
name
the name of the instance; if the request is a realocation, then
this name will be found in the list of instances (see below),
otherwise is the FQDN of the new instance
the name of the instance; if the request is a realocation, then this
name will be found in the list of instances (see below), otherwise
is the FQDN of the new instance
required_nodes
how many nodes should the algorithm return; while this information
......@@ -161,6 +166,11 @@ request
2.0, this list will always contain a single node, the current
secondary of the instance.
The multi-evacuate mode has instead a single request argument:
nodes
the names of the nodes to be evacuated
instances
a dictionary with the data for the current existing instance on the
cluster, indexed by instance name; the contents are similar to the
......@@ -244,12 +254,21 @@ info
a string with information from the scripts; if the allocation fails,
this will be shown to the user
nodes
the list of nodes computed by the algorithm; even if the algorithm
failed (i.e. success is false), this must be returned as an empty
list; also note that the length of this list must equal the
``requested_nodes`` entry in the input message, otherwise Ganeti
will consider the result as failed
result
the output of the algorithm; even if the algorithm failed
(i.e. success is false), this must be returned as an empty list
for allocate/relocate, this is the list of node(s) for the instance;
note that the length of this list must equal the ``requested_nodes``
entry in the input message, otherwise Ganeti will consider the result
as failed
for multi-evacuation mode, this is a list of lists; each element of
the list is a list of instance name and the new secondary node
.. note:: Current Ganeti version accepts either ``result`` or ``nodes``
as a backwards-compatibility measure (older versions only supported
``nodes``)
Examples
--------
......@@ -398,13 +417,23 @@ message is changed, we show only this changed entry::
},
Input message, node evacuation::
"request": {
"evac_nodes": [
"node2"
],
"type": "multi-evacuate"
},
Response messages
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Successful response message::
{
"info": "Allocation successful",
"nodes": [
"result": [
"node2.example.com",
"node1.example.com"
],
......@@ -415,10 +444,28 @@ Failed response message::
{
"info": "Can't find a suitable node for position 2 (already selected: node2.example.com)",
"nodes": [],
"result": [],
"success": false
}
Successful node evacuation message::
{
"info": "Request successful",
"result": [
[
"instance1",
"node3"
],
[
"instance2",
"node1"
]
],
"success": true
}
Command line messages
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
::
......@@ -437,3 +484,7 @@ Command line messages
Can't compute nodes using iallocator 'dumb-allocator': Can't find a suitable node for position 2 (already selected: node1.example.com)
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