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Doug Szumski authored
In services which use the Apache HTTP server to service HTTP requests,
there exists a TimeOut directive [1] which defaults to 60 seconds. APIs
which come under heavy load, such as Cinder, can sometimes exceed this
which results in a HTTP 504 Gateway timeout, or similar. However, the
request can still be serviced without error. For example, if Nova calls
the Cinder API to detach a volume, and this operation takes longer
than the shortest of the two timeouts, Nova will emit a stack trace
with a 504 Gateway timeout. At some time later, the request to detach
the volume will succeed. The Nova and Cinder DBs then become
out-of-sync with each other, and frequently DB surgery is required.

Although strictly this category of bugs should be fixed in OpenStack
services, it is not realistic to expect this to happen in the short
term. Therefore, this change makes it easier to set the Apache HTTP
timeout via a new variable.

An example of a related bug is here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1888665

Whilst this timeout can currently be set by overriding the WSGI
config for individual services, this change makes it much easier.

Change-Id: Ie452516655cbd40d63bdad3635fd66693e40ce34
Closes-Bug: #1917648
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Kolla Ansible

The Kolla Ansible is a deliverable project separated from Kolla project.

Kolla Ansible deploys OpenStack services and infrastructure components in Docker containers.

Kolla's mission statement is:

To provide production-ready containers and deployment tools for operating
OpenStack clouds.

Kolla is highly opinionated out of the box, but allows for complete customization. This permits operators with little experience to deploy OpenStack quickly and as experience grows modify the OpenStack configuration to suit the operator's exact requirements.

Getting Started

Learn about Kolla Ansible by reading the documentation online Kolla Ansible.

Get started by reading the Developer Quickstart.

OpenStack services

Kolla Ansible deploys containers for the following OpenStack projects:

Infrastructure components

Kolla Ansible deploys containers for the following infrastructure components:

Directories

  • ansible - Contains Ansible playbooks to deploy OpenStack services and infrastructure components in Docker containers.
  • contrib - Contains demos scenarios for Heat, Magnum and Tacker and a development environment for Vagrant
  • doc - Contains documentation.
  • etc - Contains a reference etc directory structure which requires configuration of a small number of configuration variables to achieve a working All-in-One (AIO) deployment.
  • kolla_ansible - Contains password generation script.
  • releasenotes - Contains releasenote of all features added in Kolla Ansible.
  • specs - Contains the Kolla Ansible communities key arguments about architectural shifts in the code base.
  • tests - Contains functional testing tools.
  • tools - Contains tools for interacting with Kolla Ansible.
  • zuul.d - Contains project gate job definitions.

Getting Involved

Need a feature? Find a bug? Let us know! Contributions are much appreciated and should follow the standard Gerrit workflow.

  • We communicate using the #openstack-kolla irc channel.
  • File bugs, blueprints, track releases, etc on Launchpad.
  • Attend weekly meetings.
  • Contribute code.

Contributors

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