[openstack-dev] [heat] heat docker multi host scheduling support

Zane Bitter zbitter at redhat.com
Thu Aug 14 13:44:39 UTC 2014


On 14/08/14 03:21, Malawade, Abhijeet wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to use heat to create docker containers. I have configured heat-docker plugin.
> I am also able to create stack using heat successfully.
>
> To start container on different host we need to provide 'docker_endpoint' in template. For this we have to provide host address where container will run in template.
>
> Is there any way to schedule docker container on available hosts using heat-docker plugin without giving 'docker_endpoint' in template file.

Yes, there is a Nova driver on Stackforge that uses Docker as a 
back-end. Hopefully one day this will turn into a Nova-like container 
service, but for now the way to use Docker as a scheduler is through 
Nova with this driver.

> Is heat-docker plugin supports managing docker hosts cluster with scheduling logic.

No.

> Please let me know your suggestions on the same.
>
> Thanks,
> Abhijeet




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