[openstack-dev] inconsistent naming? node vs host vs vs hypervisor_hostname vs OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host

Chris Friesen chris.friesen at windriver.com
Fri Feb 28 18:06:43 UTC 2014


On 02/28/2014 11:38 AM, Jiang, Yunhong wrote:
> One reason of the confusion is, in some virt driver (maybe xenapi or
> vmwareapi), one compute service manages multiple node.

Okay, so in the scenario above, is the nova-compute service running on a
"node" or a "host"?  (And if it's a "host", then what is the "compute
node"?)

What is the distinction between "OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host" and
"OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname" in the above case?

Chris



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