<div dir="ltr">I am posting this question on behalf of Srini as per his request that his mail got rejected. Discard if original mail is received.<br><br><pre>Hi,
I am not sure this question was answered earlier.
Pool Member API as defined <a href="http://wiki.openstack.org/Quantum/LBaaS/API_1.0">http://wiki.openstack.org/Quantum/LBaaS/API_1.0</a> =
is shown below for easy reference.
"address" parameter is IP address of VM that is expected to take up the loa=
d.
In Openstack environment, application VMs' IP addresses are assigned dyna=
mically by Quantum IPAM. This API (Add Pool member) seems to be expectin=
g IP address. Admin configuring LB may not know the IP address. Moreover =
these application VMs are brought up dynamically upon the load and also bro=
ught down when load goes down. That is, pool members need to be added or r=
emoved dynamically. So, my question is who would be calling this API? It =
can't be through Horizon pages as user don't know the IP addresses.
To make client and GUI development easier, is it not good to take "VM grou=
p" instead of "address"? Internally, quantum can figure out the IP add=
resses of VMs in the VM group (by monitoring VM bring up/down events) and =
program the LB device dynamically with the IP addresses.
My understanding is that in openstack world, VM grouping is typically achi=
eved using "metadata" that is passed to 'nova boot'. "Role" metadata key=
is normally used to represent the role of VM. If that is indeed the case,=
"role" value can be taken as input to this API (Add Pool Member) function=
. For example, tenant can use VM group called "Web-Server-Group-10". W=
hen tenant brings up webserver VM that need to participate in taking up the=
load, it can be given "Web-Server-Group-10" as "role". Tenant can also=
configure the LB with "Web-Server-Group-10" as pool member. As long as =
quantum LB plugin has intelligence to enumerate the IP addresses of VMs tha=
t are brought up with "Web-Server-Group_10", it should be able to configur=
e load balancer device using appropriate LB drivers.
I am not sure whether this is a valid concern. If it is not, can somebody =
point me to right place on how this problem is solved?
Create Pool Members
Verb URI Description
POST /v1.0/members Add members to pools.
Normal Response Code(s): 202
Error Response Code(s): serviceFault (500), serviceUnavailable =
(503), unauthorized (401), badRequest (400), overLimit (413)
When a member is created, it is assigned a unique identifier th=
at can be used for mutating operations such as changing the admin_state or =
the weight of a member, or removing the member from the pool.
The caller of this operation must specify at least the followin=
g attributes of the Pool:
* tenant_id: only required if the caller has an admin role and wants =
to create a pool for another tenant.
* address: the IP address of the pool member on the pool's network.
* port: The port on which the pool member listens for requests or con=
nections.
* pool_id: The pool to which the member belongs.
Thanks
Srini
</pre><br><div><div><br><br><div><div>Ravi<br>
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