[kolla-ansible] Difference between deploy and reconfigure?

Radosław Piliszek radoslaw.piliszek at gmail.com
Sun Sep 6 07:55:24 UTC 2020


Hi Tony,

at the moment:
  deploy == reconfigure
Except for the special cases of Bifrost and Swift.
If it ever changes, you will read about it in the release notes.

-yoctozepto

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 2:13 AM Tony Liu <tonyliu0592 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> What's the difference between deploy and reconfigure?
> I checked some roles, reconfigure.yml just include_tasks deploy.yml.
> And I didn't find reconfigure as a condition for any tasks or handlers.
> I checked kolla-ansible script, the difference is ANSIBLE_SERIAL
> is specified by reconfigure. I also see comment saying "Serial is not
> recommended and disabled by default.".
>
> Here are some cases. I'd like to know which should be used.
>
> #1 Add compute.
> After updating inventory with the new compute node,
> "deploy --limit new-compute" and "reconfigure --limit new-compute",
> do they have the same result? If not, what's the difference?
>
> #2 Change configuration.
> In case configuration is changed in global.yml or inventory,
> which of "deploy" or "reconfigure" should be executed to update
> the cluster? Same or any difference?
>
> #3 Fix the cluster
> I was told to rerun playbook to fix some problems, like a container
> was deleted. "deploy --limit host" or "reconfigure --limit host"?
> Same or any difference?
>
>
> Thanks!
> Tony
>
>



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