[openstack-dev] [Heat] Question regarding Stack updates and templates

Angus Salkeld asalkeld at mirantis.com
Tue Sep 23 03:31:46 UTC 2014


On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 1:04 AM, Anant Patil <anant.patil at hp.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> In convergence, we discuss about having concurrent updates to a stack. I
> wanted to know if it is safe to assume that the an update will be a
> super set of it's previous updates. Understanding this is critical to
> arrive at implementation of concurrent stack operations.
>
> Assuming that an admin will have VCS setup and will issue requests by
> checking-out the template and modifying it, I could see that the updates
> will be incremental and not discreet. Is this assumption correct? When
> an update is issued before a previous update is complete, would the
> template for that be based on the template of previously issued
> incomplete update or the last completed one?
>

I don't think you can assume anything about the update. What if the user
just posts a
totally different template? That is still a valid update. Or they post an
empty template
to delete the resources.

-Angus


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> - Anant
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