[openstack-dev] [all] how to send messages (and events) to our users

Angus Salkeld asalkeld at mirantis.com
Tue Apr 7 04:08:23 UTC 2015


On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 1:53 PM, Chris Friesen <chris.friesen at windriver.com>
wrote:

> On 04/06/2015 08:55 PM, Angus Salkeld wrote:
>
>> Hi all
>>
>> For quite some time we (Heat team) have wanted to be able to send
>> messages to our
>> users (by user I do not mean the Operator, but the User that is
>> interacting with
>> the client).
>>
>> What do I mean by "user messages", and how do they differ from our
>> current log
>> messages and notifications?
>> - Our current logs are for the operator and have information that the user
>> should not have
>>    (ip addresses, hostnames, configuration options, other tenant info
>> etc..)
>> - Our notifications (that Ceilometer uses) *could* be used, but I am not
>> sure if
>> it quite fits.
>>    (they seem a bit heavy weight for a log message and aimed at higher
>> level events)
>>
>
> <snip>
>
>  What are some options we could investigate:
>> 1. remote syslog
>> 2. Zaqar
>> 3. Other options:
>>     Please chip in with suggestions/links!
>>
>
> What about a per-user notification topic using the existing notification
> backend?
>

Wouldn't that require the Operator to provide the end user with access to
the message bus?
Seems scary to me.

-Angus


>
> Chris
>
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