[openstack-dev] [nova][limits] Does ANYONE at all use the quota class functionality in Nova?

Jay Pipes jaypipes at gmail.com
Wed Oct 24 19:49:23 UTC 2018


On 10/24/2018 02:57 PM, Matt Riedemann wrote:
> On 10/24/2018 10:10 AM, Jay Pipes wrote:
>> I'd like to propose deprecating this API and getting rid of this 
>> functionality since it conflicts with the new Keystone /limits 
>> endpoint, is highly coupled with RAX's turnstile middleware and I 
>> can't seem to find anyone who has ever used it. Deprecating this API 
>> and functionality would make the transition to a saner quota 
>> management system much easier and straightforward.
> 
> I was trying to do this before it was cool:
> 
> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/411035/
> 
> I think it was the Pike PTG in ATL where people said, "meh, let's just 
> wait for unified limits from keystone and let this rot on the vine".
> 
> I'd be happy to restore and update that spec.

++

I think partly things have stalled out because maybe each side (keystone 
+ nova) think the other is working on something but isn't?

I'm currently working on cleaning up the quota system and would be happy 
to deprecate the os-quota-classes API along with the patch series that 
does that cleanup.

-jay



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