Automation console¶
Overview¶
Select Automation > Heat Stacks to view the Automation console.
Automation service lets you automate the deployment and management of your cloud resources. Automation defines infrastructure as code and lets you manage it in a consistent and repeatable manner. Use automation for deploying complex applications that require multiple interrelated resources and for managing the lifecycle of those resources throughout the application's lifetime.
The console lists all stacks in the project. You can view, update, and delete stacks.
You can take the following actions:
- Check the status of a stack
- Suspend and resume running stack instances
Select a stack to view details including topology, overview, resources, events, and template associated with the stack.
Stack details¶
Here's a table summarizing the properties and attributes that you should understand in order to create or manage Heat stacks in the Automation service:
| Property/Attribute | Description |
|---|---|
| Stack Name | A unique name identifying the stack. |
| Template | The template file (in YAML or JSON format) that describes the stack's resources and configurations. |
| Parameters | Input parameters required by the template to customize the stack deployment. |
| Stack Status | Indicates the current state of the stack (e.g., CREATE_COMPLETE, UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS, DELETE_FAILED). |
| Outputs | Output values defined in the template, providing information about the stack's resources after deployment. |
| Timeout | The number of minutes before a stack creation or update times out. |
| Tags | A list of user-defined tags associated with the stack for categorization or filtering. |
| Disable Rollback | A boolean value indicating whether to disable rollback on stack creation failure. |
| Stack ID | A unique identifier automatically assigned to the stack by OpenStack. |
| Creation Time | The timestamp indicating when the stack was created. |
| Updated Time | The timestamp indicating when the stack was last updated. |
| Nested Depth | Indicates the depth of nested stacks (if applicable). |
| Parent Stack | The ID of the parent stack (if the stack is nested). |
| Environment | The environment file or settings applied to the stack, overriding default template values. |
Understanding these properties and attributes is helpful for effectively creating and managing Heat stacks, enabling you to automate the deployment and management of cloud resources through templates and orchestration.
Heat stack status details¶
Here's a table summarizing the various stack statuses in the Heat service:
| Stack Status | Description |
|---|---|
| CREATE_IN_PROGRESS | The stack creation process is currently underway. |
| CREATE_COMPLETE | The stack has been successfully created. |
| CREATE_FAILED | The stack creation process has failed. |
| DELETE_IN_PROGRESS | The stack deletion process is currently underway. |
| DELETE_COMPLETE | The stack has been successfully deleted. |
| DELETE_FAILED | The stack deletion process has failed. |
| UPDATE_IN_PROGRESS | The stack update process is currently underway. |
| UPDATE_COMPLETE | The stack has been successfully updated. |
| UPDATE_FAILED | The stack update process has failed. |
| ROLLBACK_IN_PROGRESS | The stack rollback process (reverting to a previous state) is currently underway. |
| ROLLBACK_COMPLETE | The stack has been successfully rolled back to a previous state. |
| ROLLBACK_FAILED | The stack rollback process has failed. |
| ADOPT_IN_PROGRESS | The process of adopting existing resources into a new stack is currently underway. |
| ADOPT_COMPLETE | The stack has successfully adopted existing resources. |
| ADOPT_FAILED | The stack adoption process has failed. |
| CHECK_IN_PROGRESS | The process of checking the stack's resources for correctness is currently underway. |
| CHECK_COMPLETE | The stack's resources have been successfully checked for correctness. |
| CHECK_FAILED | The process of checking the stack's resources has failed. |
| SUSPEND_IN_PROGRESS | The stack suspension process is currently underway. |
| SUSPEND_COMPLETE | The stack has been successfully suspended. |
| SUSPEND_FAILED | The stack suspension process has failed. |
| RESUME_IN_PROGRESS | The stack resumption process is currently underway. |
| RESUME_COMPLETE | The stack has been successfully resumed. |
| RESUME_FAILED | The stack resumption process has failed. |
| SNAPSHOT_IN_PROGRESS | The process of creating a snapshot of the stack's current state is currently underway. |
| SNAPSHOT_COMPLETE | A snapshot of the stack's current state has been successfully created. |
| SNAPSHOT_FAILED | The process of creating a snapshot of the stack's current state has failed. |
These statuses provide insight into the current state of a stack and the ongoing operationse. They are helpful for monitoring the progress and outcome of stack operations.