Groups

groups enables you to configuring shared behavior for different sets ofnode_templates.

Declaration

Within each group, the policies section is a dictionary in which each item in the dictionary represents a policy.

Within each policy, the triggers section is a dictionary in which each item in the dictionary represents a trigger.

groups:
  group1:
    members: ...
    policies:
      policy1:
        type: ...
        properties:
          ...
        triggers:
          trigger1:
            type: ...
            parameters: ...
          trigger2:
            ...
      policy2:
        ...
  group2:
    ...

Schema

Keyname	Required	Type	Description
members	yes	list	A list of group members. Members are node template names or other group names.
policies	no	dict	A dictionary of policies.

When using groups as scaling groups in combination with top-level policies, you can define nested groups in which group members may be other groups. See Policies.

Policy Schema

Keyname	Required	Type	Description
type	yes	string	Policy type.
properties	no	dict	Optional properties for configuring the policy.
triggers	yes	dict	A dictionary of triggers.

Trigger Schema

Keyname	Required	Type	Description
type	yes	string	Trigger type.
parameters	no	dict	Optional parameters to be passed to the trigger.

Inside the trigger’s parameters section, { get_property: [SELF, property_name] } can be used to access properties of the event that caused the trigger to be processed. For example, a policy may add contextual data to an event, such as a node instance ID or the CPU average in the last five minutes, before processing its triggers. An execute_workflow trigger, for example, may pass these properties to the workflow it executes.

Example

For an example on how to use policies, see Using Policies.