Blazar

Blazar is a resource reservation service for OpenStack. Blazar enables users to reserve a specific type/amount of resources for a specific time period and it leases these resources to users based on their reservations.

The following two resource types are currently supported:

• Compute host: reserve and lease with a unit of a whole host
• Instance: reserve and lease with a unit of a flavor

Please see the following resources to learn more.

API

See Blazar API reference.

Operators

To learn how to deploy and configure Blazar, see the installation guide and the configuration reference.

Developers

To learn how to contribute to Blazar, see the contributor guide.

Other Resources

• Source code:
  • Blazar
  • Nova scheduler filter
  • Client tools
  • Dashboard (Horizon plugin)
• Blueprints/Bugs: https://launchpad.net/blazar
• Documentation: https://docs.openstack.org/blazar/latest/
• Release notes: https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/blazar/
• Design specifications: https://specs.openstack.org/openstack/blazar-specs/