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Add two new boolean fields in API microversion 1.111: - Port.available_for_dynamic_portgroup: user-editable via POST/PATCH, default True - Portgroup.dynamic_portgroup: read-only to API consumers, default False, settable internally by Ironic These fields support dynamic portgroup assignment where ports can be marked as available for automatic portgroup membership and portgroups can be flagged as dynamically managed. Assisted-By: claude-code Change-Id: Ib10f8bd5ba9e25b60cffd7d67d1e2c45be8f8533 Signed-off-by: Jay Faulkner <jay@jvf.cc>
Ironic
Overview
Ironic consists of an API and plug-ins for managing and provisioning physical machines in a security-aware and fault-tolerant manner. It can be used with nova as a hypervisor driver, or standalone service.
By default, it will use PXE and IPMI/Redfish to interact with bare metal machines. Some drivers, like the Redfish drivers, also support advanced features like leveraging HTTPBoot or Virtual Media based boot operations depending on the configuration by the user. Ironic also supports vendor-specific plug-ins which may implement additional functionality, however many vendors have chosen to focus on their Redfish implementations instead of customized drivers.
Numerous ways exist to leverage Ironic to deploy a bare metal node, above and beyond asking Nova for a "bare metal" instance, or for asking Ironic to manually deploy a specific machine. Bifrost and Metal3 are related projects which seek to simplify the use and interaction of Ironic.
Ironic is distributed under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0. The full terms and conditions of this license are detailed in the LICENSE file.
Project resources
- Documentation: https://docs.openstack.org/ironic/latest
- Source: https://opendev.org/openstack/ironic
- Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic/+bugs
- Wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Ironic
- APIs: https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/baremetal/index.html
- Release Notes: https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/ironic/
- Design Specifications: https://specs.openstack.org/openstack/ironic-specs/
Project status, bugs, and requests for feature enhancements (RFEs) are tracked in Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/ironic
For information on how to contribute to ironic, see https://docs.openstack.org/ironic/latest/contributor