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Faults
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This doc explains how to understand what has happened to your API request.
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Every HTTP request has a status code. 2xx codes signify the API was a success.
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However, that is often not the end of the story. That generally only means the
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request to start the operation has been accepted. It does not mean the action
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you requested has successfully completed.
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Tracking Errors by Request ID
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=============================
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Every request made has a unique Request ID.
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This is returned in a response header.
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Here is an example response header:
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X-Compute-Request-ID: req-4b9e5c04-c40f-4b4f-960e-6ac0858dca6c
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Server Actions
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--------------
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There is an API for end users to list the outcome of Server Actions,
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referencing the requested action by request id.
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For more details, please see:
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http://developer.openstack.org/api-ref-compute-v2.1.html#os-instance-actions-v2.1
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Logs
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----
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All logs on the system, by default, include the request-id when available.
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This allows an administrator to track the API request processing as it
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transitions between all the different nova services.
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Instance Faults
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---------------
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Nova often adds an instance fault DB entry for an exception that happens
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while processing an API request. This often includes more administrator
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focused information, such as a stack trace.
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However, there is currently no API to retrieve this information.
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Notifications
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-------------
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In many cases there are also notifications emitted that describe the error.
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This is an administrator focused API, that works best when treated as
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structured logging.
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Synchronous Faults
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==================
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If an error occurs while processing our API request, you get a non 2xx
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API status code. The system also returns additional
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information about the fault in the body of the response.
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**Example: Fault: JSON response**
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.. code::
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{
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"itemNotFound":{
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"code": 404,
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"message":"Aggregate agg_h1 could not be found."
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}
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}
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The error ``code`` is returned in the body of the response for convenience.
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The ``message`` section returns a human-readable message that is appropriate
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for display to the end user. The ``details`` section is optional and may
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contain information—for example, a stack trace—to assist in tracking
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down an error. The ``details`` section might or might not be appropriate for
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display to an end user.
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The root element of the fault (such as, computeFault) might change
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depending on the type of error. The following link contains a list of possible
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elements along with their associated error codes.
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For more information on possible error code, please see:
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http://specs.openstack.org/openstack/api-wg/guidelines/http.html#http-response-codes
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Asynchronous faults
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===================
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An error may occur in the background while a server is being built or while a
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server is executing an action.
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In these cases, the server is usually placed in an ``ERROR`` state. For some
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operations, like resize, its possible that the operations fails but
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the instance gracefully returned to its original state before attempting the
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operation. In both of these cases, you should be able to find out more from
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the Server Actions API described above.
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When a server is placed into an ``ERROR`` state, a fault is embedded in the
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offending server. Note that these asynchronous faults follow the same format
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as the synchronous ones. The fault contains an error code, a human readable
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message, and optional details about the error. Additionally, asynchronous
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faults may also contain a ``created`` timestamp that specifies when the fault
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occurred.
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**Example: Server in error state: JSON response**
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.. code::
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{
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"server": {
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"id": "52415800-8b69-11e0-9b19-734f0000ffff",
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"tenant_id": "1234",
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"user_id": "5678",
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"name": "sample-server",
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"created": "2010-08-10T12:00:00Z",
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"hostId": "e4d909c290d0fb1ca068ffafff22cbd0",
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"status": "ERROR",
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"progress": 66,
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"image" : {
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"id": "52415800-8b69-11e0-9b19-734f6f007777"
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},
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"flavor" : {
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"id": "52415800-8b69-11e0-9b19-734f216543fd"
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},
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"fault" : {
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"code" : 500,
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"created": "2010-08-10T11:59:59Z",
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"message": "No valid host was found. There are not enough hosts available.",
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"details": [snip]
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},
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"links": [
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{
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"rel": "self",
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"href": "http://servers.api.openstack.org/v2/1234/servers/52415800-8b69-11e0-9b19-734f000004d2"
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},
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{
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"rel": "bookmark",
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"href": "http://servers.api.openstack.org/1234/servers/52415800-8b69-11e0-9b19-734f000004d2"
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}
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]
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}
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}
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