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Notifications in Nova
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=====================
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Similarly to other OpenStack services Nova emits notifications to the message
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bus with the Notifier class provided by oslo.messaging [1]_. From the
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notification consumer point of view a notification consists of two parts: an
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envelope with a fixed structure defined by oslo.messaging and a payload defined
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by the service emitting the notification. The envelope format is the
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following::
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{
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"priority": <string, selected from a predefined list by the sender>,
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"event_type": <string, defined by the sender>,
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"timestamp": <string, the isotime of when the notification emitted>,
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"publisher_id": <string, defined by the sender>,
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"message_id": <uuid, generated by oslo>,
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"payload": <json serialized dict, defined by the sender>
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}
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There are two types of notifications in Nova: legacy notifications which have
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an unversioned payload and newer notifications which have a versioned payload.
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Unversioned notifications
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-------------------------
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Nova code uses the nova.rpc.get_notifier call to get a configured
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oslo.messaging Notifier object and it uses the oslo provided functions on the
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Notifier object to emit notifications. The configuration of the returned
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Notifier object depends on the parameters of the get_notifier call and the
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value of the oslo.messaging configuration options `driver` and `topics`.
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There are notification configuration options in Nova which are specific for
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certain notification types like `notifications.notify_on_state_change`,
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`notifications.notify_on_api_faults`, `notifications.default_level`, etc.
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The structure of the payload of the unversioned notifications is defined in the
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code that emits the notification and no documentation or enforced backward
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compatibility contract exists for that format.
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Versioned notifications
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-----------------------
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The versioned notification concept is created to fix the shortcomings of the
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unversioned notifications. The envelope structure of the emitted notification
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is the same as in the unversioned notification case as it is provided by
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oslo.messaging. However the payload is not a free form dictionary but a
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serialized oslo versionedobject [2]_.
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.. _service.update:
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For example the wire format of the `service.update` notification looks like the
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following::
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{
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"priority":"INFO",
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"payload":{
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"nova_object.namespace":"nova",
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"nova_object.name":"ServiceStatusPayload",
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"nova_object.version":"1.0",
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"nova_object.data":{
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"host":"host1",
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"disabled":false,
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"last_seen_up":null,
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"binary":"nova-compute",
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"topic":"compute",
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"disabled_reason":null,
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"report_count":1,
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"forced_down":false,
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"version":2
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}
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},
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"event_type":"service.update",
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"publisher_id":"nova-compute:host1"
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}
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The serialized oslo versionedobject as a payload provides a version number to
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the consumer so the consumer can detect if the structure of the payload is
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changed. Nova provides the following contract regarding the versioned
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notification payload:
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* the payload version defined by the `the nova_object.version` field of the
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payload will be increased if and only if the syntax or the semantics of the
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`nova_object.data` field of the payload is changed.
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* a minor version bump indicates a backward compatible change which means that
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only new fields are added to the payload so a well written consumer can still
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consume the new payload without any change.
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* a major version bump indicates a backward incompatible change of the payload
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which can mean removed fields, type change, etc in the payload.
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There is a Nova configuration parameter `notifications.notification_format`
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that can be used to specify which notifications are emitted by Nova. The
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possible values are `unversioned`, `versioned`, `both` and the default value
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is `both`.
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How to add a new versioned notification
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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To support the above contract from the Nova code every versioned notification
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is modeled with oslo versionedobjects. Every versioned notification class
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shall inherit from the `nova.notifications.objects.base.NotificationBase` which
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already defines three mandatory fields of the notification `event_type`,
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`publisher_id` and `priority`. The new notification class shall add a new field
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`payload` with an appropriate payload type. The payload object of the
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notifications shall inherit from the
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`nova.objects.notifications.base.NotificationPayloadBase` class and shall
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define the fields of the payload as versionedobject fields. The base classes
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are described in the following section.
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The nova.notifications.objects.base module
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..........................................
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.. automodule:: nova.notifications.objects.base
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:noindex:
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:members:
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:show-inheritance:
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Please note that the notification objects shall not be registered to the
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NovaObjectRegistry to avoid mixing nova internal objects with the notification
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objects. Instead of that use the register_notification decorator on every
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concrete notification object.
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The following code example defines the necessary model classes for a new
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notification `myobject.update`::
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@notification.notification_sample('myobject-update.json')
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@object_base.NovaObjectRegistry.register.register_notification
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class MyObjectNotification(notification.NotificationBase):
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# Version 1.0: Initial version
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VERSION = '1.0'
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fields = {
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'payload': fields.ObjectField('MyObjectUpdatePayload')
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}
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@object_base.NovaObjectRegistry.register.register_notification
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class MyObjectUpdatePayload(notification.NotificationPayloadBase):
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# Version 1.0: Initial version
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VERSION = '1.0'
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fields = {
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'some_data': fields.StringField(),
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'another_data': fields.StringField(),
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}
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After that the notification can be populated and emitted with the following
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code::
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payload = MyObjectUpdatePayload(some_data="foo", another_data="bar")
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MyObjectNotification(
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publisher=notification.NotificationPublisher.from_service_obj(
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<nova.objects.service.Service instance that emits the notification>),
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event_type=notification.EventType(
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object='myobject',
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action=fields.NotificationAction.UPDATE),
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priority=fields.NotificationPriority.INFO,
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payload=payload).emit(context)
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The above code will generate the following notification on the wire::
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{
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"priority":"INFO",
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"payload":{
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"nova_object.namespace":"nova",
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"nova_object.name":"MyObjectUpdatePayload",
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"nova_object.version":"1.0",
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"nova_object.data":{
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"some_data":"foo",
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"another_data":"bar",
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}
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},
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"event_type":"myobject.update",
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"publisher_id":"<the name of the service>:<the host where the service runs>"
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}
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There is a possibility to reuse an existing versionedobject as notification
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payload by adding a `SCHEMA` field for the payload class that defines a mapping
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between the fields of existing objects and the fields of the new payload
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object. For example the service.status notification reuses the existing
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`nova.objects.service.Service` object when defines the notification's payload::
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@notification.notification_sample('service-update.json')
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@object_base.NovaObjectRegistry.register.register_notification
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class ServiceStatusNotification(notification.NotificationBase):
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# Version 1.0: Initial version
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VERSION = '1.0'
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fields = {
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'payload': fields.ObjectField('ServiceStatusPayload')
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}
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@object_base.NovaObjectRegistry.register.register_notification
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class ServiceStatusPayload(notification.NotificationPayloadBase):
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SCHEMA = {
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'host': ('service', 'host'),
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'binary': ('service', 'binary'),
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'topic': ('service', 'topic'),
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'report_count': ('service', 'report_count'),
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'disabled': ('service', 'disabled'),
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'disabled_reason': ('service', 'disabled_reason'),
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'availability_zone': ('service', 'availability_zone'),
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'last_seen_up': ('service', 'last_seen_up'),
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'forced_down': ('service', 'forced_down'),
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'version': ('service', 'version')
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}
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# Version 1.0: Initial version
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VERSION = '1.0'
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fields = {
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'host': fields.StringField(nullable=True),
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'binary': fields.StringField(nullable=True),
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'topic': fields.StringField(nullable=True),
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'report_count': fields.IntegerField(),
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'disabled': fields.BooleanField(),
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'disabled_reason': fields.StringField(nullable=True),
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'availability_zone': fields.StringField(nullable=True),
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'last_seen_up': fields.DateTimeField(nullable=True),
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'forced_down': fields.BooleanField(),
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'version': fields.IntegerField(),
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}
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def populate_schema(self, service):
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super(ServiceStatusPayload, self).populate_schema(service=service)
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If the `SCHEMA` field is defined then the payload object needs to be populated
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with the `populate_schema` call before it can be emitted::
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payload = ServiceStatusPayload()
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payload.populate_schema(service=<nova.object.service.Service object>)
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ServiceStatusNotification(
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publisher=notification.NotificationPublisher.from_service_obj(
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<nova.object.service.Service object>),
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event_type=notification.EventType(
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object='service',
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action=fields.NotificationAction.UPDATE),
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priority=fields.NotificationPriority.INFO,
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payload=payload).emit(context)
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The above code will emit the :ref:`already shown notification<service.update>`
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on the wire.
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Every item in the `SCHEMA` has the syntax of::
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<payload field name which needs to be filled>:
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(<name of the parameter of the populate_schema call>,
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<the name of a field of the parameter object>)
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The mapping defined in the `SCHEMA` field has the following semantics. When
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the `populate_schema` function is called the content of the `SCHEMA` field is
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enumerated and the value of the field of the pointed parameter object is copied
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to the requested payload field. So in the above example the `host` field of
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the payload object is populated from the value of the `host` field of the
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`service` object that is passed as a parameter to the `populate_schema` call.
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A notification payload object can reuse fields from multiple existing
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objects. Also a notification can have both new and reused fields in its
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payload.
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Note that the notification's publisher instance can be created two different
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ways. It can be created by instantiating the `NotificationPublisher` object
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with a `host` and a `binary` string parameter or it can be generated from a
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`Service` object by calling `NotificationPublisher.from_service_obj` function.
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Versioned notifications shall have a sample file stored under
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`doc/sample_notifications` directory and the notification object shall be
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decorated with the `notification_sample` decorator. For example the
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`service.update` notification has a sample file stored in
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`doc/sample_notifications/service-update.json` and the
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ServiceUpdateNotification class is decorated accordingly.
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What should be in the notification payload
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This is just a guideline. You should always consider the actual use case that
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requires the notification.
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* Always include the identifier (e.g. uuid) of the entity that can be used to
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query the whole entity over the REST API so that the consumer can get more
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information about the entity.
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* You should consider including those fields that are related to the event
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you are sending the notification about. For example if a change of a field of
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the entity triggers an update notification then you should include the field
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to the payload.
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* An update notification should contain information about what part of the
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entity is changed. Either by filling the nova_object.changes part of the
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payload (note that it is not supported by the notification framework
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currently) or sending both the old state and the new state of the entity in
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the payload.
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* You should never include a nova internal object in the payload. Create a new
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object and use the SCHEMA field to map the internal object to the
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notification payload. This way the evolution of the internal object model
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can be decoupled from the evolution of the notification payload.
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* The delete notification should contain the same information as the create or
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update notifications. This makes it possible for the consumer to listen only to
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the delete notifications but still filter on some fields of the entity
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(e.g. project_id).
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Existing versioned notifications
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.. versioned_notifications::
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.. [1] http://docs.openstack.org/developer/oslo.messaging/notifier.html
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.. [2] http://docs.openstack.org/developer/oslo.versionedobjects
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