placement: adds REST API for nested providers

Adds a new microversion (1.14) to the placement REST API for supporting
nested resource providers.

For POST /resource_providers and PUT /resource_providers/{uuid}, a new
optional 'parent_provider_uuid' field is added to the request payload.

For GET /resource_providers/{uuid} responses, the
'parent_provider_uuid' field and a convenience field called
'root_provider_uuid' are provided.

For GET /resource_providers, a new '?in_tree=<rp_uuid>' parameter is
supported. This parameter accepts a UUID of a resource provider. This
will cause the resulting list of resource providers to be only the
providers within the same "provider tree" as the provider identified by
<rp_uuid>

Clients for the placement REST API can specify either
'OpenStack-API-Version: placement 1.14' or 'placement latest' to handle
the new 'parent_provider_uuid' attribute and to query for resource
providers in a provider tree.

Change-Id: I4db74e4dc682bc03df6ec94cd1c3a5f5dc927a7b
blueprint: nested-resource-providers
APIImpact

nova/api/openstack/placement/handlers/resource_provider.py

@@ -41,13 +41,30 @@ POST_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_SCHEMA = {
     },
     "required": [
         "name"
-     ],
+    ],
     "additionalProperties": False,
 }
 # Remove uuid to create the schema for PUTting a resource provider
 PUT_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_SCHEMA = copy.deepcopy(POST_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_SCHEMA)
 PUT_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_SCHEMA['properties'].pop('uuid')
 
+# Placement API microversion 1.14 adds an optional parent_provider_uuid field
+# to the POST and PUT request schemas
+POST_RP_SCHEMA_V1_14 = copy.deepcopy(POST_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_SCHEMA)
+POST_RP_SCHEMA_V1_14["properties"]["parent_provider_uuid"] = {
+    "anyOf": [
+        {
+            "type": "string",
+            "format": "uuid",
+        },
+        {
+            "type": "null",
+        }
+    ]
+}
+PUT_RP_SCHEMA_V1_14 = copy.deepcopy(POST_RP_SCHEMA_V1_14)
+PUT_RP_SCHEMA_V1_14['properties'].pop('uuid')
+
 # Represents the allowed query string parameters to the GET /resource_providers
 # API call
 GET_RPS_SCHEMA_1_0 = {
@@ -80,6 +97,17 @@ GET_RPS_SCHEMA_1_4['properties']['resources'] = {
     "type": "string"
 }
 
+# Placement API microversion 1.14 adds support for requesting resource
+# providers within a tree of providers. The 'in_tree' query string parameter
+# should be the UUID of a resource provider. The result of the GET call will
+# include only those resource providers in the same "provider tree" as the
+# provider with the UUID represented by 'in_tree'
+GET_RPS_SCHEMA_1_14 = copy.deepcopy(GET_RPS_SCHEMA_1_4)
+GET_RPS_SCHEMA_1_14['properties']['in_tree'] = {
+    "type": "string",
+    "format": "uuid",
+}
+
 
 def _serialize_links(environ, resource_provider):
     url = util.resource_provider_url(environ, resource_provider)
@@ -97,20 +125,23 @@ def _serialize_links(environ, resource_provider):
     return links
 
 
-def _serialize_provider(environ, resource_provider):
+def _serialize_provider(environ, resource_provider, want_version):
     data = {
         'uuid': resource_provider.uuid,
         'name': resource_provider.name,
         'generation': resource_provider.generation,
         'links': _serialize_links(environ, resource_provider)
     }
+    if want_version.matches((1, 14)):
+        data['parent_provider_uuid'] = resource_provider.parent_provider_uuid
+        data['root_provider_uuid'] = resource_provider.root_provider_uuid
     return data
 
 
-def _serialize_providers(environ, resource_providers):
+def _serialize_providers(environ, resource_providers, want_version):
     output = []
     for provider in resource_providers:
-        provider_data = _serialize_provider(environ, provider)
+        provider_data = _serialize_provider(environ, provider, want_version)
         output.append(provider_data)
     return {"resource_providers": output}
 
@@ -124,12 +155,15 @@ def create_resource_provider(req):
     header pointing to the newly created resource provider.
     """
     context = req.environ['placement.context']
-    data = util.extract_json(req.body, POST_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_SCHEMA)
+    schema = POST_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_SCHEMA
+    want_version = req.environ[microversion.MICROVERSION_ENVIRON]
+    if want_version.matches((1, 14)):
+        schema = POST_RP_SCHEMA_V1_14
+    data = util.extract_json(req.body, schema)
 
     try:
-        uuid = data.get('uuid', uuidutils.generate_uuid())
+        uuid = data.setdefault('uuid', uuidutils.generate_uuid())
-        resource_provider = rp_obj.ResourceProvider(
+        resource_provider = rp_obj.ResourceProvider(context, **data)
-            context, name=data['name'], uuid=uuid)
         resource_provider.create()
     except db_exc.DBDuplicateEntry as exc:
         # Whether exc.columns has one or two entries (in the event
@@ -192,8 +226,9 @@ def get_resource_provider(req):
     resource_provider = rp_obj.ResourceProvider.get_by_uuid(
         context, uuid)
 
+    want_version = req.environ[microversion.MICROVERSION_ENVIRON]
     req.response.body = encodeutils.to_utf8(jsonutils.dumps(
-        _serialize_provider(req.environ, resource_provider)))
+        _serialize_provider(req.environ, resource_provider, want_version)))
     req.response.content_type = 'application/json'
     return req.response
 
@@ -210,15 +245,17 @@ def list_resource_providers(req):
     want_version = req.environ[microversion.MICROVERSION_ENVIRON]
 
     schema = GET_RPS_SCHEMA_1_0
-    if want_version == (1, 3):
+    if want_version.matches((1, 14)):
-        schema = GET_RPS_SCHEMA_1_3
+        schema = GET_RPS_SCHEMA_1_14
-    if want_version >= (1, 4):
+    elif want_version.matches((1, 4)):
         schema = GET_RPS_SCHEMA_1_4
+    elif want_version.matches((1, 3)):
+        schema = GET_RPS_SCHEMA_1_3
 
     util.validate_query_params(req, schema)
 
     filters = {}
-    for attr in ['uuid', 'name', 'member_of']:
+    for attr in ['uuid', 'name', 'member_of', 'in_tree']:
         if attr in req.GET:
             value = req.GET[attr]
             # special case member_of to always make its value a
@@ -250,8 +287,8 @@ def list_resource_providers(req):
             {'error': exc})
 
     response = req.response
-    response.body = encodeutils.to_utf8(
+    response.body = encodeutils.to_utf8(jsonutils.dumps(
-        jsonutils.dumps(_serialize_providers(req.environ, resource_providers)))
+        _serialize_providers(req.environ, resource_providers, want_version)))
     response.content_type = 'application/json'
     return response
 
@@ -271,9 +308,16 @@ def update_resource_provider(req):
     resource_provider = rp_obj.ResourceProvider.get_by_uuid(
         context, uuid)
 
-    data = util.extract_json(req.body, PUT_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_SCHEMA)
+    schema = PUT_RESOURCE_PROVIDER_SCHEMA
+    want_version = req.environ[microversion.MICROVERSION_ENVIRON]
+    if want_version.matches((1, 14)):
+        schema = PUT_RP_SCHEMA_V1_14
 
-    resource_provider.name = data['name']
+    data = util.extract_json(req.body, schema)
+
+    for field in rp_obj.ResourceProvider.SETTABLE_FIELDS:
+        if field in data:
+            setattr(resource_provider, field, data[field])
 
     try:
         resource_provider.save()
@@ -287,7 +331,7 @@ def update_resource_provider(req):
             {'rp_uuid': uuid, 'error': exc})
 
     req.response.body = encodeutils.to_utf8(jsonutils.dumps(
-        _serialize_provider(req.environ, resource_provider)))
+        _serialize_provider(req.environ, resource_provider, want_version)))
     req.response.status = 200
     req.response.content_type = 'application/json'
     return req.response

nova/api/openstack/placement/microversion.py

@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ VERSIONS = [
              # as GET. The 'allocation_requests' format in GET
              # /allocation_candidates is updated to be the same as well.
     '1.13',  # Adds POST /allocations to set allocations for multiple consumers
+             # as GET
+    '1.14',  # Adds parent and root provider UUID on resource provider
+             # representation and 'in_tree' filter on GET /resource_providers
 ]
 
 

nova/api/openstack/placement/rest_api_version_history.rst

@@ -178,3 +178,22 @@ with the new `PUT` format.
 
 Version 1.13 gives the ability to set or clear allocations for more than
 one consumer uuid with a request to ``POST /allocations``.
+
+1.14 Add nested resource providers
+----------------------------------
+
+The 1.14 version introduces the concept of nested resource providers. The
+resource provider resource now contains two new attributes:
+
+* ``parent_provider_uuid`` indicates the provider's direct parent, or null if
+  there is no parent. This attribute can be set in the call to ``POST
+  /resource_providers`` and ``PUT /resource_providers/{uuid}`` if the attribute
+  has not already been set to a non-NULL value (i.e. we do not support
+  "reparenting" a provider)
+* ``root_provider_uuid`` indicates the UUID of the root resource provider in
+  the provider's tree. This is a read-only attribute
+
+A new ``in_tree=<UUID>`` parameter is now available in the ``GET
+/resource-providers`` API call. Supplying a UUID value for the ``in_tree``
+parameter will cause all resource providers within the "provider tree" of the
+provider matching ``<UUID>`` to be returned.

nova/tests/functional/api/openstack/placement/fixtures.py

@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ class APIFixture(fixture.GabbiFixture):
         os.environ['INSTANCE_UUID'] = uuidutils.generate_uuid()
         os.environ['MIGRATION_UUID'] = uuidutils.generate_uuid()
         os.environ['CONSUMER_UUID'] = uuidutils.generate_uuid()
+        os.environ['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID'] = uuidutils.generate_uuid()
+        os.environ['ALT_PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID'] = uuidutils.generate_uuid()
 
     def stop_fixture(self):
         self.api_db_fixture.cleanup()

nova/tests/functional/api/openstack/placement/gabbits/microversion.yaml

@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ tests:
   response_json_paths:
       $.errors[0].title: Not Acceptable
 
-- name: latest microversion is 1.13
+- name: latest microversion is 1.14
   GET: /
   request_headers:
       openstack-api-version: placement latest
   response_headers:
       vary: /OpenStack-API-Version/
-      openstack-api-version: placement 1.13
+      openstack-api-version: placement 1.14
 
 - name: other accept header bad version
   GET: /

nova/tests/functional/api/openstack/placement/gabbits/resource-provider.yaml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ defaults:
     request_headers:
         x-auth-token: admin
         accept: application/json
+        openstack-api-version: placement latest
 
 tests:
 
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ tests:
   response_json_paths:
       $.uuid: $ENVIRON['RP_UUID']
       $.name: $ENVIRON['RP_NAME']
+      $.parent_provider_uuid: null
       $.generation: 0
       $.links[?rel = "self"].href: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']
       $.links[?rel = "inventories"].href: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']/inventories
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ tests:
       $.resource_providers[0].uuid: $ENVIRON['RP_UUID']
       $.resource_providers[0].name: $ENVIRON['RP_NAME']
       $.resource_providers[0].generation: 0
+      $.resource_providers[0].parent_provider_uuid: null
       $.resource_providers[0].links[?rel = "self"].href: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']
       $.resource_providers[0].links[?rel = "inventories"].href: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']/inventories
       $.resource_providers[0].links[?rel = "usages"].href: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']/usages
@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@ tests:
       $.resource_providers[0].links[?rel = "inventories"].href: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']/inventories
       $.resource_providers[0].links[?rel = "usages"].href: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']/usages
 
-- name: update a resource provider
+- name: update a resource provider's name
   PUT: /resource_providers/$RESPONSE['$.resource_providers[0].uuid']
   request_headers:
       content-type: application/json
@@ -208,6 +211,174 @@ tests:
   response_json_paths:
       $.errors[0].title: Bad Request
 
+# This section of tests validate nested resource provider relationships and
+# constraints. We attempt to set the parent provider UUID for the primary
+# resource provider to a UUID value of a provider we have not yet created and
+# expect a failure. We then create that parent provider record and attempt to
+# set the same parent provider UUID without also setting the root provider UUID
+# to the same value, with an expected failure. Finally, we set the primary
+# provider's root AND parent to the new provider UUID and verify success.
+
+- name: test POST microversion limits nested providers
+  POST: /resource_providers
+  request_headers:
+      openstack-api-version: placement 1.13
+      content-type: application/json
+  data:
+      name: child
+      parent_provider_uuid: $ENVIRON['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+  status: 400
+  response_strings:
+      - 'JSON does not validate'
+
+- name: test PUT microversion limits nested providers
+  PUT: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']
+  request_headers:
+      openstack-api-version: placement 1.13
+      content-type: application/json
+  data:
+      name: child
+      parent_provider_uuid: $ENVIRON['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+  status: 400
+  response_strings:
+      - 'JSON does not validate'
+
+- name: fail trying to set a root provider UUID
+  PUT: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']
+  request_headers:
+      content-type: application/json
+  data:
+      root_provider_uuid: $ENVIRON['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+  status: 400
+  response_strings:
+      - 'JSON does not validate'
+
+- name: fail trying to self-parent
+  POST: /resource_providers
+  request_headers:
+      content-type: application/json
+  data:
+      name: child
+      uuid: $ENVIRON['ALT_PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+      parent_provider_uuid: $ENVIRON['ALT_PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+  status: 400
+  response_strings:
+      - 'parent provider UUID cannot be same as UUID'
+
+- name: update a parent provider UUID to non-existing provider
+  PUT: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']
+  request_headers:
+      content-type: application/json
+  data:
+      name: parent
+      parent_provider_uuid: $ENVIRON['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+  status: 400
+  response_strings:
+      - 'parent provider UUID does not exist'
+
+- name: now create the parent provider
+  POST: /resource_providers
+  request_headers:
+      content-type: application/json
+  data:
+      name: parent
+      uuid: $ENVIRON['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+  status: 201
+
+- name: get provider with old microversion no root provider UUID field
+  GET: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+  request_headers:
+      openstack-api-version: placement 1.13
+      content-type: application/json
+  response_json_paths:
+      $.`len`: 4
+      name: parent
+  status: 200
+
+- name: get provider has root provider UUID field
+  GET: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+  request_headers:
+      content-type: application/json
+  response_json_paths:
+      $.`len`: 6
+      name: parent
+      root_provider_uuid: $ENVIRON['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+      parent_provider_uuid: null
+  status: 200
+
+- name: update a parent
+  PUT: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']
+  request_headers:
+      content-type: application/json
+  data:
+      name: child
+      parent_provider_uuid: $ENVIRON['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+  status: 200
+
+- name: get provider has new parent and root provider UUID field
+  GET: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']
+  request_headers:
+      content-type: application/json
+  response_json_paths:
+      name: child
+      root_provider_uuid: $ENVIRON['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+      parent_provider_uuid: $ENVIRON['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+  status: 200
+
+- name: fail trying to un-parent
+  PUT: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']
+  request_headers:
+      content-type: application/json
+  data:
+      name: child
+      parent_provider_uuid: null
+  status: 400
+  response_strings:
+      - 'un-parenting a provider is not currently allowed'
+
+- name: list all resource providers in a tree that does not exist
+  GET: /resource_providers?in_tree=$ENVIRON['ALT_PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+  response_json_paths:
+      $.resource_providers.`len`: 0
+
+- name: list all resource providers in a tree with multiple providers in tree
+  GET: /resource_providers?in_tree=$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']
+  response_json_paths:
+      $.resource_providers.`len`: 2
+      # Verify that we have both the parent and child in the list
+      $.resource_providers[?uuid="$ENVIRON['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']"].root_provider_uuid: $ENVIRON['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+      $.resource_providers[?uuid="$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']"].root_provider_uuid: $ENVIRON['PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+
+- name: create a new parent provider
+  POST: /resource_providers
+  request_headers:
+    content-type: application/json
+  data:
+      name: altwparent
+      uuid: $ENVIRON['ALT_PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+  status: 201
+  response_headers:
+      location: //resource_providers/[a-f0-9-]+/
+  response_forbidden_headers:
+      - content-type
+
+- name: list all resource providers in a tree
+  GET: /resource_providers?in_tree=$ENVIRON['ALT_PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+  response_json_paths:
+      $.resource_providers.`len`: 1
+      $.resource_providers[?uuid="$ENVIRON['ALT_PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']"].root_provider_uuid: $ENVIRON['ALT_PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+
+- name: fail trying to re-parent to a different provider
+  PUT: /resource_providers/$ENVIRON['RP_UUID']
+  request_headers:
+      content-type: application/json
+  data:
+      name: child
+      parent_provider_uuid: $ENVIRON['ALT_PARENT_PROVIDER_UUID']
+  status: 400
+  response_strings:
+      - 're-parenting a provider is not currently allowed'
+
 - name: create a new provider
   POST: /resource_providers
   request_headers:
@@ -221,7 +392,7 @@ tests:
   request_headers:
       content-type: application/json
   data:
-      name: new name
+      name: child
   status: 409
   response_json_paths:
       $.errors[0].title: Conflict

placement-api-ref/source/create-resource_providers-request.json

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
     "name": "NFS Share",
-    "uuid": "7d2590ae-fb85-4080-9306-058b4c915e3f"
+    "uuid": "7d2590ae-fb85-4080-9306-058b4c915e3f",
+    "parent_provider_uuid": "542df8ed-9be2-49b9-b4db-6d3183ff8ec8"
 }

placement-api-ref/source/get-resource_provider.json

@@ -27,5 +27,7 @@
         }
     ],
     "name": "Ceph Storage Pool",
-    "uuid": "3b4005be-d64b-456f-ba36-0ffd02718868"
+    "uuid": "3b4005be-d64b-456f-ba36-0ffd02718868",
+    "parent_provider_uuid": "542df8ed-9be2-49b9-b4db-6d3183ff8ec8",
+    "root_provider_uuid": "542df8ed-9be2-49b9-b4db-6d3183ff8ec8"
 }

placement-api-ref/source/get-resource_providers.json

@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@
           "rel": "allocations"
         }
       ],
-      "name": "vgr.localdomain"
+      "name": "vgr.localdomain",
+      "parent_provider_uuid": "542df8ed-9be2-49b9-b4db-6d3183ff8ec8",
+      "root_provider_uuid": "542df8ed-9be2-49b9-b4db-6d3183ff8ec8"
     },
     {
       "generation": 2,
@@ -60,7 +62,9 @@
           "rel": "allocations"
         }
       ],
-      "name": "pony1"
+      "name": "pony1",
+      "parent_provider_uuid": null,
+      "root_provider_uuid": "d0b381e9-8761-42de-8e6c-bba99a96d5f5"
     }
   ]
 }

placement-api-ref/source/parameters.yaml

@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ resource_provider_name_query:
   required: false
   description: >
     The name of a resource provider to filter the list.
+resource_provider_tree_query:
+  type: string
+  in: query
+  required: false
+  description: >
+    A UUID of a resource provider. The returned resource providers will be in
+    the same "provider tree" as the specified provider.
+  min_version: 1.14
 resource_provider_uuid_query:
   <<: *resource_provider_uuid_path
   in: query
@@ -290,6 +298,34 @@ resource_provider_object:
   required: true
   description: >
     A dictionary which contains the UUID of the resource provider.
+resource_provider_parent_provider_uuid:
+  type: string
+  in: body
+  required: false
+  description: >
+    The UUID of the immediate parent of the resource provider.
+  min_version: 1.14
+resource_provider_parent_provider_uuid_required:
+  type: string
+  in: body
+  required: true
+  description: >
+    The UUID of the immediate parent of the resource provider.
+  min_version: 1.14
+resource_provider_root_provider_uuid:
+  type: string
+  in: body
+  required: false
+  description: >
+    Read-only UUID of the top-most provider in this provider tree.
+  min_version: 1.14
+resource_provider_root_provider_uuid_required:
+  type: string
+  in: body
+  required: true
+  description: >
+    Read-only UUID of the top-most provider in this provider tree.
+  min_version: 1.14
 resource_provider_usages:
   type: object
   in: body

placement-api-ref/source/resource_provider.inc

@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ Response
   - uuid: resource_provider_uuid
   - links: resource_provider_links
   - name: resource_provider_name
-
+  - parent_provider_uuid: resource_provider_parent_provider_uuid_required
+  - root_provider_uuid: resource_provider_root_provider_uuid_required
 
 Response Example
 ----------------
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ Request
 
   - uuid: resource_provider_uuid_path
   - name: resource_provider_name
+  - parent_provider_uuid: resource_provider_parent_provider_uuid
 
 Request example
 ---------------
@@ -79,6 +81,8 @@ Response
   - uuid: resource_provider_uuid
   - links: resource_provider_links
   - name: resource_provider_name
+  - parent_provider_uuid: resource_provider_parent_provider_uuid_required
+  - root_provider_uuid: resource_provider_root_provider_uuid_required
 
 Response Example
 ----------------

placement-api-ref/source/resource_providers.inc

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ of all filters are merged with a boolean `AND`.
   - uuid: resource_provider_uuid_query
   - member_of: member_of
   - resources: resources_query
+  - in_tree: resource_provider_tree_query
 
 Response
 --------
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ Response
   - uuid: resource_provider_uuid
   - links: resource_provider_links
   - name: resource_provider_name
-
+  - parent_provider_uuid: resource_provider_parent_provider_uuid
+  - root_provider_uuid: resource_provider_root_provider_uuid
 
 Response Example
 ----------------
@@ -69,6 +71,8 @@ Request
 
   - name: resource_provider_name
   - uuid: resource_provider_uuid_opt
+  - parent_provider_uuid: resource_provider_parent_provider_uuid
+  - root_provider_uuid: resource_provider_root_provider_uuid
 
 Request example
 ---------------

placement-api-ref/source/update-resource_provider-request.json

@@ -1 +1,4 @@
- {"name": "Shared storage"}
+ {
+     "name": "Shared storage",
+     "parent_provider_uuid": "542df8ed-9be2-49b9-b4db-6d3183ff8ec8"
+ }

releasenotes/notes/placement-rest-api-nested-resource-providers-552a923a96d7adca.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+features:
+  - New placement REST API microversion 1.14 is added to support nested
+    resource providers. Users of the placement REST API can now pass a
+    ``in_tree=<UUID>`` parameter to the ``GET /resource_providers`` REST API
+    call.  This will trigger the placement service to return all resource
+    provider records within the "provider tree" of the resource provider with
+    the supplied UUID value. The resource provider representation now includes
+    a ``parent_provider_uuid`` value that indicates the UUID of the immediate
+    parent resource provider, or ``null`` if the provider has no parent. For
+    convenience, the resource provider resource also contains a
+    ``root_provider_uuid`` field that is populated with the UUID of the
+    top-most resource provider in the provider tree.