ironic/doc/source/dev/states.rst
Joshua Harlow 27d9f8b1d3 Add state machine to documentation
Since we can now generate the state machine that ironic
uses using the tools/states_to_dot.py generator we can
now build it and include it in the documentation for others
to view.

Change-Id: I4ffc298d0708cbac2573e1e2aee2d73836c27a80
2015-01-12 17:05:39 -08:00

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.. _states:
======================
Ironic's State Machine
======================
The diagram below shows the states that an Ironic node goes through during the
lifetime of a node. The diagram also depicts the events that transition
the node to different states.
.. figure:: ../images/states.png
:width: 660px
:align: left
:alt: Ironic state transitions
.. note::
For more information about the states, see the specification located at
`ironic-state-machine`_.
.. _ironic-state-machine: http://specs.openstack.org/openstack/ironic-specs/specs/kilo/new-ironic-state-machine.html