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The help string for [ipmi]/command_retry_timeout is incorrect. From Sam Betts [1]: so looking at when this option was introduced ... it was originally introduced by the ipminative driver which used it as the timeout for waiting until the power state changed to the requested state. Reading between the lines in the commits that added this option and documentation, the "setting this too low might break things" comment originates from bugs in IPMInative. Later on the IPMItool driver then overloaded this configuration option and changed its meaning by introducing the min_command_interval config option. It continued to be used for the timeout for waiting for requested state, but it also now contributed to the the number of times a IPMItool command would retry retryable errors, which was/is worked out by dividing retry_timeout by min_command_interval. Now IPMInative no longer in tree I think we should clean up some of this information. [1] https://review.openstack.org/#/c/482631/ Change-Id: I8cd8e25a2fb224d477799a2e561573406f9427a9
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Ironic
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 using bifrost. By default, it will use PXE and IPMI to interact with bare metal machines. Ironic also supports vendor-specific plug-ins which may implement additional functionality.
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://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/ironic
- Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ironic
- Wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Ironic
- APIs: https://developer.openstack.org/api-ref/baremetal/index.html
Project status, bugs, and requests for feature enhancements (RFEs) are tracked on Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/ironic
For information on how to contribute to ironic, see https://docs.openstack.org/ironic/latest/contributor