kolla-ansible/doc/source/contributor/kolla-for-openstack-development.rst
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[1] https://docs.openstack.org/doc-contrib-guide/

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Using Kolla For OpenStack Development
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Kolla-ansible can be used to deploy containers in a way suitable for doing
development on OpenStack services.
.. note::
This functionality is new in the Pike release.
Heat was the first service to be supported, and so the following will use
submitting a patch to Heat using Kolla as an example.
Only source containers are supported.
.. warning::
Kolla dev mode is intended for OpenStack hacking or development only.
Do not use this in production!
Enabling Kolla "dev mode"
-------------------------
To enable dev mode for all supported services, set in
``/etc/kolla/globals.yml``:
.. path /etc/kolla/globals.yml
.. code-block:: none
kolla_dev_mode: true
.. end
To enable it just for heat, set:
.. path /etc/kolla/globals.yml
.. code-block:: none
heat_dev_mode: true
.. end
Usage
-----
When enabled, the source repo for the service in question will be cloned under
``/opt/stack/`` on the target node(s). This will be bind mounted into the
container's virtualenv under the location expected by the service on startup.
After making code changes, simply restart the container to pick them up:
.. code-block:: console
docker restart heat_api
.. end
Debugging
---------
``remote_pdb`` can be used to perform debugging with Kolla containers. First,
make sure it is installed in the container in question:
.. code-block:: console
docker exec -it -u root heat_api pip install remote_pdb
.. end
Then, set your breakpoint as follows:
.. code-block:: none
from remote_pdb import RemotePdb
RemotePdb('127.0.0.1', 4444).set_trace()
.. end
Once you run the code(restart the container), pdb can be accessed using
``socat``:
.. code-block:: console
socat readline tcp:127.0.0.1:4444
.. end
Learn more information about `remote_pdb
<https://pypi.python.org/pypi/remote-pdb>`_.