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Vitrage Templates Format
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Overview
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In Vitrage we use configuration files, called "templates", to express rules regarding raising deduced alarms, setting deduced states, and detecting/setting RCA links.
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This page describes the format of the Vitrage templates, with some examples and open questions on extending this format.
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Template Structure
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The template is written in YAML language, with the following structure.
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::
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metadata: ...
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definitions:
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entities:
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- entity: ...
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- entity: ...
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relationships:
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- relationship: ...
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- relationship: ...
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scenarios:
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scenario:
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condition: <if statement true do the action>
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actions:
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- action: ...
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The template is divided into three main sections:
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- *Metadata:* Contains the template ID, and list of search words/tags to help with future indexing (optional)
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- *Definitions:* This section contains the atomic definitions referenced later on, for entities and relationships
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- *Entities –* describes the resources and alarms which are relevant to the template scenario (conceptually, corresponds to a vertex in the entity graph)
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- *Relationships –* the relationships between the entities (conceptually, corresponds to an edge in the entity graph)
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- *Scenarios:* A list of if-then scenarios to consider. Each scenario is comprised of:
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- *Condition –* the condition to be met. This condition will be phrased using the entities and relationships previously defined.
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- *Actions –* an action list to execute when the condition is met
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Condition Format
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The condition which needs to be met will be phrased using the entities and relationships previously defined. An expression is some logical combination of entities and relationships.
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Expression can be combined using the following logical operators:
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- "and" - indicates both expressions must be satisfied in order for the condition to be met.
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- "or" - indicates at least one expression must be satisfied in order for the condition to be met (non-exclusive or).
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- "not" - indicates the following expression must not be satisfied in order for the condition to be met.
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- parentheses "()" - clause indicating the scope of an expression.
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The following are examples of valid expressions, where X, Y and Z are relationships:
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- X
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- X and Y
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- X and Y and Z
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- X and not Y
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- X and not (Y or Z)
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- X and not X
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**NOTE:** Most templates will require only the "and" operator, which will be the first operator supported for Mitaka.
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Examples
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Example 1: Basic RCA and Deduced Alarm/State
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--------------------------------------------
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The following template demonstrates
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1. How to raise a deduced alarm. Specifically, if there is high CPU load on a host, raise alarm indicating CPU performance problems on contained instances.
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2. How to link alarms for purposes of root cause analysis (RCA). Specifically, if there is high CPU load on the host and CPU performance problems on the hosted instances, we link them with a "causes" relationship.
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3. How to use a single template for several different scenarios.
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::
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metadata:
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id=host_high_cpu_load_to_instance_cpu_suboptimal
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definitions:
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entities:
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- entity:
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category: ALARM
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type: HOST_HIGH_CPU_LOAD
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template_id: 1
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- entity:
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category: ALARM
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type: INSTANCE_CPU_SUBOPTIMAL_PERFORMANCE
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template_id: 2
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- entity:
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category: RESOURCE
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type: HOST
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template_id: 3
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- entity:
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category: RESOURCE
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type: INSTANCE
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template_id: 4
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relationships:
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- relationship:
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source: 1
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target: 3
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relationship_type: on
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template_id : alarm_on_host
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- relationship:
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source: 2
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target: 4
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relationship_type: on
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template_id : alarm_on_instance
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- relationship:
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source: 3
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target: 4
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relationship_type: contains
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template_id : host_contains_instance
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scenarios:
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scenario:
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condition: alarm_on_host and host_contains_instance
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actions:
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- action:
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action_type: raise_alarm
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properties:
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alarm_type: INSTANCE_CPU_SUBOPTIMAL_PERFORMANCE
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action_target:
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target: 4
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- action:
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action_type: set_state
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properties:
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state: SUBOPTIMAL
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action_target:
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target: 4
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scenario:
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condition: alarm_on_host and alarm_on_instance and host_contains_instance
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actions:
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- action:
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type: add_causal_relationship
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action_target:
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source: 1
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target: 2
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Example 2: Deduced state based on alarm
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The following template will change the state of a resource to "ERROR" if there is any alarm of severity "HIGH" on it. Also note that entity ids can be strings as well.
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::
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metadata:
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id=deduced_state_for_all_with_alarm
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definitions:
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entities:
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- entity:
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category: RESOURCE
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template_id: a_resource # entity ids are any string
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- entity:
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category: ALARM
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severity: HIGH
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template_id: high_alarm # entity ids are any string
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relationships:
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- relationship:
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source: high_alarm
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target: a_resource
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relationship_type: on
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template_id : high_alarm_on_resource
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scenarios:
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scenario:
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condition: high_alarm_on_resource
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actions:
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- action:
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action_type : set_state
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properties:
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state: ERROR
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action_target:
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target: a_resource
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Example 3: Deduced alarm based on state
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This template will cause an alarm to be raised on any Host in state "ERROR"
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Note that in this template, there are no relationships. The condition is just that the entity exists.
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::
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metadata:
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id=deduced_alarm_for_all_host_in_error
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definitions:
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entities:
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- entity:
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category: RESOURCE
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type: HOST
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state: ERROR
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template_id: 1
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scenarios:
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scenario:
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condition: 1
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actions:
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- action:
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action_type: raise_alarm
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properties:
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alarm_type: HOST_IN_ERROR_STATE
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action_target:
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target: 1
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Example 4: Deduced Alarm triggered by several options
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This template will raise a deduced alarm on an instance, which can be caused by an alarm on the hosting zone or an alarm on the hosting host.
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::
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metadata:
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id=deduced_alarm_two_possibile_triggers
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definitions:
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entities:
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- entity:
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category: ALARM
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Type: ZONE_CONNECTIVITY_PROBLEM
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template_id: 1
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- entity:
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category: ALARM
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Type: HOST_CONNECTIVITY_PROBLEM
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template_id: 2
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- entity:
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category: RESOURCE
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type: ZONE
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template_id: 3
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- entity:
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category: RESOURCE
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type: HOST
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template_id: 4
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- entity:
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category: RESOURCE
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type: INSTANCE
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template_id: 5
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relationships:
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- relationship:
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source: 1
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target: 3
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relationship_type: on
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template_id : alarm_on_zone
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- relationship:
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source: 2
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target: 4
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relationship_type: on
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template_id : alarm_on_host
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- relationship:
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source: 3
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target: 4
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relationship_type: contains
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template_id : zone_contains_host
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- relationship:
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source: 4
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target: 5
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relationship_type: contains
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template_id : host_contains_instance
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scenarios:
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scenario:
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condition: (alarm_on_host and host_contains_instance) or (alarm_on_zone and zone_contains_host and host_contains_instance)
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actions:
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- action:
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action_type : raise_alarm
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properties:
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alarm_type: INSTANCE_CONNECTIVITY_PROBLEM
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action_target:
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target: 5
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Open Issues / TBD
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=================
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Inequality
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Consider a template that has two entities of the same category+type, say E1 and E2 both are instances like this:
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::
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metadata:
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id=two_similar_instances
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definitions:
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entities:
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- entity:
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category: RESOURCE
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type: HOST
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template_id: host
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- entity:
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category: RESOURCE
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type: INSTANCE
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template_id: instance1
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- entity:
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category: RESOURCE
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type: INSTANCE
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template_id: instance2
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...
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relationships:
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- relationship:
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source: host
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target: instance1
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relationship_type: contains
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template_id: link1
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- relationship:
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source: host
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target: instance2
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relationship_type: contains
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template_id: link2
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...
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There are three options of how to interpret this template:
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- *instance1 == instance2.* This option is not a reasonable one, as in this case the template can be written with only *instance1*
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- *instance1 != instance2.*
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- *instance1 != instance2 or instance1 == instance2.* In other words, either option is fine.
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Thus, we need a way to distinguish between options 2 & 3 (as option 1 can be expressed by using only instance1). This can be done in two ways:
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1. Introducing another logical operator "neq", to be used between expressions:
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::
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condition: (instance1 neq instance2) and...
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2. Using this as a relationship type "neq":
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::
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relationship:
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source: instance1
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target: instance2
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relationship_type: neq
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Cardinality
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To support cardinality, for example to express we want a host to have two instances on it, we could take different approaches.
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1. One approach would rely on the "neq" relationship described above. Similar to the example given in the previous section, stating that the two instances on the host are not equal is equivalent to a cardinality of two.
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2. A different approach would be to expand the definition of the "relationship" clause. By default cardinality=1 (which will support backward compatibility)
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For example, we might use the one of the following formats
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- relationship: # option A
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source: host
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target: instance
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target_cardinality: 2 # means there are two instances, but only one host
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relationship_type: contains
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template_id: host_contains_two_instances_A
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- relationship: # option B, same meaning as option A but split into two lines
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source: host
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target: instance
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cardinality_for: instance
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cardinality: 2
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relationship_type: contains
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template_id: host_contains_two_instances_B
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