Retry VM creation: Addressed review comments, added unit test.
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/brooklyn-docs/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/brooklyn-docs/commit/59c40217 Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/brooklyn-docs/tree/59c40217 Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/brooklyn-docs/diff/59c40217 Branch: refs/heads/0.6.0 Commit: 59c402174573a953f443a33b533f085b9bb91bc1 Parents: 550f9bb Author: Sam Corbett <[email protected]> Authored: Wed Oct 16 12:52:04 2013 +0100 Committer: Sam Corbett <[email protected]> Committed: Wed Oct 16 12:52:04 2013 +0100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- docs/use/guide/defining-applications/common-usage.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/brooklyn-docs/blob/59c40217/docs/use/guide/defining-applications/common-usage.md ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/docs/use/guide/defining-applications/common-usage.md b/docs/use/guide/defining-applications/common-usage.md index 3444a2e..9009c03 100644 --- a/docs/use/guide/defining-applications/common-usage.md +++ b/docs/use/guide/defining-applications/common-usage.md @@ -114,6 +114,11 @@ The following is supported from the configuration file (with whatever customizat (It is useful in the case of ``loginUser.publicKeyFile``, where you shouldn't need, or might not even have, the private key of the ``root`` user in order to log in.) +- You can specify the number of attempts Brooklyn should make to create + machines with ``machineCreateAttempts`` (jclouds only). This is useful for + working around the rare occasions in which cloud providers give machines that + are dead on arrival. + You can also define named locations for commonly used groups of properties, with the syntax ``brooklyn.location.named.your-group-name.`` followed by the relevant properties. @@ -135,5 +140,6 @@ brooklyn.location.named.company-jungle.privateKeyFile=~/.ssh/public_clouds/compa brooklyn.location.named.company-jungle.imageId=ami-12345 brooklyn.location.named.company-jungle.minRam=2048 brooklyn.location.named.company-jungle.userMetadata=application=my-jungle-app,owner="Bob Johnson" +brooklyn.location.named.company-jungle.machineCreateAttempts=2 {% endhighlight %}
