> -----Original Message----- > From: Marcus Sorensen [mailto:shadow...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, 18 October 2013 4:28 AM > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: regions > > I'm looking for more information on use cases for regions. I've been through: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/AWS- > Style+Regions+Functional+Spec > [KK] Requirements doc has some info on use cases [1] > And I've set up two management servers as separate regions. From what I can > tell, I'm not sure why I'd want to use it. 1) accounts need to be replicated > manually, and [KK] Account sync need not be manual. Currently it is expected that sync is done outside CS. Either though integrating with directory service or using a portal layer above. Alex Ough started a discussion [2] to use messaging framework to sync account data
2)I can't make an API call to one MS to deploy in another region [KK] AWS also doesn't support making API call to another region. You need select an end_point before making an API call. > (or at least I don't see a documented way to do this). Between those two > limitations, it means I could also set up two standalone management servers > and they'd function the same, aside from the slight UI change of having > another > region listed in the UI. I realize there are GSLB and portable IP features, > but > they're not mentioned in the functional spec.I'm just looking for the > differences from a management perspective and I don't see much. [KK] GSLB spec [3]. EIP spec [4] [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/AWS-Style+Regions [2] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/cloudstack-dev/201310.mbox/browser [3] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/GSLB+%28Global+Server+Load+Balancing%29+Functional+specification+and+Design+Document [4] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/portable+public+IP
