Hi Lahiru, It looks like there's some good info here [1]. However, as a first step, I was wondering whether we should add a note to the wiki to recommend not using the memory consumption or load average parameters for docker/lxc guests [2]?
Cheers, Chris --- [1] http://blog.docker.io/2013/10/gathering-lxc-docker-containers-metrics/ [2 https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/STRATOS/4.0.0+Auto-scaling+Guide#id-4.0.0Auto-scalingGuide-memoryConsumptio On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 1:24 PM, Lahiru Sandaruwan <lahi...@wso2.com> wrote: > Hi Chis. > > > On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 5:27 PM, chris snow <chsnow...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Guys, >> >> I noticed on my stratos+openstack+docker installation that stratos was >> getting into a cycle trying to spawn new instances. >> >> I think this is because load average (and probably memory consumption) >> on lxc/docker instances is the same value as for the host [1]. >> >> Question: Am I correct in thinking that load average and memory >> consumption autoscaling parameters aren't a good idea for docker >> guests? > > > Is there a way to find out the load average and memory consumption of the > guest? > > I think the proper solution is to customize/fix Cartridge agent find out > relevant values in these type of environments and publish stats to CEP. > > Thanks. >> >> >> Many thanks, >> >> Chris >> >> --- >> [1] >> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/132021/is-a-lxc-docker-guest-load-average-the-same-as-the-hosts-load-average > > > > > -- > -- > Lahiru Sandaruwan > Committer and PMC member, Apache Stratos, > Senior Software Engineer, > WSO2 Inc., http://wso2.com > lean.enterprise.middleware > > email: lahi...@wso2.com cell: (+94) 773 325 954 > blog: http://lahiruwrites.blogspot.com/ > twitter: http://twitter.com/lahirus > linked-in: http://lk.linkedin.com/pub/lahiru-sandaruwan/16/153/146 > -- Check out my professional profile and connect with me on LinkedIn. http://lnkd.in/cw5k69
