Multi-region application

Since Newton release, Murano supports multi-region application deployment. All MuranoPL resource classes are inherited from the io.murano.CloudResource class. An application developer can set a custom region for CloudResource subclasses deployment.

Set a region for resources

To set a region for resources:

1. Specify a region for CloudResource subclasses deployment through the regionName property. For example:

   Application:
     ?:
       type: com.example.apache.ApacheHttpServer
     enablePHP: $.appConfiguration.enablePHP
   
     ...
   
     instance:
       ?:
         type: io.murano.resources.LinuxMuranoInstance
       regionName: 'CustomRegion'
   
       ...
   

2. Retrieve io.murano.CloudRegion objects:

   $region: $.instance.getRegion()
   $regionName: $region.name
   $regionLocalStack: $region.stack
   $regionDefaultNetworks: $region.defaultNetworks
   

As a result, all region-local properties are moved from the io.murano.Environment class to the new Class: CloudRegion class. For backward compatibility, the io.murano.Environment class stores region-specific properties of default region, except the defaultNetworks in its own properties. The Environment::defaultNetworks property contains templates for the CloudRegion::defaultNetworks property.

Through current UI, you cannot select networks, flavor, images and availability zone from a non-default region. We suggest using regular text fields to specify region-local resources.

Networking and multi-region applications

By default, each region has its own separate network. To ensure connectivity between the networks, create and configure networks in regions before deploying the application and use io.murano.resources.ExistingNeutronNetwork to connect the instance to an existing network. Example:

Application:
  ?:
    type: application.fully.qualified.Name

  ...

  instance_in_region1:
    ?:
      type: io.murano.resources.LinuxMuranoInstance
    regionName: 'CustomRegion1'
    networks:
      useEnvironmentNetwork: false
      useFlatNetwork: false
      customNetworks:
        - ?:
            type: io.murano.resources.ExistingNeutronNetwork
          regionName: 'CustomRegion1'
          internalNetworkName: 'internalNetworkNameInCustomRegion1'
          internalSubnetworkName: 'internalSubNetNameInCustomRegion1'

  instance_in_region2:
    ?:
      type: io.murano.resources.LinuxMuranoInstance
    regionName: 'CustomRegion2'
    networks:
      useEnvironmentNetwork: false
      useFlatNetwork: false
      customNetworks:
        - ?:
            type: io.murano.resources.ExistingNeutronNetwork
          regionName: 'CustomRegion2'
          internalNetworkName: 'internalNetworkNameInCustomRegion2'
          internalSubnetworkName: 'internalSubNetNameInCustomRegion2'

    ...

Also, you can configure networks with the same name and use a template for the region networks. That is, describe io.murano.resources.ExistingNeutronNetwork only once and assign it to the Environment::defaultNetworks::environment property. The environment will create Network objects for regions from the ExistingNeutronNetwork template. Example:

OS_REGION_NAME="RegionOne" openstack network create <NETWORK-NAME>
OS_REGION_NAME="RegionTwo" openstack network create <NETWORK-NAME>

# configure subnets
#...

# add ExistingNeutronNetwork to environment object model
murano environment-create --join-net-id <NETWORK-NAME> <ENV_NAME>

# also it is possible to specify subnet from <NETWORK-NAME>
murano environment-create --join-net-id <NETWORK-NAME> --join-subnet-id <SUBNET_NAME> <ENV_NAME>

Additionally, consider the [networking] section in the configuration file. Currently, [networking] settings are common for all regions.

[networking]

external_network = %EXTERNAL_NETWORK_NAME%
router_name = %MURANO_ROUTER_NAME%
create_router = true

If you choose an automatic neutron configuration, configure the external network with identical names in all regions. If you disable the automatic router creation, create routers with identical names in all regions. Also, the default_dns address must be reachable from all created networks.

Note

To use regions, first configure them as described in Support for OpenStack regions.