Support Bulk Operation for Instance Lifecycle
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Description
##### ISSUE TYPE
* Feature Idea
##### COMPONENT NAME
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Instance Lifecycle
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##### CLOUDSTACK VERSION
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N/A
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##### CONFIGURATION
##### OS / ENVIRONMENT
##### SUMMARY
As an Admin, if i have a need to use Instance Lifecycle Operations, 95% of the time, it is for a group of VMs with similar natures.
Right now, the implementation of the 'Schedule Lifecycle Operations' feature is done on a per vm basis.
This means, user needs to go to each VM individually, and configure a scheduler. In this case, if i have 100 VMs that needs to have a scheduled restart, id have to manually configure it 100 times, the same settings.
Its because of this, i personally use Ansible + Semaphore with a cron job to achieve this, and not the schedule feature in cloudstack.
As a feature request, i would like to request to enhance VMs in a 'Instance Group' to be allowed to share the same scheduled job. That way, as a user, it would be much more easier to use, manage and troubleshoot.
##### STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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None
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##### EXPECTED RESULTS
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Able to Bulk Operate a VM Schedule job using Instance Groups
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##### ACTUAL RESULTS
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User needs to go to each VM individually, and configure a scheduler
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Contributor guide
Research direction
No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing CloudStack's existing Schedule Lifecycle Operations and Instance Group behavior, then determine how a shared scheduled job should be represented and managed; done means an Instance Group can bulk-operate one VM schedule job.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- java
- Domain
- cloud, infrastructure
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100