[BUG] parallel salt-cloud libvirt creation fails
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Description
Description
Creating multiple instances in parallel with salt-cloud using libvirt fails.
Steps to Reproduce the behavior
salt-cloud -m /etc/salt/cloud.map.conf -P vm1 vm2
[DEBUG ] libvirt error (1, 18, "internal error: pool 'system' has asynchronous jobs running.", 2, 'internal error: %s', "pool 'system' has asynchronous jobs running.", None, -1, -1)
[INFO ] Cleaning up after exception
[DEBUG ] volume xxx.qcow2 cleaned up
[DEBUG ] libvirt error (1, 18, "internal error: pool 'system' has asynchronous jobs running.", 2, 'internal error: %s', "pool 'system' has asynchronous jobs running.", None, -1, -1)
[INFO ] Cleaning up after exception
[DEBUG ] volume yyy.qcow2 cleaned up
Expected behavior
If VMs can not be created in parallel with libvirt and salt-cloud, this should be:
- documented; and
- automatically prevented, either by ignoring
-Pfor this provider, or exiting with an error if-Pis provided.
If VMs can be created in parallel with some improved code, then ideally it would be implemented.
Version
Second-hand report using 3002.
Additional context
In fairness, the salt-cloud docs do warn that parallel creation may not work for all providers.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the failure with the salt-cloud -m /etc/salt/cloud.map.conf -P vm1 vm2 command and the libvirt provider, using the reported asynchronous pool error as the symptom to trace. Review the salt-cloud parallel-creation path and provider documentation; the work is done when parallel behavior is either supported reliably or explicitly prevented and documented.
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Assessment
- Domain
- cloud, infrastructure
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100