Bug 1029919

Summary: [RFE] An API for improved error reporting
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Reporter: Julie Pichon <jpichon>
Component: openstack-cinderAssignee: RHOS Maint <rhos-maint>
Status: CLOSED WORKSFORME QA Contact: Dafna Ron <dron>
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Version: 4.0CC: athomas, eharney, scohen, yeylon
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Target Release: 9.0 (Mitaka)   
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Last Closed: 2016-03-10 14:21:35 UTC Type: Bug
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Bug Blocks: 976279, 981418, 1118357    

Description Julie Pichon 2013-11-13 14:21:49 UTC 
Description of problem:

Based on the discussion in bug 976279 especially comment 3, it would be useful if Cinder could offer an API for the user to understand why a volume ended up in an error state, e.g. not enough space (cf. bug 976279), attachment failure (cf. bug 981418), etc. This would enable front-ends like Horizon to provide more useful information to the user in case of failure / error.

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This upstream blueprint may also be relevant: https://blueprints.launchpad.net/cinder/+spec/return-error-messages-to-horizon
Comment 3 Sean Cohen 2016-03-10 14:21:35 UTC 
See current Telemetry & Nagios Logging, Monitoring and Troubleshooting guide [1] we have also introduced in OSP7 several operational tools in tech-preview that include: centralized logging tools such as Fluentd, ElasticSearch & Kibana [2]

[1] https://access.redhat.com/webassets/avalon/d/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform-7-Logging_Monitoring_and_Troubleshooting_Guide-en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_OpenStack_Platform-7-Logging_Monitoring_and_Troubleshooting_Guide-en-US.pdf
[2] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-enterprise-linux-openstack-platform/version-7/architecture-guide/ - see Logging and monitoring section.