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Description of problem: Section 6.10 of the documentation shows that now OSP 8 can set the time zone on servers in an environment file like shown below: parameter_defaults: TimeZone: 'Japan' However, upgrade documentation in Chapter 10 makes no mention of the need to set this timezone parameter. As a result, when you go through an upgrade, all of your servers will be changed to UTC by default (from EST which was the previous default). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: This will happen if you don't modify templates for timezone Steps to Reproduce: 1. Follow upgrade documentation in chapter 10 of the director install guide https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-openstack-platform/version-8/director-installation-and-usage/#chap-Upgrading_the_Environment Actual results: Timezone updates to UTC Expected results: Timezone should not change on upgrade Additional info: Adding a step to the upgrade documentation to modify your templates to add timezone configuration is required.
Hi Jon, I've included a note in the upgrade chapter: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-openstack-platform/8/director-installation-and-usage/chapter-10-upgrading-the-environment "The default timezone for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8 is now UTC. The previous default timezone was EST. If necessary, include an environment file to specify the timezone. For more information, see Section 6.10, “Configuring the Overcloud Time Zone”." Was this along the lines of what you were after?
No response in over a month. Closing this BZ as the changes are live on the portal. Feel free to reopen if further changes are required.