Deleting a volume that cinder won’t delete (Error Deleting) if a volume goes into a state of error_deleting, you can still manually delete it, this is caused usually by amqp timeouts or a volume persisting across the reboot of a controller in a disconnected state. get the UUID of the volume from cinder: [root@oscontroller openstack_scripts]# […]
One of the more tedious constant tasks in Openstack, especially if you’re using CI/CD, is to update images. Here’s a little script to make this just a little easier for you. NOTE: On some versions of Ubuntu, the Read command doesn’t work exactly as expected (I haven’t put the effort in to fine-tune this) so […]
This bash script will delete failed volume attachments / volumes from a stack in Openstack. Why? Sometimes Heat can fail to delete a stack for a variety of different reasons: The volume is in use, the VM failed to stop, the volume went into an error state, or Heat sent a message to RabbitMQ which […]
Welcome to my new blog where I’ll explore aspects of corporate life, projects and products. My name is Christine Alifrangis, I am originally from the Netherlands, and have lived in Los Angeles and Surrounding Areas for about 25 years. I speak English, Dutch, French, Spanish and enough German to get around. My core skillset is […]