Prior to this the dashboard front-end would use the configuration settings
for `graphite[:server]`/`graphite[:prefix]` to locate a graphite server
to use for rendering graphs.
Now that we have multiple possible metrics backends, the front-end graph
host for the dashboard could be entirely different from the back-end metrics
server that we publish to (if any).
This decouples those settings:
- use `graphs[:server]` / `graphs[:prefix]` for the graphite-compatible web front-end to use for dashboard display graphs
- fall back to `graphite[:server]`/`graphite[:prefix]` if `graphs` is not specified, in order to support legacy `vmpooler.yaml` configurations.
Note that since `statsd` takes precedence over `graphite`, it's possible to specify both `statsd` (for publishing) and `graphite` (for reading). We still prefer `graphs` over `graphite`.
Updated the example `vmpooler.yaml` config file.
This documents the changes to :server being mandatory for all metrics
endpoints, as well as the graphite endpoint supporting an optional :port
configuration value.
They way we were using graphite was incorrect for the type of data we were sending it. statsd is the appropriate mechanism for our needs.
statsd and graphite are mutually exclusive and configuring statsd will take precendence over Graphite. Example of configuration in vmpooler.yaml.example
The following pool configuration would allow a pool to be aliased in POST
requests as 'centos-6-x86_64', 'centos-6-amd64', or 'centos-6-64':
````yaml
- name: 'centos-6-x86_64'
alias: [ 'centos-6-amd64', 'centos-6-64' ]
template: 'templates/centos-6-x86_64'
folder: 'vmpooler/centos-6-x86_64'
datastore: 'instance1'
size: 5
````
The 'alias' configuration can be either a string or an array.
Note that even when requesting an alias, the pool's 'name' is returned in
the JSON response:
````
$ curl -d '{"centos-6-64":"1"}' --url vmpooler/api/v1/vm
````
````json
{
"ok": true,
"centos-6-x86_64": {
"hostname": "cuna2qeahwlzji7"
},
"domain": "company.com"
}
````
This commit removes support for VMware 'resource pool' functionality
entirely, as VMware installations without the DRS feature enabled are
unable to configure or use resource pools.
Also, resource pools should have never been used for organization;
that's what folders are for.
