Thanks for the explanation, Thomas. Appreciate it! Shaunak
On Mar 21, 2014, at 12:37 AM, Thomas Spatzier <thomas.spatz...@de.ibm.com> wrote: > Shaunak Kashyap <shaunak.kash...@rackspace.com> wrote on 21/03/2014 > 05:26:50: > >> From: Shaunak Kashyap <shaunak.kash...@rackspace.com> >> To: "openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org" > <openstack-dev@lists.openstack.org> >> Date: 21/03/2014 05:29 >> Subject: [openstack-dev] [Heat] Resource dependencies >> >> Hi, >> >> In a Heat template, what does it mean for a resource to depend on >> another resource? As in, what is the impact of creating a dependency? > > When a resource depends on another resource, this means that the Heat > engine will only start processing this resource as soon as the other > resource it depends on has been created. If a resource depends on multiple > resources, all those other resources have to be created before processing > the depedent resource. > >> >> I read http://docs.openstack.org/developer/heat/template_guide/ >> hot_spec.html#resources-section and found this definition of the >> “depends_on” attribute: >> >>> This optional attribute allows for specifying dependencies of the >> current resource on one or more other resources. Please refer to >> section hot_spec_resources_dependencies for details. >> >> >> Unfortunately, I can’t seem to find the referenced >> “hot_spec_resources_dependencies” section anywhere. > > I just checked the source in github and the section is there: > > https://github.com/openstack/heat/blob/master/doc/source/template_guide/hot_spec.rst#L452 > > It only looks like the wrong heading markup is used. Nice spotting > actually; I will fix it. > >> >> Thank you, >> >> Shaunak >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenStack-dev mailing list >> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >> > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
