From 8c32fc2917e4e855daa9f239985c60eb874c3939 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Moss Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2017 11:23:21 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] [Install-Guide] Note discover_hosts_in_cells_interval Note the configuration setting in nova.conf that enables automatic host discovery at a set interval. Change-Id: I46ca0a3f4abc9edd83cd0e07e86d9a599af3d51c Related-Bug: #1663485 --- doc/install-guide/source/nova-compute-install.rst | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/install-guide/source/nova-compute-install.rst b/doc/install-guide/source/nova-compute-install.rst index c9d126778e..fb7bc6926a 100644 --- a/doc/install-guide/source/nova-compute-install.rst +++ b/doc/install-guide/source/nova-compute-install.rst @@ -471,4 +471,10 @@ Add the compute node to the cell database When you add new compute nodes, you must run ``nova-manage cell_v2 discover_hosts`` on the controller node to register those new compute - nodes. + nodes. Alternatively, you can set an appropriate interval in + ``/etc/nova/nova.conf``: + + .. code-block:: ini + + [scheduler] + discover_hosts_in_cells_interval = 300