Limiting number of VMs on Amazon with a control policy

Question
#1

Hi,

I’m trying to implement something that will safeguard a user from spending too much money on Amazon. Initially I want to set a MAX number of VMs that can run on Amazon. If the user provisions more (be it via ManageIQ or directly via the Amazon APIs), I want to send a warning via email (or shut the VMs down).

What I was thinking is this:

  1. Create a new control policy.
  2. Connect it to the “VM Discovered” event
  3. Condition: ProviderType = Amazon AND Total Amazon VMs > SomeValue
  4. Action: send an email (or shut it down…)

I’m currently stuck at point 2, as I don’t see the “VM Discovered” event anymore on CloudForms 4.2. We found it in the docs but i can’t find it in the product anymore.

Also I would like to understand if a condition like the one I described above is possible.

Thanks!

#2

The VM Discovery event has been removed by this PR and the new document will be updated correspondingly.

VM Create Complete can be used as the event for your policy.

#3

@lfu thank you!

Does the “VM Create Complete” also fire when a VM that was created outside of CloudForms is discovered? If so, then the event name may be a slight misnomer.

#4

Think of “VM Create Complete” as “a VM object has just been created in the VMDB”, then it applies to all occurrences of discovery or provision by MIQ.

pemcg

#5

why not check at provisioning time “pre” VM Create?

#6

@dthornton I want this to work also when VMs are created outside of CloudForms, which is useful when some users have direct API access to the cloud.