Groups

groups enables you to configuring shared behavior for different sets ofnode_templates.

Declaration

Within each group, the policies section is a dictionary in which each item in the dictionary represents a policy.

Within each policy, the triggers section is a dictionary in which each item in the dictionary represents a trigger.

groups:
  group1:
    members: ...
    policies:
      policy1:
        type: ...
        properties:
          ...
        triggers:
          trigger1:
            type: ...
            parameters: ...
          trigger2:
            ...
      policy2:
        ...
  group2:
    ...

Schema

Keyname Required Type Description
members yes list A list of group members. Members are node template names or other group names.
policies no dict A dictionary of policies.

Policy Schema

Keyname Required Type Description
type yes string Policy type.
properties no dict Optional properties for configuring the policy.
triggers yes dict A dictionary of triggers.

Trigger Schema

Keyname Required Type Description
type yes string Trigger type.
parameters no dict Optional parameters to be passed to the trigger.


Inside the trigger’s parameters section, { get_property: [SELF, property_name] } can be used to access properties of the event that caused the trigger to be processed. For example, a policy may add contextual data to an event, such as a node instance ID or the CPU average in the last five minutes, before processing its triggers. An execute_workflow trigger, for example, may pass these properties to the workflow it executes.

Example

For an example on how to use policies, see Using Policies.