Send a instance create error notification

Send a 'create.error' notification if instance creation (run_instance)
fails.

This will make it easier for external notification consuming systems to
learn when instance build attempts fail within the nova-compute layer.

blueprint create-error-notification

Change-Id: I62d7c9c80c51241bf124509af7cdd8484d9ea2d3

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/nova/compute/manager.py b/nova/compute/manager.py
index 1e03d6f7e..33afe44ea 100755
--- a/nova/compute/manager.py
+++ b/nova/compute/manager.py
@@ -838,10 +838,14 @@ class ComputeManager(manager.SchedulerDependentManager):
         extra_usage_info = {}
 
         def notify(status, msg=None):
-            """Send a create.{start,end} notification."""
+            """Send a create.{start,error,end} notification."""
             type_ = "create.%(status)s" % dict(status=status)
+            info = extra_usage_info.copy()
+            if not msg:
+                msg = ""
+            info['message'] = msg
             self._notify_about_instance_usage(context, instance, type_,
-                    extra_usage_info=extra_usage_info)
+                    extra_usage_info=info)
 
         try:
             image_meta = self._prebuild_instance(context, instance)
@@ -853,20 +857,22 @@ class ComputeManager(manager.SchedulerDependentManager):
             instance = self._build_instance(context, request_spec,
                     filter_properties, requested_networks, injected_files,
                     admin_password, is_first_time, node, instance, image_meta)
-            notify("end")  # notify that build is done
+            notify("end", msg=_("Success"))  # notify that build is done
 
         except exception.RescheduledException as e:
             # Instance build encountered an error, and has been rescheduled.
-            pass
+            notify("error", msg=unicode(e))  # notify that build failed
 
         except exception.BuildAbortException as e:
             # Instance build aborted due to a non-failure
             LOG.info(e)
+            notify("end", msg=unicode(e))  # notify that build is done
 
         except Exception as e:
             # Instance build encountered a non-recoverable error:
             with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
                 self._set_instance_error_state(context, instance['uuid'])
+                notify("error", msg=unicode(e))  # notify that build failed
 
     def _prebuild_instance(self, context, instance):
         self._check_instance_exists(context, instance)
diff --git a/nova/compute/utils.py b/nova/compute/utils.py
index 797bb9f1a..24ace0702 100644
--- a/nova/compute/utils.py
+++ b/nova/compute/utils.py
@@ -245,9 +245,14 @@ def notify_about_instance_usage(context, instance, event_suffix,
     usage_info = notifications.info_from_instance(context, instance,
             network_info, system_metadata, **extra_usage_info)
 
+    if event_suffix.endswith("error"):
+        level = notifier_api.ERROR
+    else:
+        level = notifier_api.INFO
+
     notifier_api.notify(context, 'compute.%s' % host,
-                        'compute.instance.%s' % event_suffix,
-                        notifier_api.INFO, usage_info)
+                        'compute.instance.%s' % event_suffix, level,
+                        usage_info)
 
 
 def get_nw_info_for_instance(instance):