Re: [PATCH-SERIES manager/docs 00/18] crs docs updates + load balancer ui and docs followup

Michael Köppl
2026-04-13T16:11:01Z

Tested this on my local 3-node cluster. Played around a bit with the
various settings in the UI, checking if they are set and applied
correctly in the config. Did not notice anything off except a small
cosmetic issue that I noted in a comment on the individual patch. Also
went through the docs updates, but only noticed a few typos which I also
mentioned in comments to the individual patches. Nice work!

Consider this:

Reviewed-by: Michael Köppl <m.koeppl@proxmox.com>
Tested-by: Michael Köppl <m.koeppl@proxmox.com>

On Thu Apr 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM CEST, Daniel Kral wrote:
> A followup to the static/dynamic load balancer series [0], which
> includes the documentation and smaller UI improvements for configuring
> the load balancer.
>
> These patches also clean up the already existing CRS section and updates
> it according to the other recent changes, such as:
>
> - s/HA service/HA resource/ to avoid mixed usage of both terms in the
> same section
> - basic/static-load scheduler mode include non-HA resources as well now
> - the dynamic load scheduler is added now
> - the dynamic load scheduler mode shares the behavior on
> rebalance-on-start now, moving this to its own section
> - there's a section for the load balancer with some motivational text as
> well as some details about the configuration options
> - update the crs datacenter gui screenshot accordingly
>
> The UI patches fix some oversights that came up while writing the
> documentation:
>
> - add missing 'edit' subject in new crs modal
> - s/HA service/HA resource/ to avoid mixed usage of both terms
> - s/HA Scheduling/Scheduler Mode/ as it's referred so in the docs
> - constrain users to only enable and set load balancer options if either
> 'static' or 'dynamic' scheduler mode is set
>
> I've marked the load balancer feature as technology preview now, to
> hopefully get enough user feedback (and the according improvements) in
> for a stable release for Proxmox VE 9.2. I'll leave this bit at the
> discretion of the applying maintainer.
>
> I'd be happy to have some feedback on the changes!
>
> [0] https://lore.proxmox.com/pve-devel/20260402124817.416232-1-d.kral@proxmox.com/
>
>
> manager:
>
> Daniel Kral (5):
> ui: form/CRSOptions: add missing edit modal title
> ui: form/CRSOptions: rename HA Scheduling to Scheduling Mode
> ui: form/CRSOptions: replace HA service term with HA resource
> ui: form/CRSOptions: use view model for auto rebalancing option
> ui: form/CRSOptions: allow auto rebalancing only for static and
> dynamic mode
>
> www/manager6/form/CRSOptions.js | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------
> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
>
> docs:
>
> Daniel Kral (13):
> ha-manager: crs: replace service term with HA resource
> ha-manager: crs: remove note about manual changes to datacenter config
> ha-manager: crs: improve introduction
> ha-manager: crs: introduce crs scheduling mode section
> ha-manager: crs: generalize the description for basic and static load
> modes
> ha-manager: crs: remove HA group config from scheduling points list
> ha-manager: crs: use headings for the scheduling points
> ha-manager: crs: reword the rebalance on start scheduling point
> ha-manager: crs: add more information about rebalance on start in its
> section
> ha-manager: crs: change crs modes to include all active guests
> ha-manager: crs: add dynamic load scheduler
> screenshots: update crs datacenter options screenshot
> ha-manager: crs: add load balancer section
>
> ha-manager.adoc | 206 ++++++++++++------
> .../screenshot/gui-datacenter-options-crs.png | Bin 16395 -> 34280 bytes
> 2 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 72 deletions(-)
>
>
> Summary over all repositories:
> 3 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)