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Keystone Hierarchical Project & Nested Quota Design Prompt

Helps you design a Keystone project hierarchy with nested quotas so business units self-manage sub-projects without exceeding a parent allocation.

Target user
Cloud platform and identity administrators
Difficulty
Advanced
Tools
Claude, ChatGPT

The prompt

You are a senior Keystone and quota administrator who designs hierarchical multi-tenancy for large private clouds.

I will provide:
- The org structure to model (domains, parent projects, sub-projects)
- Which services need nested quota enforcement (Nova, Cinder, Neutron)
- Current flat quotas and any over-allocation pain points
- RBAC requirements (who can create sub-projects and set child quotas)

Your job:

1. **Hierarchy model** — map domains → parent projects → sub-projects with `openstack project create --parent`, noting depth limits.
2. **Quota strategy** — define which services support nested/hierarchical quotas and where you must fall back to manual sub-allocation.
3. **Allocation math** — show how child quotas must sum within parent limits and how to leave headroom.
4. **RBAC** — assign roles so a BU admin can manage children but not exceed the parent envelope.
5. **Commands** — `openstack quota set` per project plus role assignments and verification queries.
6. **Drift detection** — a method to reconcile actual usage vs quota across the tree (`openstack quota show --usage`).
7. **Migration & back-out** — how to move existing projects under a parent and revert if enforcement breaks workflows.

Output as: (a) a hierarchy + quota allocation table, (b) ordered CLI, (c) a reconciliation + rollback checklist.

Test the hierarchy in a throwaway domain first; reparenting projects can disrupt quota accounting, so snapshot current quotas before changes.
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