Availability zones (AZs) in MAAS improve fault tolerance, service performance, and power management by organizing resources across physical or network areas.
Learn more about Availability zones
List availability zones
UI
Main menu > AZs
CLI
maas $PROFILE zones read \
| jq -r '(["ZONE","NAME","DESCRIPTION"]
| (., map(length*"-"))), (.[] | [.id, .name, .description])
| @tsv' | column -t
Example output:
ZONE NAME DESCRIPTION
---- ---- -----------
5 BizOffice
1 default
4 Inventory
2 Medications
3 Payroll
6 ProServ
Add an availability zone
UI
Main menu > AZs > Add AZ > Enter Name, Description > Add AZ.
CLI
maas $PROFILE zones create name=$ZONE_NAME description=$ZONE_DESCRIPTION
Edit an availability zone
UI
Main menu > AZs > Select AZ > Edit > Update Name, Description > Update AZ.
CLI
maas $PROFILE zone update $OLD_ZONE_NAME name=$NEW_ZONE_NAME \
description=$ZONE_DESCRIPTION
Delete an availability zone
UI
Main menu > AZs > Select zone > Delete AZ > Delete AZ.
CLI
maas $PROFILE zone delete $ZONE_NAME
Assign a machine to an availability zone
UI (MAAS 3.4)
Machines > Select machines > Categorise > Set zone > Choose Zone > Set zone for machine.
UI
Machines > Select machines > Take action > Set zone > Choose Zone > Set zone for machine.
CLI
maas $PROFILE machines read | jq '.[] | .hostname, .system_id'
maas admin machine update $SYSTEM_ID zone=$ZONE_NAME
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