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Perform a cleanup of configuring.rst 

This patch aims to make a few of the parts of the config file a bit
more relevant.

* Changing the old store names (glance.store.*.Store)
* "New file"
* Small note about more config files.
* config file -> configuration file

Change-Id: I1fd5012b60fe66ede95d08fc353ffddc8ac60142
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Niall Bunting 2016-07-04 11:44:00 +00:00
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@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ directories for a configuration file, in order:
The Glance API server configuration file should be named ``glance-api.conf``.
Similarly, the Glance Registry server configuration file should be named
``glance-registry.conf``. If you installed Glance via your operating system's
package management system, it is likely that you will have sample
configuration files installed in ``/etc/glance``.
``glance-registry.conf``. There are many other configuration files also
since Glance maintains a configuration file for each of its services. If you
installed Glance via your operating system's package management system, it
is likely that you will have sample configuration files installed in
``/etc/glance``.
In addition to this documentation page, you can check the
``etc/glance-api.conf`` and ``etc/glance-registry.conf`` sample configuration
@ -106,8 +108,8 @@ Specified on the command line only.
Takes a path to a configuration directory from which all \*.conf fragments
are loaded. This provides an alternative to multiple --config-file options
when it is inconvenient to explicitly enumerate all the config files, for
example when an unknown number of config fragments are being generated
when it is inconvenient to explicitly enumerate all the configuration files,
for example when an unknown number of config fragments are being generated
by a deployment framework.
If --config-dir is set, then --config-file is ignored.
@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ Note that ``glance-manage`` currently loads configuration from three files:
* ``glance-registry.conf``
* ``glance-api.conf``
* and the newly created ``glance-manage.conf``
* ``glance-manage.conf``
By default ``glance-manage.conf`` only specifies a custom logging file but
other configuration options for ``glance-manage`` should be migrated in there.
@ -409,7 +411,7 @@ Configuring Glance Storage Backends
There are a number of configuration options in Glance that control how Glance
stores disk images. These configuration options are specified in the
``glance-api.conf`` config file in the section ``[glance_store]``.
``glance-api.conf`` configuration file in the section ``[glance_store]``.
* ``default_store=STORE``
@ -418,18 +420,17 @@ Optional. Default: ``file``
Can only be specified in configuration files.
Sets the storage backend to use by default when storing images in Glance.
Available options for this option are (``file``, ``swift``, ``s3``, ``rbd``, ``sheepdog``,
``cinder`` or ``vsphere``). In order to select a default store it must also
be listed in the ``stores`` list described below.
Available options for this option are (``file``, ``swift``, ``s3``, ``rbd``,
``sheepdog``, ``cinder`` or ``vsphere``). In order to select a default store
it must also be listed in the ``stores`` list described below.
* ``stores=STORES``
Optional. Default: ``glance.store.filesystem.Store, glance.store.http.Store``
Optional. Default: ``file, http``
A comma separated list of enabled glance stores. Options are specified
in the format of glance.store.OPTION.Store. Some available options for this
option are (``filesystem``, ``http``, ``rbd``, ``s3``, ``swift``, ``sheepdog``,
``cinder``, ``vmware_datastore``)
A comma separated list of enabled glance stores. Some available options for
this option are (``filesystem``, ``http``, ``rbd``, ``s3``, ``swift``,
``sheepdog``, ``cinder``, ``vmware_datastore``)
Configuring the Filesystem Storage Backend
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@ -745,9 +746,9 @@ reference is stored in the database and the corresponding configuration
(credentials/ parameters) details are stored in the configuration file.
Optional. Default: not enabled.
The location for this file is specified using the ``swift_store_config_file`` config file
in the section ``[DEFAULT]``. **If an incorrect value is specified, Glance API Swift store
service will not be configured.**
The location for this file is specified using the ``swift_store_config_file``
configuration file in the section ``[DEFAULT]``. **If an incorrect value is
specified, Glance API Swift store service will not be configured.**
* ``swift_store_config_file=PATH``
`This option is specific to the Swift storage backend.`
@ -1034,7 +1035,8 @@ Setting ``rados_connect_timeout<=0`` means no timeout.
* ``rbd_store_ceph_conf=PATH``
Optional. Default: ``/etc/ceph/ceph.conf``, ``~/.ceph/config``, and ``./ceph.conf``
Optional. Default: ``/etc/ceph/ceph.conf``, ``~/.ceph/config``, and
``./ceph.conf``
Can only be specified in configuration files.
@ -1394,7 +1396,7 @@ Configuring Glance Image Size Limit
-----------------------------------
The following configuration option is specified in the
``glance-api.conf`` config file in the section ``[DEFAULT]``.
``glance-api.conf`` configuration file in the section ``[DEFAULT]``.
* ``image_size_cap=SIZE``
@ -1409,7 +1411,7 @@ Configuring Glance User Storage Quota
-------------------------------------
The following configuration option is specified in the
``glance-api.conf`` config file in the section ``[DEFAULT]``.
``glance-api.conf`` configuration file in the section ``[DEFAULT]``.
* ``user_storage_quota``
@ -1464,7 +1466,7 @@ Enabling the Image Cache Management Middleware
There is an optional ``cachemanage`` middleware that allows you to
directly interact with cache images. Use this flavor in place of the
``cache`` flavor in your api config file. There are three types you
``cache`` flavor in your API configuration file. There are three types you
can chose: ``cachemanagement``, ``keystone+cachemanagement`` and
``trusted-auth+cachemanagement``.::
@ -1541,7 +1543,7 @@ Configuring the Glance Registry
There are a number of configuration options in Glance that control how
this registry server operates. These configuration options are specified in the
``glance-registry.conf`` config file in the section ``[DEFAULT]``.
``glance-registry.conf`` configuration file in the section ``[DEFAULT]``.
**IMPORTANT NOTE**: The glance-registry service is only used in conjunction
with the glance-api service when clients are using the v1 REST API. See
@ -1591,7 +1593,7 @@ Configuring Notifications
Glance can optionally generate notifications to be logged or sent to a message
queue. The configuration options are specified in the ``glance-api.conf``
config file.
configuration file.
* ``[oslo_messaging_notifications]/driver``
@ -1624,9 +1626,9 @@ Configuring Glance Property Protections
Access to image meta properties may be configured using a
:doc:`Property Protections Configuration file <property-protections>`. The
location for this file can be specified in the ``glance-api.conf`` config file
in the section ``[DEFAULT]``. **If an incorrect value is specified, glance api
service will not start.**
location for this file can be specified in the ``glance-api.conf``
configuration file in the section ``[DEFAULT]``. **If an incorrect value is
specified, glance API service will not start.**
* ``property_protection_file=PATH``