manila/doc/source/admin/container_driver.rst
liviacavalcanti be794fb168 Remove backend deprecated variables
MANILA_MULTI_BACKEND has been deprecated for five years now, we should remove
it from our code base.

This variable was removed from the settings scripts along with:
MANILA_BACKEND1_CONFIG_GROUP_NAME and MANILA_SHARE_BACKEND1_NAME;
MANILA_BACKEND2_CONFIG_GROUP_NAME and MANILA_SHARE_BACKEND2_NAME.
Because they work in the same context.

Instead of them, the already implemented and in use,
MANILA_ENABLED_BACKENDS variable was placed to garantee the successful
back-end setup. The same replacement was made in the contribution
samples scripts.

Apart from this, we avoid configuring generic1 and generic2 if
another backend/s are selected.

Closes-Bug: #1898791
Closes-Bug: #1878477

Change-Id: I67036a65da9255694a00a9c8d56cfdefbdf23c05
2021-01-27 10:14:42 +00:00

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Container Driver
================
The Container driver provides a lightweight solution for share servers
management. It allows to use Docker containers for hosting userspace
shared file systems services.
Supported operations
--------------------
- Create CIFS share;
- Delete CIFS share;
- Allow user access to CIFS share;
- Deny user access to CIFS share;
- Extend CIFS share.
Restrictions
------------
- Current implementation has been tested only on Ubuntu. Devstack plugin won't
work on other distributions however it should be possible to install
prerequisites and set the driver up manually;
- The only supported protocol is CIFS;
- The following features are not implemented:
* Manage/unmanage share;
* Shrink share;
* Create/delete snapshots;
* Create a share from a snapshot;
* Manage/unmanage snapshots.
Known problems
--------------
- May demonstrate unstable behaviour when running concurrently. It is strongly
suggested that the driver should be used with extreme care in cases
other than building lightweight development and testing environments.
Setting up container driver with devstack
-----------------------------------------
The driver could be set up via devstack. This requires the following update to
local.conf:
.. code-block:: ini
enable_plugin manila https://opendev.org/openstack/manila <ref>
MANILA_ENABLED_BACKENDS=london
MANILA_OPTGROUP_london_driver_handles_share_servers=True
MANILA_OPTGROUP_london_neutron_host_id=<hostname>
SHARE_DRIVER=manila.share.drivers.container.driver.ContainerShareDriver
SHARE_BACKING_FILE_SIZE=<backing file size>
MANILA_DEFAULT_SHARE_TYPE_EXTRA_SPECS='snapshot_support=false'
where <ref> is change reference, which could be copied from gerrit web-interface,
<hostname> is the name of the host with running neutron
Setting Container Driver Up Manually
------------------------------------
This section describes steps needed to be performed to set the driver up
manually. The driver has been tested on Ubuntu 14.04, thus in case of
any other distribution package names might differ.
The following packages must be installed:
- docker.io
One can verify if the package is installed by issuing ``sudo docker info``
command. In case of normal operation it should return docker usage statistics.
In case it fails complaining on inaccessible socket try installing
``apparmor``. Please note that docker usage requires superuser privileges.
After docker is successfully installed a docker image containing necessary
packages must be provided. Currently such image could be downloaded from
https://github.com/a-ovchinnikov/manila-image-elements-lxd-images/releases/download/0.1.0/manila-docker-container.tar.gz
The image has to be unpacked but not untarred. This could be achieved by
running 'gzip -d <imagename>' command. Resulting tar-archive of the
image could be uploaded to docker via
.. code-block:: console
sudo docker load --input <imagename.tar>
If the previous command finished successfully you will be able to see the image
in the image list:
.. code-block:: console
sudo docker images
The driver expects to find a folder /tmp/shares on the host where it is running
as well as a logical volume group "manila_docker_volumes".
When installing the driver manually one must make sure that 'brctl' and
'docker' commands are present in the /etc/manila/rootwrap.d/share.filters
and could be executed as root.
Finally to use the driver one must add a backend to the config file
containing the following settings:
.. code-block:: ini
driver_handles_share_servers = True
share_driver = manila.share.drivers.container.driver.ContainerShareDriver
neutron_host_id = <hostname>
where <hostname> is the name of the host running neutron. (In case of single
VM devstack it is VM's name).
After restarting manila services you should be able to use the driver.