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GlusterFS Native driver
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GlusterFS Native driver uses GlusterFS, an open source distributed file
system, as the storage back end for serving file shares to Shared File
Systems service clients.
A Shared File Systems service share is a GlusterFS volume. This driver
uses flat-network (share-server-less) model. Instances directly talk
with the GlusterFS back end storage pool. The instances use ``glusterfs``
protocol to mount the GlusterFS shares. Access to each share is allowed
via TLS Certificates. Only the instance which has the TLS trust
established with the GlusterFS back end can mount and hence use the
share. Currently only ``read-write (rw)`` access is supported.
Network approach
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
L3 connectivity between the storage back end and the host running the
Shared File Systems share service should exist.
Multi-tenancy model
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The driver does not support network segmented multi-tenancy model.
Instead multi-tenancy is supported using tenant specific TLS
certificates.
Supported shared filesystems and operations
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The driver supports GlusterFS shares.
The following operations are supported:
- Create a share.
- Delete a share.
- Allow share access.
Note the following limitations:
- Only access by TLS Certificates (``cert`` access type) is supported.
- Only read-write access is supported.
- Deny share access.
- Create a snapshot.
- Delete a snapshot.
Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Install glusterfs-server package, version >= 3.6.x, on the storage
back end.
- Install glusterfs and glusterfs-fuse package, version >= 3.6.x, on the
Shared File Systems service host.
- Establish network connection between the Shared File Systems service
host and the storage back end.
Shared File Systems service driver configuration setting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following parameters in the Shared File Systems service's
configuration file need to be set:
.. code-block:: ini
share_driver = manila.share.drivers.glusterfs_native.GlusterfsNativeShareDriver
glusterfs_servers = glustervolserver
glusterfs_volume_pattern = manila-share-volume-\d+$
The parameters are:
``glusterfs_servers``
List of GlusterFS servers which provide volumes that can be used to
create shares. The servers are expected to be of distinct Gluster
clusters, so they should not be Gluster peers. Each server should
be of the form ``[<remoteuser>@]<glustervolserver>``.
The optional ``<remoteuser>@`` part of the server URI indicates
SSH access for cluster management (see related optional
parameters below). If it is not given, direct command line
management is performed (the Shared File Systems service host is
assumed to be part of the GlusterFS cluster the server belongs
to).
``glusterfs_volume_pattern``
Regular expression template used to filter GlusterFS volumes for
share creation. The regular expression template can contain the
``#{size}`` parameter which matches a number and the value will be
interpreted as size of the volume in GB. Examples:
``manila-share-volume-\d+$``,
``manila-share-volume-#{size}G-\d+$``; with matching volume names,
respectively: ``manila-share-volume-12``,
``manila-share-volume-3G-13``. In the latter example, the number
that matches ``#{size}``, which is 3, is an indication that the
size of volume is 3 GB. On share creation, the Shared File Systems
service picks volumes at least as large as the requested one.
When setting up GlusterFS shares, note the following:
- GlusterFS volumes are not created on demand. A pre-existing set of
GlusterFS volumes should be supplied by the GlusterFS cluster(s),
conforming to the naming convention encoded by
``glusterfs_volume_pattern``. However, the GlusterFS endpoint is
allowed to extend this set any time, so the Shared File Systems
service and GlusterFS endpoints are expected to communicate volume
supply and demand out-of-band.
- Certificate setup, also known as trust setup, between instance and
storage back end is out of band of the Shared File Systems service.
- For the Shared File Systems service to use GlusterFS volumes, the
name of the trashcan directory in GlusterFS volumes must not be
changed from the default.