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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
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not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
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a copy of the License at
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
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WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
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License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
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under the License.
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Introduction to the Shared File Systems service
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Manila is the file share service project for OpenStack. Manila
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provides the management of file shares for example, NFS and CIFS as a
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core service to OpenStack. Manila works with a variety of proprietary
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backend storage arrays and appliances, with open source distributed
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filesystems, as well as with a base Linux NFS or Samba
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server. There are a number of concepts that will help in better
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understanding of the solutions provided by manila. One aspect can be
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to explore the different service possibilities provided by manila.
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Manila, depending on the driver, requires the user by default to create a
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share network using neutron-net-id and neutron-subnet-id (GlusterFS native
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driver does not require it). After creation of the share network, the user
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can proceed to create the shares. Users in manila can configure multiple
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back-ends just like Cinder. Manila has a share server assigned to every
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tenant. This is the solution for all back-ends except for GlusterFS. The
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customer in this scenario is prompted to create a share server using neutron
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net-id and subnet-id before even trying to create a share.
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The current low-level services available in manila are:
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- :term:`manila-api`
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- :term:`manila-scheduler`
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- :term:`manila-share`
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