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Blueprint centralize-config-options-newton

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Anusha Unnam 2016-07-18 16:43:14 +00:00
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from oslo_config import cfg
from oslo_utils import units
xenserver_group = cfg.OptGroup('xenserver', title='Xenserver Options')
xenserver_group = cfg.OptGroup('xenserver',
title='Xenserver Options',
help="""
XenServer options are used when the compute_driver is set to use
XenServer (compute_driver=xenapi.XenAPIDriver).
Must specify connection_url, and connection_password to use
compute_driver=xenapi.XenAPIDriver.
""")
xenapi_agent_opts = [
cfg.IntOpt('agent_timeout',
@ -234,62 +242,125 @@ xenapi_vm_utils_opts = [
xenapi_opts = [
cfg.StrOpt('connection_url',
help='URL for connection to XenServer/Xen Cloud Platform. '
'A special value of unix://local can be used to connect '
'to the local unix socket. '
'Required if compute_driver=xenapi.XenAPIDriver'),
help="""
URL for connection to XenServer/Xen Cloud Platform. A special value
of unix://local can be used to connect to the local unix socket.
Possible values:
* Any string that represents a URL. The connection_url is
generally the management network IP address of the XenServer.
* This option must be set if you chose the XenServer driver.
"""),
cfg.StrOpt('connection_username',
default='root',
help='Username for connection to XenServer/Xen Cloud Platform. '
'Used only if compute_driver=xenapi.XenAPIDriver'),
help='Username for connection to XenServer/Xen Cloud Platform'),
cfg.StrOpt('connection_password',
help='Password for connection to XenServer/Xen Cloud Platform. '
'Used only if compute_driver=xenapi.XenAPIDriver',
secret=True),
secret=True,
help='Password for connection to XenServer/Xen Cloud Platform'),
cfg.FloatOpt('vhd_coalesce_poll_interval',
default=5.0,
help='The interval used for polling of coalescing vhds. '
'Used only if compute_driver=xenapi.XenAPIDriver'),
min=0,
help="""
The interval used for polling of coalescing vhds.
This is the interval after which the task of coalesce VHD is
performed, until it reaches the max attempts that is set by
vhd_coalesce_max_attempts.
Related options:
* `vhd_coalesce_max_attempts`
"""),
cfg.BoolOpt('check_host',
default=True,
help='Ensure compute service is running on host XenAPI '
'connects to.'),
help="""
Ensure compute service is running on host XenAPI connects to.
This option must be set to false if the 'independent_compute'
option is set to true.
Possible values:
* Setting this option to true will make sure that compute service
is running on the same host that is specified by connection_url.
* Setting this option to false, doesn't perform the check.
Related options:
* `independent_compute`
"""),
cfg.IntOpt('vhd_coalesce_max_attempts',
min=0,
default=20,
help='Max number of times to poll for VHD to coalesce. '
'Used only if compute_driver=xenapi.XenAPIDriver'),
help="""
Max number of times to poll for VHD to coalesce.
This option determines the maximum number of attempts that can be
made for coalescing the VHD before giving up.
Related opitons:
* `vhd_coalesce_poll_interval`
"""),
cfg.StrOpt('sr_base_path',
default='/var/run/sr-mount',
help='Base path to the storage repository'),
help="""
Base path to the storage repository on the XenServer host.
"""),
cfg.StrOpt('target_host',
help='The iSCSI Target Host'),
help="""
The iSCSI Target Host.
This option represents the hostname or ip of the iSCSI Target.
If the target host is not present in the connection information from
the volume provider then the value from this option is taken.
Possible values:
* Any string that represents hostname/ip of Target.
"""),
# TODO(aunnam): This should be PortOpt
cfg.StrOpt('target_port',
default='3260',
help='The iSCSI Target Port, default is port 3260'),
help="""
The iSCSI Target Port.
This option represents the port of the iSCSI Target. If the
target port is not present in the connection information from the
volume provider then the value from this option is taken.
"""),
# NOTE(sirp): This is a work-around for a bug in Ubuntu Maverick,
# when we pull support for it, we should remove this
cfg.BoolOpt('remap_vbd_dev',
default=False,
help='Used to enable the remapping of VBD dev '
'(Works around an issue in Ubuntu Maverick)'),
help="""
Used to enable the remapping of VBD dev.
(Works around an issue in Ubuntu Maverick)
"""),
cfg.StrOpt('remap_vbd_dev_prefix',
default='sd',
help='Specify prefix to remap VBD dev to '
'(ex. /dev/xvdb -> /dev/sdb)'),
help="""
Specify prefix to remap VBD dev to (ex. /dev/xvdb -> /dev/sdb).
Related options:
* If `remap_vbd_dev` is set to False this option has no impact.
"""),
cfg.BoolOpt('independent_compute',
default=False,
help="""
Used to prevent attempts to attach VBDs locally, so Nova can
be run in a VM on a different host.
This setting is incompatible with:
Related options:
* ``CONF.flat_injected`` (Must be False)
* ``CONF.xenserver.check_host`` (Must be False)
* ``CONF.default_ephemeral_format`` (Must be unset or 'ext3')
* Joining host aggregates (will error if attempted)
* Swap disks for Windows VMs (will error if attempted)
* Nova-based auto_configure_disk (will error if attempted)
"""),
""")
]
xenapi_vmops_opts = [