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Cinder_volumes_containers are automatically tagged with is_metal

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In env.d/cinder.yml there is is_metal:true. 
But there was no mention of it in the documentation.
Therefore, if an user wants to use a cinder volume container with 
netapp/ceph/whatever, the container will be (by default) 
considered as metal.
This should be documented somewhere.

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Jean-Philippe Evrard 2015-08-06 12:33:38 +02:00 committed by Jesse Pretorius
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@ -9,8 +9,16 @@ Configuring the Block Storage service (optional)
configure-cinder-backup.rst configure-cinder-backup.rst
configure-cinder-az.rst configure-cinder-az.rst
By default, the Block Storage service uses the LVM back end. To use a By default, the Block Storage service uses the LVM back end. Therefore
NetApp storage appliance back end, edit the the container hosting the Block Storage service has to be considered
as is_metal.
If you rather use another backend (like NetApp, Ceph, etc.) in a
container instead of bare metal, you may edit
the ``/etc/openstack_deploy/env.d/cinder.yml`` and remove the
``is_metal: true`` stanza under the cinder_volumes_container properties.
To use a NetApp storage appliance back end, edit the
``/etc/openstack_deploy/openstack_user_config.yml`` file and configure ``/etc/openstack_deploy/openstack_user_config.yml`` file and configure
each storage node that will use it: each storage node that will use it: