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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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doc/source/install-guide/configure-cinder.rst
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@ -9,8 +9,16 @@ Configuring the Block Storage service (optional)
configure-cinder-backup.rst
configure-cinder-az.rst
By default, the Block Storage service uses the LVM back end. To use a
NetApp storage appliance back end, edit the
By default, the Block Storage service uses the LVM back end. Therefore
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
each storage node that will use it: