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+=====================================
+Install and configure controller node
+=====================================
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+==========
+Next steps
+==========
+
+Your OpenStack environment now includes Block Storage. You can
+launch an instance or add more
+services to your environment in the following chapters.
+
+.. TODO(katomo): add link to launch instance after creation
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+====================================
+Install and configure a storage node
+====================================
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+================
+Verify operation
+================
+
+This section describes how to verify operation of the Block Storage
+service by creating a volume.
+
+For more information about how to manage volumes, see the
+`OpenStack User Guide
+<http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/index.html>`__.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Perform these commands on the controller node.
+
+#. In each client environment script, configure the Block Storage
+ client to use API version 2.0:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ $ echo "export OS_VOLUME_API_VERSION=2" | tee -a admin-openrc.sh demo-openrc.sh
+
+#. Source the ``admin`` credentials to gain access to
+ admin-only CLI commands:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ $ source admin-openrc.sh
+
+#. List service components to verify successful launch of each process:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ $ cinder service-list
+ +------------------+------------+------+---------+-------+----------------------------+-----------------+
+ | Binary | Host | Zone | Status | State | Updated_at | Disabled Reason |
+ +------------------+------------+------+---------+-------+----------------------------+-----------------+
+ | cinder-scheduler | controller | nova | enabled | up | 2014-10-18T01:30:54.000000 | None |
+ | cinder-volume | block1@lvm | nova | enabled | up | 2014-10-18T01:30:57.000000 | None |
+ +------------------+------------+------+---------+-------+----------------------------+-----------------+
+
+#. Source the ``demo`` credentials to perform
+ the following steps as a non-administrative project:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ $ source demo-openrc.sh
+
+#. Create a 1 GB volume:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ $ cinder create --name demo-volume1 1
+ +---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+ | Property | Value |
+ +---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+ | attachments | [] |
+ | availability_zone | nova |
+ | bootable | false |
+ | consistencygroup_id | None |
+ | created_at | 2015-04-21T23:46:08.000000 |
+ | description | None |
+ | encrypted | False |
+ | id | 6c7a3d28-e1ef-42a0-b1f7-8d6ce9218412 |
+ | metadata | {} |
+ | multiattach | False |
+ | name | demo-volume1 |
+ | os-vol-tenant-attr:tenant_id | ab8ea576c0574b6092bb99150449b2d3 |
+ | os-volume-replication:driver_data | None |
+ | os-volume-replication:extended_status | None |
+ | replication_status | disabled |
+ | size | 1 |
+ | snapshot_id | None |
+ | source_volid | None |
+ | status | creating |
+ | user_id | 3a81e6c8103b46709ef8d141308d4c72 |
+ | volume_type | None |
+ +---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
+
+#. Verify creation and availability of the volume:
+
+ .. code-block:: console
+
+ $ cinder list
+ +--------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+
+ | ID | Status | Name | Size | Volume Type | Bootable | Attached to |
+ +--------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+
+ | 6c7a3d28-... | available | demo-volume1 | 1 | None | false | |
+ +--------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+
+
+ If the status does not indicate ``available``,
+ check the logs in the :file:`/var/log/cinder` directory
+ on the controller and volume nodes for more information.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ The launch an instance chapter includes instructions for
+ attaching this volume to an instance.
+
+.. TODO(katomo): add link to launch an instance after creation.
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=============================
Add the Block Storage service
=============================
+
+.. toctree::
+
+ cinder-controller-node.rst
+ cinder-storage-node.rst
+ cinder-verify.rst
+ cinder-next-steps.rst
+
+.. TODO(katomo): add getstart-cinder to toctree after creation.
+
+The OpenStack Block Storage service provides block storage devices
+to guest instances. The method in which the storage is provisioned and
+consumed is determined by the Block Storage driver, or drivers
+in the case of a multi-backend configuration. There are a variety of
+drivers that are available: NAS/SAN, NFS, iSCSI, Ceph, and more.
+The Block Storage API and scheduler services typically run on the controller
+nodes. Depending upon the drivers used, the volume service can run
+on controllers, compute nodes, or standalone storage nodes.
+For more information, see the
+`Configuration Reference <http://docs.openstack.org/kilo/
+config-reference/content/section_volume-drivers.html>`__.
+
+.. note::
+
+ This chapter omits the backup manager because it depends on the
+ Object Storage service.