Description of common configuration options

Configuration option = Default value	Description
[DEFAULT]
compute_api_class = cinder.compute.nova.API	(StrOpt) The full class name of the compute API class to use
debug = False	(BoolOpt) Print debugging output (set logging level to DEBUG instead of default WARNING level).
default_availability_zone = None	(StrOpt) Default availability zone for new volumes. If not set, the storage_availability_zone option value is used as the default for new volumes.
default_log_levels = amqp=WARN, amqplib=WARN, boto=WARN, qpid=WARN, sqlalchemy=WARN, suds=INFO, oslo.messaging=INFO, iso8601=WARN, requests.packages.urllib3.connectionpool=WARN, urllib3.connectionpool=WARN, websocket=WARN, keystonemiddleware=WARN, routes.middleware=WARN	(ListOpt) List of logger=LEVEL pairs.
default_volume_type = None	(StrOpt) Default volume type to use
disable_process_locking = False	(BoolOpt) Whether to disable inter-process locks
enable_new_services = True	(BoolOpt) Services to be added to the available pool on create
fatal_deprecations = False	(BoolOpt) Enables or disables fatal status of deprecations.
fatal_exception_format_errors = False	(BoolOpt) Make exception message format errors fatal.
host = localhost	(StrOpt) Name of this node. This can be an opaque identifier. It is not necessarily a host name, FQDN, or IP address.
iet_conf = /etc/iet/ietd.conf	(StrOpt) IET configuration file
lio_initiator_iqns =	(StrOpt) Comma-separated list of initiator IQNs allowed to connect to the iSCSI target. (From Nova compute nodes.)
lock_path = None	(StrOpt) Directory to use for lock files. Default to a temp directory
log_config_append = None	(StrOpt) The name of a logging configuration file. This file is appended to any existing logging configuration files. For details about logging configuration files, see the Python logging module documentation.
log_date_format = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S	(StrOpt) Format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. Default: %(default)s .
log_dir = None	(StrOpt) (Optional) The base directory used for relative --log-file paths.
log_file = None	(StrOpt) (Optional) Name of log file to output to. If no default is set, logging will go to stdout.
log_format = None	(StrOpt) DEPRECATED. A logging.Formatter log message format string which may use any of the available logging.LogRecord attributes. This option is deprecated. Please use logging_context_format_string and logging_default_format_string instead.
logging_context_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user_identity)s] %(instance)s%(message)s	(StrOpt) Format string to use for log messages with context.
logging_debug_format_suffix = %(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d	(StrOpt) Data to append to log format when level is DEBUG.
logging_default_format_string = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s	(StrOpt) Format string to use for log messages without context.
logging_exception_prefix = %(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d TRACE %(name)s %(instance)s	(StrOpt) Prefix each line of exception output with this format.
monkey_patch = False	(BoolOpt) Enable monkey patching
monkey_patch_modules =	(ListOpt) List of modules/decorators to monkey patch
my_ip = 10.0.0.1	(StrOpt) IP address of this host
no_snapshot_gb_quota = False	(BoolOpt) Whether snapshots count against GigaByte quota
num_shell_tries = 3	(IntOpt) Number of times to attempt to run flakey shell commands
periodic_fuzzy_delay = 60	(IntOpt) Range, in seconds, to randomly delay when starting the periodic task scheduler to reduce stampeding. (Disable by setting to 0)
periodic_interval = 60	(IntOpt) Interval, in seconds, between running periodic tasks
policy_default_rule = default	(StrOpt) Rule checked when requested rule is not found
policy_file = policy.json	(StrOpt) JSON file representing policy
replication_api_class = cinder.replication.api.API	(StrOpt) The full class name of the volume replication API class
report_interval = 10	(IntOpt) Interval, in seconds, between nodes reporting state to datastore
reserved_percentage = 0	(IntOpt) The percentage of backend capacity is reserved
rootwrap_config = /etc/cinder/rootwrap.conf	(StrOpt) Path to the rootwrap configuration file to use for running commands as root
run_external_periodic_tasks = True	(BoolOpt) Some periodic tasks can be run in a separate process. Should we run them here?
service_down_time = 60	(IntOpt) Maximum time since last check-in for a service to be considered up
ssl_ca_file = None	(StrOpt) CA certificate file to use to verify connecting clients
ssl_cert_file = None	(StrOpt) Certificate file to use when starting the server securely
ssl_key_file = None	(StrOpt) Private key file to use when starting the server securely
state_path = /var/lib/cinder	(StrOpt) Top-level directory for maintaining cinder's state
storage_availability_zone = nova	(StrOpt) Availability zone of this node
syslog_log_facility = LOG_USER	(StrOpt) Syslog facility to receive log lines.
tcp_keepalive = True	(BoolOpt) Sets the value of TCP_KEEPALIVE (True/False) for each server socket.
tcp_keepalive_count = None	(IntOpt) Sets the value of TCP_KEEPCNT for each server socket. Not supported on OS X.
tcp_keepalive_interval = None	(IntOpt) Sets the value of TCP_KEEPINTVL in seconds for each server socket. Not supported on OS X.
tcp_keepidle = 600	(IntOpt) Sets the value of TCP_KEEPIDLE in seconds for each server socket. Not supported on OS X.
until_refresh = 0	(IntOpt) Count of reservations until usage is refreshed
use_forwarded_for = False	(BoolOpt) Treat X-Forwarded-For as the canonical remote address. Only enable this if you have a sanitizing proxy.
use_stderr = True	(BoolOpt) Log output to standard error.
use_syslog = False	(BoolOpt) Use syslog for logging. Existing syslog format is DEPRECATED during I, and will change in J to honor RFC5424.
use_syslog_rfc_format = False	(BoolOpt) (Optional) Enables or disables syslog rfc5424 format for logging. If enabled, prefixes the MSG part of the syslog message with APP-NAME (RFC5424). The format without the APP-NAME is deprecated in I, and will be removed in J.
verbose = False	(BoolOpt) Print more verbose output (set logging level to INFO instead of default WARNING level).