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. Perform these commands on the controller node. Source the admin credentials to gain access to admin-only CLI commands: $ source admin-openrc.sh List service components to verify successful launch of each process: $ 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 | nova | enabled | up | 2014-10-18T01:30:57.000000 | None | +------------------+------------+------+---------+-------+----------------------------+-----------------+ Source the demo tenant credentials to perform the following steps as a non-administrative tenant: $ source demo-openrc.sh Create a 1 GB volume: $ cinder create --display-name demo-volume1 1 +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Property | Value | +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ | attachments | [] | | availability_zone | nova | | bootable | false | | created_at | 2014-10-14T23:11:50.870239 | | display_description | None | | display_name | demo-volume1 | | encrypted | False | | id | 158bea89-07db-4ac2-8115-66c0d6a4bb48 | | metadata | {} | | size | 1 | | snapshot_id | None | | source_volid | None | | status | creating | | volume_type | None | +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ Verify creation and availability of the volume: $ cinder list --------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | ID | Status | Display Name | Size | Volume Type | Bootable | Attached to | +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ | 158bea89-07db-4ac2-8115-66c0d6a4bb48 | available | demo-volume1 | 1 | None | false | | +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+----------+-------------+ If the status does not indicate available, check the logs in the /var/log/cinder directory on the controller and volume nodes for more information. The launch an instance chapter includes instructions for attaching this volume to an instance.