All the files in this section can be found in /etc/cinder.

The cinder.conf file is installed in /etc/cinder by default. When you manually install the Block Storage service, the options in the cinder.conf file are set to default values. The cinder.conf file contains most of the options to configure the Block Storage service.

Use the api-paste.ini file to configure the Block Storage API service.

The policy.json file defines additional access controls that apply to the Block Storage service.

The rootwrap.conf file defines configuration values used by the rootwrap script when the Block Storage service must escalate its privileges to those of the root user.