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+# Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+# == Class: tripleo::profile::base::glance::netapp
+#
+# Create metadata file for glance Netapp
+#
+# === Parameters
+#
+# [*netapp_share*]
+#   Netapp share to mount, in 'IP:PATH' format.
+#
+# [*netapp_nfs_mount*]
+#   (Optional) NFS mount point.
+#   Defaults to '/var/lib/glance/images'
+#
+# [*filesystem_store_metadata_file*]
+#   (optional) The path to a file which contains the metadata to be returned
+#    with any location associated with the filesystem store
+#    properties.
+#   Defaults to '/etc/glance/glance-metadata-file.json'.
+#
+# [*step*]
+#   (Optional) The current step in deployment. See tripleo-heat-templates
+#   for more details.
+#   Defaults to hiera('step')
+
+class tripleo::profile::base::glance::netapp (
+  $netapp_share,
+  $netapp_nfs_mount               = '/var/lib/glance/images',
+  $filesystem_store_metadata_file = '/etc/glance/glance-metadata-file.json',
+  $step                           = Integer(hiera('step')),
+) {
+
+
+  if ($step >= 4) {
+    $netapp_share_location = sprintf('nfs://%s', regsubst($netapp_share, ':', '', 'G'))
+    $metadata = {
+      'id'             => 'TripleOGlanceNetapp',
+      'share_location' => $netapp_share_location,
+      'mountpoint'     => $netapp_nfs_mount,
+      'type'           => 'nfs', }
+    file { $filesystem_store_metadata_file:
+      ensure  => file,
+      content => inline_template('<%= require "json"; JSON.dump(@metadata) %>'),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/metadata-file-creation-for-glance-netapp-47668bb602316024.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/metadata-file-creation-for-glance-netapp-47668bb602316024.yaml
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+---
+features:
+  - Add support for configuring the metadata file used by
+    Glance Netapp NFS backend.