devstack-plugin-glusterfs/README.md

Devstack GlusterFS Plugin

Goals

As part of "stack.sh":

• To install Glusterfs (client and server) packages
• By default all Gluster-[Glance|Nova|Cinder|Manila] integrations disabled. Look at "How to use" section, to know how to enable.
• Configures Glusterfs as a backend for Glance, Nova, Cinder and Manila as per localrc configuration
• Creates Gluster volumes to provide them as storage to Glance, Nova, Cinder or Manila

As part of "unstack.sh":

• Also cleans up the Gluster volumes and data related to Gluster
• Uninstalls the Gluster packages when we run "unstack.sh"

How to use (localrc configuration)

• Enable devstack-plugin-glusterfs plugin: local enable_plugin devstack-plugin-glusterfs https://github.com/stackforge/devstack-plugin-glusterfs

• To enable Gluster as a backend for Glance: CONFIGURE_GLUSTERFS_GLANCE=True

• To enable Gluster as a backend for Nova: CONFIGURE_GLUSTERFS_NOVA=True

• To enable Gluster as a backend for Cinder: CONFIGURE_GLUSTERFS_CINDER=True Also we can enable/disable glusterfs as a backend for Cinder Backup (c-bak) driver:

  By default set to True when CONFIGURE_GLUSTERFS_CINDER=True

  enable_service c-bak CONFIGURE_GLUSTERFS_CINDER_BACKUP=[True OR False]

• To enable Gluster as a backend for Manila: CONFIGURE_GLUSTERFS_MANILA=True Also select specific gluster backend type for manila, default is "glusterfs": GLUSTERFS_MANILA_DRIVER_TYPE=[glusterfs OR glusterfs-native]

• Then run "stack.sh"