fuel-plugin-datera-cinder/README.md

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fuel-plugin-datera-cinder

Plugin description

Datera plugin for Fuel extends Mirantis OpenStack functionality by adding support for Datera EBS.

The Datera cluster is an iSCSI block storage device used as a Cinder backend.

Requirements

Requirement Version/Comment
Mirantis OpenStack compatibility >= 7.1
Access to Datera via ccinder-volume node
iSCSI initiator on all compute/cinder-volume nodes

Limitations

Datera configuration

Before deployment the following needs to be verified:

  1. Your Datera Cluster is reachable by all compute nodes, as well as the Cinder Control/Manager node.
  2. Create an Openstack account on the Datera cluster that can create volumes. (san_login/password).
  3. Use the Management VIP address for the Datera cluster. (as the san_ip)`

Datera Cinder plugin installation

All of the code required for using Datera in an OpenStack deployment is included in the upstream OpenStack distribution.

Datera plugin configuration