2.0 KiB
Overview of the Manila plugin for Fuel
The purpose of this document is to describe how to install, configure and use the Manila plugin 1.0.0 for Fuel 9.1
The Manila is the OpenStack project that provides "File Sharing as a Service". Main goal of the project is providing coordinated access to shared or distributed file systems to OpenStack Compute instances. But as a many other OpenStack services it can be used independently according to modular design established by OpenStack.
The Manila based on that principes:
- Component based architecture: Quickly add new behaviors
- Highly available: Scale to very serious workloads
- Fault-Tolerant: Isolated processes avoid cascading failures
- Recoverable: Failures should be easy to diagnose, debug, and rectify
- Open Standards: Be a reference implementation for a community-driven api
- API Compatibility: Manila strives to provide API-compatible with popular systems like Amazon EC2
This plugin brings features of Manila into Mirantis OpenStack.
Software prerequisites
To use the Manila plugin for Fuel 9.1, verify that your environment meets the following prerequisites:
| Prerequisites | Version/Comment |
|---|---|
| Fuel | 9.1 |
| manila-service-image | last |
| NetApp® ONTAP® | 8 or later |
The manila-service image is the service image for generic driver. It should be build from https://github.com/openstack/manila-image-elements.
Limitations
The Manila plugin for Fuel 9.1 has some known issues/limitations of usage:
- Manila CLI response with warnings if specific configuration https://bugs.launchpad.net/fuel-plugin-manila/+bug/1633018
- Manila services uses publicURL instead of internalURL https://bugs.launchpad.net/fuel-plugin-manila/+bug/1633456