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.. _overview:
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Overview of the Manila plugin for Fuel
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The purpose of this document is to describe how to install, configure and use
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the Manila plugin 1.0.0 for Fuel 9.1
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The Manila is the OpenStack project that provides "File Sharing as a Service".
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Main goal of the project is providing coordinated access to shared or
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distributed file systems to OpenStack Compute instances. But as a many other
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OpenStack services it can be used independently according to modular design
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established by OpenStack.
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The Manila based on that principes:
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* Component based architecture: Quickly add new behaviors
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* Highly available: Scale to very serious workloads
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* Fault-Tolerant: Isolated processes avoid cascading failures
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* Recoverable: Failures should be easy to diagnose, debug, and rectify
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* Open Standards: Be a reference implementation for a community-driven api
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* API Compatibility: Manila strives to provide API-compatible with popular
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systems like Amazon EC2
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This plugin brings features of Manila into Mirantis OpenStack.
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.. _pg-requirements:
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Software prerequisites
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To use the Manila plugin for Fuel 9.1, verify that your environment meets
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the following prerequisites:
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Prerequisites Version/Comment
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Fuel 9.1
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manila-service-image last
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NetApp® ONTAP® 8 or later
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The manila-service image is the service image for generic driver. It should be
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build from https://github.com/openstack/manila-image-elements.
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.. raw:: latex
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\pagebreak
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Limitations
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The Manila plugin for Fuel 9.1 has some known issues/limitations of usage:
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* Manila CLI response with warnings if specific configuration
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/fuel-plugin-manila/+bug/1633018
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* Manila services uses publicURL instead of internalURL
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/fuel-plugin-manila/+bug/1633456
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* Manila share created from snapshot has error status (Generic)
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/fuel-plugin-manila/+bug/1634818
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