Description of configuration options for common

Configuration option=Default value	Description
compute_api_class=cinder.compute.nova.API	(StrOpt) The full class name of the compute API class to use
debug=False	(BoolOpt) Print debugging output (set logging level to DEBUG instead of default WARNING level).
default_availability_zone=None	(StrOpt) default availability zone to use when creating a new volume. If this is not set then we use the value from the storage_availability_zone option as the default availability_zone for new volumes.
default_log_levels=amqplib=WARN,sqlalchemy=WARN,boto=WARN,suds=INFO,keystone=INFO,eventlet.wsgi.server=WARN	(ListOpt) list of logger=LEVEL pairs
default_notification_level=INFO	(StrOpt) Default notification level for outgoing notifications
default_publisher_id=None	(StrOpt) Default publisher_id for outgoing notifications
default_volume_type=None	(StrOpt) default volume type to use
disable_process_locking=False	(BoolOpt) Whether to disable inter-process locks
enable_new_services=True	(BoolOpt) Services to be added to the available pool on create
fatal_deprecations=False	(BoolOpt) make deprecations fatal
fatal_exception_format_errors=False	(BoolOpt) make exception message format errors fatal
host=autodoc	(StrOpt) Name of this node. This can be an opaque identifier. It is not necessarily a hostname, FQDN, or IP address.
host=127.0.0.1	(StrOpt) Host to locate redis
host=autodoc	(StrOpt) Name of this node. This can be an opaque identifier. It is not necessarily a hostname, FQDN, or IP address.
host=127.0.0.1	(StrOpt) Host to locate redis
idle_timeout=3600	(IntOpt) timeout before idle sql connections are reaped
iet_conf=/etc/iet/ietd.conf	(StrOpt) IET configuration file
lio_initiator_iqns=	(StrOpt) Comma-separatd list of initiator IQNs allowed to connect to the iSCSI target. (From Nova compute nodes.)
lock_path=None	(StrOpt) Directory to use for lock files. Default to a temp directory
log_config=None	(StrOpt) If this option is specified, the logging configuration file specified is used and overrides any other logging options specified. Please see the Python logging module documentation for details on logging configuration files.
log_date_format=%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S	(StrOpt) Format string for %%(asctime)s in log records. Default: %(default)s
log_dir=None	(StrOpt) (Optional) The base directory used for relative --log-file paths
log_file=None	(StrOpt) (Optional) Name of log file to output to. If no default is set, logging will go to stdout.
log_format=None	(StrOpt) A logging.Formatter log message format string which may use any of the available logging.LogRecord attributes. This option is deprecated. Please use logging_context_format_string and logging_default_format_string instead.
logging_context_format_string=%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [%(request_id)s %(user)s %(tenant)s] %(instance)s%(message)s	(StrOpt) format string to use for log messages with context
logging_debug_format_suffix=%(funcName)s %(pathname)s:%(lineno)d	(StrOpt) data to append to log format when level is DEBUG
logging_default_format_string=%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d %(levelname)s %(name)s [-] %(instance)s%(message)s	(StrOpt) format string to use for log messages without context
logging_exception_prefix=%(asctime)s.%(msecs)03d %(process)d TRACE %(name)s %(instance)s	(StrOpt) prefix each line of exception output with this format
monkey_patch=False	(BoolOpt) Enable monkey patching
monkey_patch_modules=	(ListOpt) List of modules/decorators to monkey patch
my_ip=192.168.122.175	(StrOpt) ip address of this host
no_snapshot_gb_quota=False	(BoolOpt) Whether snapshots count against GigaByte quota
nova_api_insecure=False	(BoolOpt) Allow to perform insecure SSL requests to nova
nova_ca_certificates_file=None	(StrOpt) Location of ca certicates file to use for nova client requests.
nova_catalog_admin_info=compute:nova:adminURL	(StrOpt) Same as nova_catalog_info, but for admin endpoint.
nova_catalog_info=compute:nova:publicURL	(StrOpt) Info to match when looking for nova in the service catalog. Format is : separated values of the form: <service_type>:<service_name>:<endpoint_type>
nova_endpoint_admin_template=None	(StrOpt) Same as nova_endpoint_template, but for admin endpoint.
nova_endpoint_template=None	(StrOpt) Override service catalog lookup with template for nova endpoint e.g. http://localhost:8774/v2/%(tenant_id)s
num_shell_tries=3	(IntOpt) number of times to attempt to run flakey shell commands
os_region_name=None	(StrOpt) region name of this node
password=None	(StrOpt) Password for Redis server. (optional)
policy_default_rule=default	(StrOpt) Rule checked when requested rule is not found
policy_file=policy.json	(StrOpt) JSON file representing policy
pool_size=None	(StrOpt) Size of thin provisioning pool (None uses entire cinder VG)
port=6379	(IntOpt) Use this port to connect to redis host.
pybasedir=/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages	(StrOpt) Directory where the cinder python module is installed
quota_driver=cinder.quota.DbQuotaDriver	(StrOpt) default driver to use for quota checks
quota_gigabytes=1000	(IntOpt) number of volume gigabytes (snapshots are also included) allowed per project
quota_snapshots=10	(IntOpt) number of volume snapshots allowed per project
quota_volumes=10	(IntOpt) number of volumes allowed per project
reservation_expire=86400	(IntOpt) number of seconds until a reservation expires
reserved_percentage=0	(IntOpt) The percentage of backend capacity is reserved
retry_interval=10	(IntOpt) interval between retries of opening a sql connection
root_helper=sudo	(StrOpt) Deprecated: command to use for running commands as root
rootwrap_config=/etc/cinder/rootwrap.conf	(StrOpt) Path to the rootwrap configuration file to use for running commands as root
run_external_periodic_tasks=True	(BoolOpt) Some periodic tasks can be run in a separate process. Should we run them here?
service_down_time=60	(IntOpt) maximum time since last check-in for up service
sqlite_db=cinder.sqlite	(StrOpt) the filename to use with sqlite
sqlite_synchronous=True	(BoolOpt) If true, use synchronous mode for sqlite
ssh_conn_timeout=30	(IntOpt) SSH connection timeout in seconds
ssh_max_pool_conn=5	(IntOpt) Maximum ssh connections in the pool
ssh_min_pool_conn=1	(IntOpt) Minimum ssh connections in the pool
ssl_ca_file=None	(StrOpt) CA certificate file to use to verify connecting clients
ssl_cert_file=None	(StrOpt) Certificate file to use when starting the server securely
ssl_key_file=None	(StrOpt) Private key file to use when starting the server securely
state_path=$pybasedir	(StrOpt) Top-level directory for maintaining cinder's state
storage_availability_zone=nova	(StrOpt) availability zone of this node
syslog_log_facility=LOG_USER	(StrOpt) syslog facility to receive log lines
tcp_keepidle=600	(IntOpt) Sets the value of TCP_KEEPIDLE in seconds for each server socket. Not supported on OS X.
topics=notifications	(ListOpt) AMQP topic(s) used for OpenStack notifications
until_refresh=0	(IntOpt) count of reservations until usage is refreshed
use_default_quota_class=True	(BoolOpt) whether to use default quota class for default quota
use_forwarded_for=False	(BoolOpt) Treat X-Forwarded-For as the canonical remote address. Only enable this if you have a sanitizing proxy.
use_stderr=True	(BoolOpt) Log output to standard error
use_syslog=False	(BoolOpt) Use syslog for logging.
use_tpool=False	(BoolOpt) Enable the experimental use of thread pooling for all DB API calls
verbose=False	(BoolOpt) Print more verbose output (set logging level to INFO instead of default WARNING level).