Install the packages for OpenStack Block Storage on the cloud controller. # apt-get install cinder-api cinder-scheduler cinder-volume # yum install openstack-cinder openstack-utils openstack-selinux # zypper install openstack-cinder-api openstack-cinder-scheduler \ openstack-cinder-volume If you are using XenServer type vhd images, you will also need the vhd-util binary to be able to create volumes from uploaded images. This could be installed by: # apt-get install blktap-utils # zypper in xen-tools # yum install blktap Edit /etc/cinder/api-paste.ini (filter authtoken).[filter:authtoken] paste.filter_factory = keystoneclient.middleware.auth_token:filter_factory service_protocol = http service_host = 192.168.206.130 service_port = 5000 auth_host = 192.168.206.130 auth_port = 35357 auth_protocol = http admin_tenant_name = service admin_user = cinder admin_password = openstack Edit /etc/cinder/cinder.conf to reflect your settings. [DEFAULT] rootwrap_config=/etc/cinder/rootwrap.conf sql_connection = mysql://cinder:openstack@localhost/cinder api_paste_config = /etc/cinder/api-paste.ini iscsi_helper=tgtadm volume_name_template = volume-%s volume_group = cinder-volumes verbose = True auth_strategy = keystone #osapi_volume_listen_port=5900 Configure messaging also in /etc/cinder/cinder.conf. rabbit_host = 10.10.10.10 rabbit_port = 5672 # Change the following settings if you're not using the default RabbitMQ configuration #rabbit_userid = rabbit #rabbit_password = secure_password #rabbit_virtual_host = /nova qpid_hostname=192.168.206.130 rabbit_host = 10.10.10.10 rabbit_port = 5672 # Change the following settings if you're not using the default RabbitMQ configuration #rabbit_userid = rabbit #rabbit_password = secure_password #rabbit_virtual_host = /nova Verify entries in /etc/nova/nova.conf. The volume_api_class setting is the default setting since grizzly. volume_api_class=nova.volume.cinder.API Set up the cinder database. CREATE DATABASE cinder; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cinder.* TO 'cinder'@'localhost' \ IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Add a filter entry to the devices section /etc/lvm/lvm.conf to keep LVM from scanning devices used by virtual machines. You must add every physical volume that is needed for LVM on the Cinder host. You can get a list by running pvdisplay. Each item in the filter array starts with either an "a" for accept, or an "r" for reject. Physical volumes that are needed on the Cinder host begin with "a". The array must end with "r/.*/" devices { ... filter = [ "a/sda1/", "a/sdb1/", "r/.*/"] ... } Set up the target file. $state_path=/var/lib/cinder/ and $volumes_dir=$state_path/volumes are the default values used by the Block Storage service. These directories MUST exist! $ sudo sh -c "echo 'include /var/lib/cinder/volumes/*' >> /etc/tgt/targets.conf" Restart the tgt service. $ sudo restart tgt Populate the database. $ sudo cinder-manage db sync Restart the services. $ sudo service cinder-volume restart $ sudo service cinder-api restart $ sudo service cinder-scheduler restart Create a 1 GB test volume. $ cinder create --display_name test 1 $ cinder list +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+-------------+ | ID | Status | Display Name | Size | Volume Type | Attached to | +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+-------------+ | 5bbad3f9-50ad-42c5-b58c-9b6b63ef3532 | available | test | 1 | None | | +--------------------------------------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+-------------+