openstack-manuals/doc/admin-guide-cloud/section_nfs_backend.xml
Don Domingo cbdf37be29 Apply review edits to GlusterFS+NFS backend setup
This patch applies several editorial fixes to the GlusterFS and NFS
backend setup sections. These fixes were part of the editorial review
process in https://review.openstack.org/#/c/74553/ and
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/73931/ (both of which are merged).

Change-Id: I73f823190913acb755b3362e73db70d09e5b3426
Related-Bug: #1281444
Related-Bug: #1280951
2014-03-06 09:38:48 +10:00

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<section xml:id="nfs_backend" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.0">
<title>Configure an NFS storage back end</title>
<para>This section explains how to configure OpenStack Block
Storage to use NFS storage. You must be able to access the NFS
shares from the server that hosts the
<systemitem class="service">cinder</systemitem> volume service.
</para>
<note>
<para os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles">The
<systemitem class="service">cinder</systemitem> volume service
is named <literal>openstack-cinder-volume</literal> on the
following distributions:</para>
<itemizedlist os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles">
<listitem os="rhel;centos;fedora"><para>CentOS</para></listitem>
<listitem os="rhel;centos;fedora"><para>Fedora</para></listitem>
<listitem os="opensuse;sles"><para>openSUSE</para></listitem>
<listitem os="rhel;centos;fedora"><para>Red Hat Enterprise
Linux</para></listitem>
<listitem os="opensuse;sles"><para>SUSE Linux Enterprise
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>In Ubuntu and Debian distributions, the
<systemitem class="service">cinder</systemitem> volume
service is named <literal>cinder-volume</literal>.</para>
</note>
<procedure>
<title>Configure Block Storage to use an NFS storage back end</title>
<step>
<para>Log in as <systemitem>root</systemitem> to the system
hosting the <systemitem>cinder</systemitem> volume
service.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
Create a text file named <filename>nfsshares</filename> in
<filename>/etc/cinder/</filename>.
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>
Add an entry to <filename>/etc/cinder/nfsshares</filename>
for each NFS share that the
<systemitem class="service">cinder</systemitem>
volume service should use for back end storage. Each entry
should be a separate line, and should use the following
format:
</para>
<programlisting><replaceable>HOST</replaceable>:<replaceable>SHARE</replaceable></programlisting>
<para>Where:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para><replaceable>HOST</replaceable> is the IP
address or host name of the NFS server.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para><replaceable>SHARE</replaceable> is the
absolute path to an existing and accessible NFS share.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</step>
<step>
<para>
Set <filename>/etc/cinder/nfsshares</filename> to be
owned by the <systemitem>root</systemitem> user and the
<systemitem>cinder</systemitem> group:
</para>
<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>chown root:cinder /etc/cinder/nfsshares</userinput></screen>
</step>
<step>
<para>
Set <filename>/etc/cinder/nfsshares</filename> to be
readable by members of the <systemitem>cinder</systemitem>
group:
</para>
<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>chmod 0640 /etc/cinder/nfsshares</userinput></screen>
</step>
<step>
<para>Configure the
<systemitem class="service">cinder</systemitem>
volume service to use the
<filename>/etc/cinder/nfsshares</filename> file created
earlier. To do so, open the
<filename>/etc/cinder/cinder.conf</filename> configuration
file and set the
<literal>nfs_shares_config</literal> configuration key to
<filename>/etc/cinder/nfsshares</filename>.
</para>
<para os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles">On
distributions that include
<application>openstack-config</application>, you can
configure this by running the following command instead:
</para>
<screen os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles"><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/cinder/cinder.conf \
DEFAULT nfs_shares_config /etc/cinder/nfsshares</userinput></screen>
<para os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles">The following
distributions include
<application>openstack-config</application>:</para>
<itemizedlist os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles">
<listitem os="rhel;centos;fedora">
<para>CentOS</para>
</listitem>
<listitem os="rhel;centos;fedora">
<para>Fedora</para>
</listitem>
<listitem os="opensuse;sles">
<para>openSUSE</para>
</listitem>
<listitem os="rhel;centos;fedora">
<para>Red Hat Enterprise Linux</para>
</listitem>
<listitem os="opensuse;sles">
<para>SUSE Linux Enterprise</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</step>
<step>
<para>
Optionally, provide any additional NFS mount options
required in your environment in the
<literal>nfs_mount_options</literal> configuration key of
<filename>/etc/cinder/cinder.conf</filename>.
If your NFS shares do not require any additional mount
options (or if you are unsure), skip this step.
</para>
<para os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles">On
distributions that include
<application>openstack-config</application>, you can
configure this by running the following command instead:
</para>
<screen os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles"><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/cinder/cinder.conf \
DEFAULT nfs_mount_options <replaceable>OPTIONS</replaceable></userinput></screen>
<para os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles">
Replace <replaceable>OPTIONS</replaceable> with the mount
options to be used when accessing NFS shares. See the
manual page for NFS for more information on available
mount options (<command>man nfs</command>).
</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Configure the
<systemitem class="service">cinder</systemitem>
volume service to use the correct volume driver, namely
<literal>cinder.volume.drivers.nfs.NfsDriver</literal>. To
do so, open the
<filename>/etc/cinder/cinder.conf</filename>
configuration file and set the
<literal>volume_driver</literal> configuration key to
<literal>cinder.volume.drivers.nfs.NfsDriver</literal>.
</para>
<para os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles">On
distributions that include
<application>openstack-config</application>, you can
configure this by running the following command instead:
</para>
<screen os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles"><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/cinder/cinder.conf \
DEFAULT volume_driver cinder.volume.drivers.nfs.NfsDriver</userinput></screen>
</step>
<step><para>
You can now restart the service to apply the configuration.
</para>
<para os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles">To restart the
<systemitem class="service">cinder</systemitem> volume service
on CentOS, Fedora, openSUSE, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or SUSE
Linux Enterprise, run:</para>
<screen os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles"><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service openstack-cinder-volume restart</userinput></screen>
<para os="debian;ubuntu">To restart the
<systemitem>cinder</systemitem> volume service on Ubuntu or
Debian, run:</para>
<screen os="debian;ubuntu"><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>service cinder-volume restart</userinput></screen></step>
</procedure>
<note>
<para>
The <literal>nfs_sparsed_volumes</literal> configuration
key determines whether volumes are created as sparse files
and grown as needed or fully allocated up front. The
default and recommended value is <literal>true</literal>,
which ensures volumes are initially created as sparse
files.
</para>
<para>
Setting <literal>nfs_sparsed_volumes</literal> to
<literal>false</literal> will result in volumes
being fully allocated at the time of creation. This
leads to increased delays in volume creation.
</para>
<para>
However, should you choose to set
<literal>nfs_sparsed_volumes</literal> to
<literal>false</literal>, you can do so directly in
<filename>/etc/cinder/cinder.conf</filename>.</para>
<para os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles">On
distributions that include
<application>openstack-config</application>, you can
configure this by running the following command instead:
</para>
<screen os="rhel;centos;fedora;opensuse;sles"><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>openstack-config --set /etc/cinder/cinder.conf \
DEFAULT nfs_sparsed_volumes false</userinput></screen>
</note>
<important>
<para>If a client host has SELinux enabled, the
<systemitem>virt_use_nfs</systemitem> Boolean should also be
enabled if the host requires access to NFS volumes on an
instance. To enable this Boolean, run the following command
as the <systemitem>root</systemitem> user:
</para>
<screen><prompt>#</prompt> <userinput>setsebool -P virt_use_nfs on</userinput></screen>
<para>This command also makes the Boolean persistent across
reboots. Run this command on all client hosts that require
access to NFS volumes on an instance. This includes all Compute
nodes.</para>
</important>
</section>