Backend Configuration

Documentation on how to enable and configure various backends available for OpenStack projects.

• Deploying Manila in the Overcloud
  • Deploying the Overcloud with the Internal Ceph Backend
    • Network Isolation
  • Deploying Manila in the overcloud with CephFS through NFS and a composable network
    • CephFS with NFS-Ganesha deployment
    • Configure the StorageNFS network
  • Deploying the Overcloud with an External Backend
  • Creating the Share
  • Accessing the Share
• Configuring Cinder with a Custom Unmanaged Backend
  • Adding a custom backend to Cinder
• Configuring Cinder with a NetApp Backend
  • Deploying the Overcloud
  • Creating a NetApp Volume
• Deploying Ceph with TripleO
  • Deployed Ceph Workflow
  • Deployed Ceph Scope
  • Multiple Ceph clusters per deployment
  • Prerequisite: Ensure the Ceph container is available
  • Prerequisite: Ensure the cephadm package is installed
  • Prerequisite: Ensure Disks are Clean
  • Deployed Ceph Command Line Interface
  • Ceph Configuration Options
  • Placement Groups (PGs)
  • Ceph Name Options
  • Ceph Spec Options
  • Overriding which disks should be OSDs
  • Service Placement Options
  • Ceph VIP Options
  • Deploy additional daemons
  • Example: deploy HA Ceph NFS daemon
  • Crush Hierarchy Options
    • Example: Apply a custom crush hierarchy to the deployed OSDs
  • Network Options
    • Example: Multiple subnets with custom network names
    • Example: IPv6
    • Example: Directly setting network and ms_bind options
  • SSH User Options
  • Container Options
  • Creating Pools and CephX keys before overcloud deployment (Optional)
  • Environment files to configure Ceph during Overcloud deployment
  • Applying Ceph server configuration during overcloud deployment
  • Applying Ceph client configuration during overcloud deployment
  • Ceph Pool Options
  • Overriding CRUSH rules
  • Overriding CephX Keys
  • Add the Ceph Dashboard to a Overcloud deployment
  • Scenario: Deploy Ceph with TripleO and Metalsmith and then Scale Up
  • Scenario: Scale Down Ceph with TripleO and Metalsmith
  • Scenario: Deploy Hyperconverged Ceph
• Use an external Ceph cluster with the Overcloud
  • Deploying Cinder, Glance, Nova, Gnocchi with an external Ceph RBD service
  • Configuring Ceph Clients for Multiple External Ceph RBD Services
  • Deploying Manila with an External CephFS Service
  • Compatibility Options
  • Deployment of an Overcloud with External Ceph
  • Standalone Ansible Roles for External Ceph
    • Single Ceph Cluster
    • Multiple Ceph Clusters
• Domain-specific LDAP Backends
  • Setup
  • Post-deployment setup
  • FreeIPA as an LDAP backend
• Use an external Swift Proxy with the Overcloud