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 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
• Configuring Ceph with Custom Config Settings
  • Deploying an Overcloud with Ceph
  • Configuring nova-compute ephemeral backend per role
  • Customizing ceph.conf with puppet-ceph
  • Customizing ceph.conf with ceph-ansible
  • Configuring CephX Keys
  • Tuning Ceph OSD CPU and Memory
  • Configure OSD settings with ceph-ansible
  • Maintaining both Bluestore and Filestore Ceph Backends
  • Customize Ceph Placement Groups per OpenStack Pool
  • Customizing crushmap using device classes
  • Customizing crushmap using node specific overrides
  • Override Ansible run options
  • Applying ceph-ansible customizations to a overcloud deployment
  • Already Deployed Servers and ceph-ansible
  • Adding Ceph Dashboard to a Overcloud deployment
  • Using Ansible –limit with ceph-ansible
  • Validating Ceph Configuration
  • Ceph Placement Group Validation
• 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
  • Configuring Already Deployed Servers to use External Ceph
  • Deployment of an Overcloud with External Ceph
• Domain-specific LDAP Backends
  • Setup
  • Post-deployment setup
  • FreeIPA as an LDAP backend
• Use an external Swift Proxy with the Overcloud