Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 Custom Block Storage Backend Deployment Guide

About this manual

This document provides instructions for deploying custom, non-integrated backends for the Cinder block storage service within a Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2 overcloud. It covers the prerequisites, understanding of custom backends, and the creation of custom environment files.

The guide explains the configuration process, including how to deploy the configured backend using the Director tool and how to test the deployment by creating volumes. It includes an example configuration for setting up multiple backends. This manual is written in Chinese.

What's inside

• Deployment prerequisites
• Understanding custom backends
• Creating custom environment files
• Deploying the configured backend
• Testing the configured backend
• Example environment file configuration

Frequently asked questions

What is the purpose of this guide?

This guide explains how to deploy custom, non-integrated backends for the block storage service (cinder) in a Red Hat OpenStack Platform Overcloud.

What user account is required to deploy the custom backend?

You must have a username and password for an account with upgrade privileges, which can be the same stack user account used to deploy the overcloud.

How do you deploy the configured backend?

Log in as the stack user and run the openstack overcloud deploy command with the --templates option and the -e flag pointing to the custom environment file.