Thursday, December 4, 2025

OpenStack Epoxy : Use Cinder Storage (Multi-BackEnds)

 

OpenStack Epoxy : Use Cinder Storage (Multi-BackEnds)

 

It's possible to use Virtual Storages provided by Cinder if an Instance needs more disks.

Configure Virtual storage with LVM and NFS Multi-Backend on here.

------------+--------------------------+--------------------------+------------
            |                          |                          |
        eth0|10.0.0.30             eth0|10.0.0.50             eth0|10.0.0.51
+-----------+-----------+  +-----------+-----------+  +-----------+-----------+
|   [ dlp.srv.world ]   |  | [ network.srv.world ] |  |  [ node01.srv.world ] |
|     (Control Node)    |  |     (Network Node)    |  |     (Compute Node)    |
|                       |  |                       |  |                       |
|  MariaDB    RabbitMQ  |  |      Open vSwitch     |  |        Libvirt        |
|  Memcached  Nginx     |  |     Neutron Server    |  |      Nova Compute     |
|  Keystone   httpd     |  |      OVN-Northd       |  |      Open vSwitch     |
|  Glance     Nova API  |  |  Nginx  iSCSI Target  |  |   OVN Metadata Agent  |
|  Cinder API           |  |     Cinder Volume     |  |     OVN-Controller    |
+-----------------------+  +-----------------------+  +-----------------------+

-----------+-------------------------------------------------------------------
       eth0|10.0.0.35
+----------+-----------+
|   [ nfs.srv.world ]  |
|       NFS Server     |
+----------------------+

[1]

For LVM backend on this example, use a volume group [vg_volume01] for it.

[2]

NFS server is required to be running on your local network, refer to here.
On this example, configure [/var/lib/nfs-share] directory on [nfs.srv.world] as a shared directory.

[3]Configure Storage Node.
root@network:~# 
apt -y install nfs-common
root@network:~# 
vi /etc/idmapd.conf
# line 5 : uncomment and change to your domain name

Domain = 
srv.world
root@network:~# 
vi /etc/cinder/cinder.conf
# add the value to [enabled_backends] param

enabled_backends = lvm,nfs

# add to last line
[lvm]
target_helper = lioadm
target_protocol = iscsi
target_ip_address = $my_ip
volume_backend_name = LVM
# volume group name created
volume_group = vg_volume01
volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMVolumeDriver
volumes_dir = $state_path/volumes

[nfs]
volume_driver = cinder.volume.drivers.nfs.NfsDriver
volume_backend_name = NFS
nfs_shares_config = /etc/cinder/nfs_shares
nfs_mount_point_base = $state_path/mnt_nfs 

root@storage:~# 
vi /etc/cinder/nfs_shares
# create new : specify NFS shared directory
# if set multiple share, write one per line

nfs.srv.world:/var/lib/nfs-share
root@network:~# 
chmod 640 /etc/cinder/nfs_shares

root@network:~# 
chgrp cinder /etc/cinder/nfs_shares

root@network:~# 
systemctl restart cinder-volume

root@network:~# 
chown -R cinder:cinder /var/lib/cinder/mnt_nfs
[4]Configure Compute Node.
root@node01:~# 
apt -y install nfs-common
root@node01:~# 
vi /etc/idmapd.conf
# line 5 : uncomment and change to your domain name

Domain = 
srv.world
root@node01:~# 
vi /etc/nova/nova.conf
# add follows into the [keystone_authtoken] section
[keystone_authtoken]
.....
.....
service_token_roles = service
service_token_roles_required = true

# add to last line
[service_user]
send_service_user_token = true
auth_url = https://dlp.srv.world:5000
auth_type = password
project_domain_name = Default
user_domain_name = Default
project_name = service
username = nova
password = servicepassword
insecure = false

[cinder]
os_region_name = RegionOne

root@node01:~# 
systemctl restart nova-compute
[5]Create volume types. It's OK to work on any node. (example below is on Control Node)
# set environment variable

root@dlp ~(keystone)# 
echo "export OS_VOLUME_API_VERSION=3" >> ~/keystonerc

root@dlp ~(keystone)# 
source ~/keystonerc
root@dlp ~(keystone)# 
openstack volume type create lvm

+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field       | Value                                |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| description | None                                 |
| id          | 12f75645-6eb6-4e82-952b-1ccfc8149dc5 |
| is_public   | True                                 |
| name        | lvm                                  |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+

root@dlp ~(keystone)# 
openstack volume type create nfs

+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field       | Value                                |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+
| description | None                                 |
| id          | 9b4da449-c306-4654-89ca-60a50beafed5 |
| is_public   | True                                 |
| name        | nfs                                  |
+-------------+--------------------------------------+

root@dlp ~(keystone)# 
openstack volume type list

+--------------------------------------+-------------+-----------+
| ID                                   | Name        | Is Public |
+--------------------------------------+-------------+-----------+
| 9b4da449-c306-4654-89ca-60a50beafed5 | nfs         | True      |
| 12f75645-6eb6-4e82-952b-1ccfc8149dc5 | lvm         | True      |
| f66013e5-42fd-4894-9abb-5d765afdc988 | __DEFAULT__ | True      |
+--------------------------------------+-------------+-----------+
[6]Login as a common user you'd like to add volumes to own instances.
# set environment variable

debian@dlp ~(keystone)$ 
echo "export OS_VOLUME_API_VERSION=3" >> ~/keystonerc

debian@dlp ~(keystone)$ 
source ~/keystonerc
debian@dlp ~(keystone)$ 
openstack volume create --type lvm --size 10 disk-lvm

+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field               | Value                                |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
| attachments         | []                                   |
| availability_zone   | nova                                 |
| bootable            | false                                |
| consistencygroup_id | None                                 |
| created_at          | 2025-09-01T00:44:55.249132           |
| description         | None                                 |
| encrypted           | False                                |
| id                  | 50eca703-9041-4990-9a22-17957b4f75e0 |
| multiattach         | False                                |
| name                | disk-lvm                             |
| properties          |                                      |
| replication_status  | None                                 |
| size                | 10                                   |
| snapshot_id         | None                                 |
| source_volid        | None                                 |
| status              | creating                             |
| type                | lvm                                  |
| updated_at          | None                                 |
| user_id             | da64c3c335434563b66eb2e8af260392     |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------+

debian@dlp ~(keystone)$ 
openstack volume create --type nfs --size 10 disk-nfs

+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field               | Value                                |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
| attachments         | []                                   |
| availability_zone   | nova                                 |
| bootable            | false                                |
| consistencygroup_id | None                                 |
| created_at          | 2025-09-01T00:45:16.373852           |
| description         | None                                 |
| encrypted           | False                                |
| id                  | 3c1eb0de-b2f6-4544-befd-8149ba89d819 |
| multiattach         | False                                |
| name                | disk-nfs                             |
| properties          |                                      |
| replication_status  | None                                 |
| size                | 10                                   |
| snapshot_id         | None                                 |
| source_volid        | None                                 |
| status              | creating                             |
| type                | nfs                                  |
| updated_at          | None                                 |
| user_id             | da64c3c335434563b66eb2e8af260392     |
+---------------------+--------------------------------------+

debian@dlp ~(keystone)$ 
openstack volume list

+----------------------------------+----------+-----------+------+-------------+
| ID                               | Name     | Status    | Size | Attached to |
+----------------------------------+----------+-----------+------+-------------+
| 3c1eb0de-b2f6-4544-befd-         | disk-nfs | available |   10 |             |
| 8149ba89d819                     |          |           |      |             |
| 50eca703-9041-4990-9a22-         | disk-lvm | available |   10 |             |
| 17957b4f75e0                     |          |           |      |             |
+----------------------------------+----------+-----------+------+-------------+
[7]Attach volume to an instance.
debian@dlp ~(keystone)$ 
openstack server list

+----------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+----------+
| ID             | Name      | Status  | Networks        | Image    | Flavor   |
+----------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+----------+
| 2deabceb-e220- | Debian-13 | SHUTOFF | private=10.0.0. | Debian13 | m1.small |
| 4e5c-b8dd-     |           |         | 249,            |          |          |
| 320683d0bf0b   |           |         | 192.168.100.39  |          |          |
+----------------+-----------+---------+-----------------+----------+----------+

debian@dlp ~(keystone)$ 
openstack server add volume Debian-13 disk-lvm

debian@dlp ~(keystone)$ 
openstack server add volume Debian-13 disk-nfs
# the status of attached disk turns [in-use] like follows

debian@dlp ~(keystone)$ 
openstack volume list

+-------------------------+----------+--------+------+-------------------------+
| ID                      | Name     | Status | Size | Attached to             |
+-------------------------+----------+--------+------+-------------------------+
| 3c1eb0de-b2f6-4544-     | disk-nfs | in-use |   10 | Attached to Debian-13   |
| befd-8149ba89d819       |          |        |      | on /dev/vdc             |
| 50eca703-9041-4990-     | disk-lvm | in-use |   10 | Attached to Debian-13   |
| 9a22-17957b4f75e0       |          |        |      | on /dev/vdb             |
+-------------------------+----------+--------+------+-------------------------+

# to detach the disk, do like follows

debian@dlp ~(keystone)$ 
openstack server remove volume Debian-13 disk-lvm

debian@dlp ~(keystone)$ 
openstack server remove volume Debian-13 disk-nfs

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