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Hi Alan,
Yes, this is something I was able to achieve. Sorry I think I didn't
express myself clearly. My question was how to correctly create multiple
configuration files?

po 15. 7. 2019 o 15:56 Alan Bishop <abishop at redhat.com> napísal(a):

>
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 4:11 AM Tomáš Bredár <tomas.bredar at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Alan!
>> Thanks for the pointers. For now I'm going with a single backend with two
>> NFS shares, so I'll use the tripleo templates for netapp.
>> For the future, could you point me to the right template / puppet-cinder
>> code which can create multiple nfs share files for me? Or should I create
>> my own puppet manifest?
>>
>
> Hi Tomas,
>
> The puppet-cinder code that renders the shares config file is [1], and the
> data comes from puppet-tripleo [2]. This is puppet hiera data, and the
> value is bound to the CindeNetappNfsShares tripleo parameter [3].
>
> So you should be able to deploy a single backend that accesses multiple
> shares by adding something like this to your tripleo deployment.
>
> parameter_defaults:
>   CinderNetappNfsShares: 'host_1:/path/to/share_1,host_2:/path/to/share_2'
>
> [1]
> https://opendev.org/openstack/puppet-cinder/src/branch/stable/queens/manifests/backend/netapp.pp#L280
> [2]
> https://opendev.org/openstack/puppet-tripleo/src/branch/stable/queens/manifests/profile/base/cinder/volume/netapp.pp#L38
> [3]
> https://opendev.org/openstack/tripleo-heat-templates/src/branch/stable/queens/puppet/services/cinder-backend-netapp.yaml#L137
>
> Alan
>
> Thanks again.
>>
>> Tomas
>>
>> pi 12. 7. 2019 o 16:11 Alan Bishop <abishop at redhat.com> napísal(a):
>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 6:09 AM Tomáš Bredár <tomas.bredar at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Emilien!
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your help. Yes with this I am able to define multiple
>>>> stanzas in cinder.conf. However netapp driver needs a .conf file with the
>>>> nfs shares listed in it. Defining multiple configuration files with nfs
>>>> share details in each is not possible with the manual you've sent nor with
>>>> the templates in my first email.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Tomas,
>>>
>>> When deploying a single backend, the tripleo template takes care of
>>> generating the nfs shares file (actually, puppet-cinder generates the file,
>>> but it's triggered by tripleo). But when you use the custom backend method
>>> that Emilien pointed you to use, then you are responsible for supplying all
>>> the pieces for the backend(s) to function correctly. This means you will
>>> need to generate the nfs shares file on the host (controller), and then
>>> bind mount the file using CinderVolumeOptVolumes so that the shares file on
>>> the host is visible to the cinder-volume process running in a container.
>>>
>>> I'm wondering if it's possible to define a second backend by creating
>>>> another service, for example "OS::TripleO::Services::CinderBackendNetApp2" ?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sorry, this won't work. TripleO will trying to deploy two completely
>>> separate instances of the cinder-volume service, but the two deployments
>>> will step all over each other. There has been a long standing goal of
>>> enhancing tripleo so that it can deploy multiple instances of a cinder
>>> backend, but it's a complex task that will require non-trivial changes to
>>> tripleo.
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>> Tomas
>>>>
>>>> št 11. 7. 2019 o 14:35 Emilien Macchi <emilien at redhat.com> napísal(a):
>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 7:32 AM Tomáš Bredár <tomas.bredar at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi community,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying to define multiple NetApp storage backends via Tripleo
>>>>>> installer.
>>>>>> According to [1] the puppet manifest supports multiple backends.
>>>>>> The current templates [2] [3] support only single backend.
>>>>>> Does anyone know how to define multiple netapp backends in the
>>>>>> tripleo-heat environment files / templates?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We don't support that via the templates that you linked, however if
>>>>> you follow this manual you should be able to configure multiple NetApp
>>>>> backends:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://docs.openstack.org/tripleo-docs/latest/install/advanced_deployment/cinder_custom_backend.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Let us know how it worked!
>>>>> --
>>>>> Emilien Macchi
>>>>>
>>>>
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