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On 01/10/2014 03:40 PM, Matt Kassawara wrote:
> On at least Ubuntu and RHEL variants, placing "connection" in the
> [database] section of cinder.conf appears to work.  However, the
> base/sample cinder.conf on both distributions lacks the [database]
> section.  The Ubuntu version is particularly sparse.
> 
> For Ubuntu, a previous patch to the installation guide merely moved
> "sql_connection" to the [database] section which isn't supported.  For
> RHEL variants, apparently the "openstack-config" command breaks because
> it can't find the [database] section and won't create it.  The Havana
> release of Cinder still supports the legacy "sql_connection" in the
> [default] section in both distributions.  We could revert the
> installation guides to use this legacy configuration, but it would add
> an extra step for the upgrade procedure to Icehouse.
> 
> For Ubuntu, I suggest we use the modern configuration with "connection"
> in the [database] section and tell people to create the [database]
> header if it doesn't exist.  For RHEL variants, I suggest we mention
> editing cinder.conf to add the [database] header before using the
> "openstack-config" command with "connection" in the [database] section.
>  On a side note, I'm also thinking that "openstack-config" should
> support creation of section headers.
> 
> Andreas - Do you know what SUSE supports in cinder.conf?

SUSE is on the same page as others - thus supporting [database]
connection and also the legacy [default] sql_connection,

Andreas
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