[Openstack] How can I specify which filesystem to use for ephemeral storage per image?

Kiall Mac Innes kiall at managedit.ie
Fri Nov 2 11:26:25 UTC 2012


Are those not the default settings?

https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/virt/disk/api.py#L66


Thanks,
Kiall


On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Erik Lindblad <erik.lindblad at gmail.com>wrote:

> Ok, I figured out my problem. My nova.conf BEFORE:
>
> virt_mkfs="default=mkfs.ext4 -L %(fs_label)s -F %(target)s"
> virt_mkfs="windows=mkfs.ntfs --force --fast --label %(fs_label)s
> %(target)s"
>
> This is from the docs, but it's not right. Removing the citation marks
> made it work as expected:
> virt_mkfs=default=mkfs.ext4 -L %(fs_label)s -F %(target)s
> virt_mkfs=windows=mkfs.ntfs --force --fast --label %(fs_label)s %(target)s
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 8:41 AM, Erik Lindblad <erik.lindblad at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Not sure if it helps bumping my own email, but here's a launchpad
>> question as well. Still haven't been able to solve this, it's keeping us
>> from transitioning our windows tests from eucalyptus.
>>
>> https://answers.launchpad.net/nova/+question/212734
>>
>> --Erik
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Erik Lindblad <erik.lindblad at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> I'm running a nova cloud (essex) with both linux and windows
>>> instances. I want the windows images to boot with an ephemeral
>>> pre-formatted ntfs drive.
>>>
>>> I've tried setting:
>>> virt_mkfs="windows=mkfs.ntfs --force --fast --label %(fs_label)s
>>> %(target)s"
>>>
>>> in nova.conf and I've also set the os_type metadata on the windows
>>> image, but nova still uses ext4:
>>> 2012-10-29 12:41:24 DEBUG nova.utils
>>> [req-33b476e7-6412-4caa-ba51-839c36ab35b0
>>> ec731931e03544d89e46468a3a268d9b 526fedd9083647fbbbc167261f10ecfc]
>>> Running cmd (subprocess): mkfs.ext4 -L ephemeral0 -F
>>> /var/lib/nova/instances/_base/ephemeral_0_20_windows from (pid=10597)
>>> execute /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova/utils.py:219
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Erik
>>>
>>
>>
>
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