[Openstack] Wading through nova.conf options

Anne Gentle anne at openstack.org
Thu Feb 21 01:47:35 UTC 2013


Looks like you found the "reference listings" but really want config info,
which I can point you to.

As you have noted, you have choices for networking and volumes: quantum or
nova-network, cinder or nova-volume. Here are pointers to specific docs.

Quantum config:
http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-network/admin/content/nova_with_quantum.html

Cinder config:
http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/install/apt/content/osfolubuntu-cinder.html

nova-volume:
http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/install-nova-volume.html

nova-network:
http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/networking-options.html

Since this is "trunk" documentation it changes daily, but these links offer
you more conceptual background info, which I think is what you'll need at
this point in your journey.
Anne

P.S. For a complete reference listing of all current nova.conf options,
refer to
https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/etc/nova/nova.conf.sample.
Those are what the docs folks will bring into the reference listing for
Grizzly.


On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Samuel Winchenbach <swinchen at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to get a better grasp on which nova.conf options are needed
> for a given setup.   I have found this list:
> http://docs.openstack.org/folsom/openstack-compute/admin/content/list-of-compute-config-options.htmlbut it doesn't really answer what is needed and when.  For example if I am
> using quantum to do the network management by setting network_api_class, I
> imagine that has a profound impact on which variables are required from
> table "Table 5.15. Description of nova.conf file configuration options for
> networking options"
> .  Also, if I am using cinder does that render the variables related for
> nova-volume obsolete?
>
> I have noticed that many of the other services have "Developer
> Documentation" such as this page for keystone:
> http://docs.openstack.org/developer/keystone/configuration.html
> has many of the options listed, what values are expected, etc.
>
> Does nova have any such documentation?
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
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