[Openstack] Add external storage to openstack

John Griffith john.griffith at solidfire.com
Thu Nov 5 14:03:14 UTC 2015


On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 4:01 AM, Navneet Singh <navneet.singh2012 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi All
>
> I installed openstack kilo on an ubuntu linux-server 14.04 using devstack.
> I installed ubuntu and openstack kilo on a 512GB SSD (sda1). I also have
> 8TB HDD (sdb1) storage connected to the same system.
>
> Now I want that all my instances that i launch take up space 8TB drive
> when i look on the 8TB drive, but it seems it is using space on my SSD.
> Also here openstack gui shows no sign of that 8TB drive.
>
> Please help me in understanding  why is it so and what can be configured
> or steps I can follow to get desired goal.
>
> --
> Regards
> Navneet
>
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​Did you set your instances_path variable in nova.conf to point to a
directory on your sdb1?  The default uses $state_path/instances, maybe
that's what you have going on.

John​
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