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Name

       ganeti-extstorage-interface - Specifications for ExtStorage providers

DESCRIPTION

       The  method  for  supporting  external  shared  storage in Ganeti is to have an ExtStorage
       provider for each external shared storage hardware type.  The ExtStorage provider is a set
       of  files (executable scripts and text files), contained inside a directory which is named
       after the provider.  This directory must be  present  across  all  nodes  of  a  nodegroup
       (Ganeti  doesn't  replicate it), in order for the provider to be usable by Ganeti for this
       nodegroup (valid).  The external shared storage hardware should also be accessible by  all
       nodes of this nodegroup too.

REFERENCE

       There  are  eight  required  files: create, attach, detach, remove, grow, setinfo, verify,
       (executables) and parameters.list (text file).

       There are also three optional files: open, close, and snapshot (executables).

   Common environment
       All commands will get their input via environment variables.  A common  set  of  variables
       will  be  exported  for  all commands, and some commands might have extra variables.  Note
       that all counts are zero-based.

       Since Ganeti version 2.5, the environment will  be  cleaned  up  before  being  passed  to
       scripts,  therefore  they  will  not inherit the environment in with which the ganeti node
       daemon was started.  If you depend on any environment  variables  (non-Ganeti),  then  you
       will need to define or source them appropriately.

       VOL_NAME
              The  name  of  the  volume.  This is unique for Ganeti and it uses it to refer to a
              specific volume inside the external storage.  Its format  is  UUID.ext.diskX  where
              UUID  is  produced  by  Ganeti  and  is unique inside the Ganeti context.  X is the
              number of the disk count.

       VOL_SIZE
              Available only to the create and grow scripts.  The volume's size in mebibytes.

       VOL_NEW_SIZE
              Available only to the grow script.  It declares the new size of  the  volume  after
              grow  (in  mebibytes).   To find the amount of grow, the scipt should calculate the
              number VOL_NEW_SIZE - VOL_SIZE.

       EXTP_name
              Each ExtStorage parameter (see  below)  will  be  exported  in  its  own  variable,
              prefixed  with  EXTP_,  and upper-cased.  For example, a fromsnap parameter will be
              exported as EXTP_FROMSNAP.

       VOL_METADATA
              Available only  to  the  setinfo  script.   A  string  containing  metadata  to  be
              associated  with  the  volume.  Currently, Ganeti sets this value to originstname+X
              where X is the instance's name.

       VOL_CNAME
              The human-readable name of the Disk config object (optional).

       VOL_UUID
              The uuid of the Disk config object.

       VOL_SNAPSHOT_NAME
              The name of the volume's snapshot.

       VOL_SNAPSHOT_SIZE
              The size of the volume's snapshot.

       VOL_OPEN_EXCLUSIVE
              Whether the volume will be opened for exclusive access or not.  This will be  False
              (denoting shared access) during migration.

EXECUTABLE SCRIPTS

   create
       The  create  command  is  used for creating a new volume inside the external storage.  The
       VOL_NAME denotes the volume's name, which should be unique.  After creation,  Ganeti  will
       refer to this volume by this name for all other actions.

       Ganeti  produces  this  name  dynamically  and  ensures  its  uniqueness inside the Ganeti
       context.  Therefore, you should make sure not to  provision  manually  additional  volumes
       inside  the  external  storage with this type of name, because this will lead to conflicts
       and possible loss of data.

       The VOL_SIZE variable denotes the size of the new volume to be created in mebibytes.

       If the script ends successfully, a new volume of size VOL_SIZE  should  exist  inside  the
       external storage.  e.g:: a lun inside a NAS appliance.

       The script returns 0 on success.

   attach
       This  command  is  used in order to make an already created volume visible to the physical
       node which will host the instance.  This is done by mapping the already provisioned volume
       to a block device inside the host node.

       The VOL_NAME variable denotes the volume to be mapped.

       After  successful  attachment the script returns to its stdout a string, which is the full
       path of the block device to which the volume is mapped.  e.g:: /dev/dummy1

       When attach returns, this path should be a valid block device on the host node.

       The attach script should be idempotent if the volume is already mapped.  If the  requested
       volume  is already mapped, then the script should just return to its stdout the path which
       is already mapped to.

       In case the storage technology supports userspace access to volumes  as  well,  e.g.   the
       QEMU Hypervisor can see an RBD volume using its embedded driver for the RBD protocol, then
       the provider can return extra lines denoting  the  available  userspace  access  URIs  per
       hypervisor.   The URI should be in the following format: <hypervisor>:<uri>.  For example,
       a RADOS provider should return kvm:rbd:<pool>/<volume name> in the second line  of  stdout
       after the local block device path (e.g.  /dev/rbd1).

       So,  if  the  access  disk parameter is userspace for the ext disk template, then the QEMU
       command will end up having file=<URI> in the -drive option.

       In case the storage technology supports only userspace access to volumes, then  the  first
       line  of  stdout  should  be  an  empty  line,  denoting  that a local block device is not
       available.  If neither a block device nor a URI is returned, then Ganeti will complain.

   detach
       This command is used in order to unmap an  already  mapped  volume  from  the  host  node.
       Detach  undoes everything attach did.  This is done by unmapping the requested volume from
       the block device it is mapped to.

       The VOL_NAME variable denotes the volume to be unmapped.

       detach doesn't affect the volume itself.  It just unmaps  it  from  the  host  node.   The
       volume  continues  to  exist inside the external storage.  It's just not accessible by the
       node anymore.  This script doesn't return anything to its stdout.

       The detach script should be idempotent if the volume is already unmapped.  If  the  volume
       is not mapped, the script doesn't perform any action at all.

       The script returns 0 on success.

   remove
       This  command  is used to remove an existing volume from the external storage.  The volume
       is permanently removed from inside the external storage along with all its data.

       The VOL_NAME variable denotes the volume to be removed.

       The script returns 0 on success.

   grow
       This command is used to grow an existing volume of the external storage.

       The VOL_NAME variable denotes the volume to grow.

       The VOL_SIZE variable denotes the current volume's size (in mebibytes).  The  VOL_NEW_SIZE
       variable denotes the final size after the volume has been grown (in mebibytes).

       The amount of grow can be easily calculated by the scipt and is:

       grow_amount = VOL_NEW_SIZE - VOL_SIZE (in mebibytes)

       Ganeti ensures that: VOL_NEW_SIZE > VOL_SIZE

       If  the script returns successfully, then the volume inside the external storage will have
       a new size of VOL_NEW_SIZE.  This isn't immediately reflected to the instance's disk.  See
       gnt-instance grow for more details on when the running instance becomes aware of its grown
       disk.

       The script returns 0 on success.

   setinfo
       This script is used to add metadata to an existing volume.  It is helpful when we need  to
       keep  an external, Ganeti-independent mapping between instances and volumes; primarily for
       recovery reasons.  This is provider specific  and  the  author  of  the  provider  chooses
       whether/how  to implement this.  You can just exit with 0, if you do not want to implement
       this feature, without harming the overall functionality of the provider.

       The VOL_METADATA variable contains the metadata of the volume.

       Currently, Ganeti sets this value to originstname+X where X is the instance's name.

       The script returns 0 on success.

   verify
       The verify script is used to verify consistency of the  external  parameters  (ext-params)
       (see below).  The command should take one or more arguments denoting what checks should be
       performed, and return a proper exit code depending on whether  the  validation  failed  or
       succeeded.

       Currently,  the  script is not invoked by Ganeti, but should be present for future use and
       consistency with gnt-os-interface's verify script.

       The script should return 0 on success.

   snapshot
       The snapshot script is used to take a snapshot of the given volume.

       The VOL_SNAPSHOT_NAME and VOL_SNAPSHOT_SIZE variables contain the name  and  size  of  the
       snapshot we are about to create.

       Currently  this  operation  is  used  only  during gnt-backup export and Ganeti sets those
       values to VOL_NAME.snap and VOL_SIZE respectively (see above).

       The script returns 0 on success.

       Please note that this script is optional and not all providers should  implement  it.   Of
       course  if  it  is not present, instance backup export will not be supported for the given
       provider.

   open
       The open script is used to open the given volume.

       This makes the volume ready for I/O.

       The VOL_OPEN_EXCLUSIVE variable denotes whether the volume will be  opened  for  exclusive
       access or not.  It is True by default and False (denoting shared access) during migration.

       The script returns 0 on success.

       Please note that this script is optional and not all providers should implement it.

   close
       The close script is used to close the given volume.

       This disables I/O on the volume.

       The script returns 0 on success.

       Please note that this script is optional and not all providers should implement it.

TEXT FILES

   parameters.list
       This  file declares the parameters supported by the ExtStorage provider, one parameter per
       line, with name and description (space and/or tab separated).  For example:

              fromsnap Snapshot name to create the volume from
              nas_ip The IP of the NAS appliance

       The parameters can then be used during instance add as follows:

              # gnt-instance add --disk=0:fromsnap="file_name",nas_ip="1.2.3.4" ...

EXAMPLES

       In the following examples we assume that  you  have  already  installed  successfully  two
       ExtStorage providers: pvdr1 and pvdr2

       Add  a new instance with a 10G first disk provided by pvdr1 and a 20G second disk provided
       by pvdr2:

              # gnt-instance add -t ext --disk=0:size=10G,provider=pvdr1
                                        --disk=1:size=20G,provider=pvdr2

       Add a new instance with a 5G first disk provided by provider pvdr1 and also pass the prm1,
       prm2 parameters to the provider, with the corresponding values val1, val2:

              # gnt-instance add -t ext
                                 --disk=0:size=5G,provider=pvdr1,prm1=val1,prm2=val2

       Modify an existing instance of disk type ext by adding a new 30G disk provided by provider
       pvdr2:

              # gnt-instance modify --disk 1:add,size=30G,provider=pvdr2 <instance>

       Modify an existing instance of  disk  type  ext  by  adding  2  new  disks,  of  different
       providers, passing one parameter for the first one:

              # gnt-instance modify --disk 2:add,size=3G,provider=pvdr1,prm1=val1
                                    --disk 3:add,size=5G,provider=pvdr2
                                    <instance>

NOTES

   Backwards compatibility
       The  ExtStorage  Interface  was introduced in Ganeti 2.7.  Ganeti 2.7 and up is compatible
       with the ExtStorage Interface.

   Common behaviour
       All the scripts should display an usage  message  when  called  with  a  wrong  number  of
       arguments or when the first argument is -h or --help.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report   bugs   to  project  website  (http://code.google.com/p/ganeti/)  or  contact  the
       developers using the Ganeti mailing list (ganeti@googlegroups.com).

SEE ALSO

       Ganeti overview and specifications: ganeti(7) (general  overview),  ganeti-os-interface(7)
       (guest OS definitions), ganeti-extstorage-interface(7) (external storage providers).

       Ganeti   commands:   gnt-cluster(8)   (cluster-wide   commands),  gnt-job(8)  (job-related
       commands),  gnt-node(8)  (node-related  commands),  gnt-instance(8)  (instance  commands),
       gnt-os(8) (guest OS commands), gnt-storage(8) (storage commands), gnt-group(8) (node group
       commands), gnt-backup(8) (instance import/export commands), gnt-debug(8) (debug commands).

       Ganeti daemons: ganeti-watcher(8) (automatic instance restarter),  ganeti-cleaner(8)  (job
       queue cleaner), ganeti-noded(8) (node daemon), ganeti-rapi(8) (remote API daemon).

       Ganeti htools: htools(1) (generic binary), hbal(1) (cluster balancer), hspace(1) (capacity
       calculation), hail(1) (IAllocator plugin), hscan(1) (data gatherer from remote  clusters),
       hinfo(1) (cluster information printer), mon-collector(7) (data collectors interface).

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