Chapter 3. Ceph Storage Parameters


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ParameterDescription

CephAdminKey

The Ceph admin client key. Can be created with: ceph-authtool --gen-print-key

CephClientKey

The Ceph client key. Currently only used for external Ceph deployments to create the openstack user keyring. Can be created with: ceph-authtool --gen-print-key

CephClusterFSID

The Ceph cluster FSID. Must be a UUID.

CephIPv6

Enables Ceph daemons to bind to IPv6 addresses. The default is: false

CephMonKey

The Ceph monitors key. Can be created with: ceph-authtool --gen-print-key

CephPoolDefaultSize

Default minimum replication for RBD copies. The default value is: 3

CephPools

Override settings for one of the predefined pools or to create additional ones. Example: { "volumes": { "size": 5, "pg_num": 128, "pgp_num": 128 } }

CinderBackupRbdPoolName

Pool to use if Block Storage (cinder) Backup is enabled. The default is: backups

CinderRbdPoolName

Pool to use for Block Storage (cinder) service. The default is: volumes

ControllerEnableCephStorage

Whether to deploy Ceph Storage (OSD) on the Controller. The default value is: False

GlanceBackend

The short name of the Glance backend to use. Set to rbd to use Ceph Storage.`

GlanceRbdPoolName

Pool to use for Image Storage (glance) service. The default is: images

GnocchiRbdPoolName

Pool to use for Telemetry storage. The default is: metrics

NovaEnableRbdBackend

Whether to enable the Ceph backend for Compute (nova). The default value is: False

NovaRbdPoolName

Pool to use for Compute storage. The default is: vms

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