Chapter 6. Image Storage (glance) Parameters


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ParameterDescription

GlanceBackend

The short name of the backend to use. Should be one of swift, rbd, or file. The default value is: swift

GlanceLogFile

The filepath of the file to use for logging messages from OpenStack Image Storage (glance).

GlanceNfsEnabled

When using GlanceBackend: file, mount NFS share for image storage. The default value is: False

GlanceNfsOptions

NFS mount options for image storage when GlanceNfsEnabled is true. The default value is: intr,context=system_u:object_r:glance_var_lib_t:s0

GlanceNfsShare

NFS share to mount for image storage when GlanceNfsEnabled is true.

GlanceNotifierStrategy

Strategy to use for OpenStack Image Storage (glance) notification queue. The default value is: noop

GlancePassword

The password for the image storage service and database account.

GlanceWorkers

Set the number of workers for the image storage service. The default value is equal to the number of CPU cores on the node. Note that more workers creates a larger number of processes on systems, which results in excess memory consumption. It is recommended to choose a suitable non-default value on systems with high CPU core counts.

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