Chapter 2. Process Description

The Block Storage service’s settings are stored in /etc/cinder/cinder.conf; these settings include back end definitions. Most third-party back ends usable with (or even supported by) the Block Storage service provide setup instructions that involve editing /etc/cinder/cinder.conf settings. As mentioned in Chapter 1, Introduction, doing so will configure the Block Storage service; however, those settings will get overwritten in future Overcloud updates.

Regardless, any documentation relating to manual configuration through /etc/cinder/cinder.conf is still useful for Overcloud deployments. The Director, after all, applies the same configuration to /etc/cinder/cinder.conf, albeit through heat. As such, planning the back end configuration requires that you:

Once you map out the resulting /etc/cinder/cinder.conf file, create the environment file that will orchestrate the back end settings. environment file describes this step in greater detail, using the sample file /home/stack/templates/custom-env.yaml. Having the environment file handy will help ensure that the back end settings persist through future Overcloud updates.