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Re: [Cinder] Loading cinder.conf

 

Thanks for all your responses. I didn't realize that stack.sh actually
copies the cinder.conf.sample instead of cinder.conf to /etc/cinder every
time it runs. So, it was overwriting my entries. I fixed it by making
changes to the script. The issue is resolved.


On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Unmesh Gurjar <unmesh.gurjar@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> AFAIK, there are no additional changes required (other than restarting the
> service so that it loads the new conf settings). Assuming you have done
> that, can you check what is the 'volume_driver' from the service start up
> logs?
>
>
> ~Unmesh.
>
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:44 AM, zan tosh <ztosh71@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Ray
>>
>> I am wondering why I see the default driver even after I changed the
>> entry in cinder.conf. I un-commented the line for volume_driver and changed
>> the driver name. I tried to print volume driver in the __init__ and I see
>> it still pointing to LVMISCSIDriver. It seems I am missing something and
>> its not loading values from cinder.conf.
>>
>> ~z
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Ray Sun <xiaoquqi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, that's the default driver. See cinder/volume/manager.py
>>> volume_manager_opts = [
>>>     cfg.StrOpt('volume_driver',
>>>                default='cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMISCSIDriver',
>>>                help='Driver to use for volume creation'),
>>> ]
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>> -- Ray
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:51 PM, zan tosh <ztosh71@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I use devstack (Grizzly/stable). I have been trying to use a different
>>>> volume driver by muncommenting and modifying the below line in cinder.conf
>>>> under etc/cinder
>>>> # Driver to use for volume creation (string value)
>>>> #volume_driver=cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMISCSIDriver
>>>>
>>>> But when VolumeManager is loaded I see it still refers to the default
>>>> LVMISCSIDriver. Is there any other change to load cinder.conf?
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Tahnks
>>>>
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