[Users] How to configure sharedFS ?

[Dan Kenigsberg]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:54:26AM +0530, Deepak C Shetty wrote:
> On 02/22/2012 06:37 PM, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> >On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 02:32:35PM +0530, Deepak C Shetty wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>     From vdsm code i can see support for storage domain of type SHARED_FS
> >>But when trying to configure a new storage domain, i don't see SHARED_FS
> >>as a available domtype filed in the dropdown.
> >>
> >>I want to use shared FS to connect to try and connect to gluster mount
> >>point on my node, but unable to as I don't see that option.
> >>
> >> From http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/PosixFSConnection - I understand
> >>that its the same as sharedFS, so what is PosixFSConnection then, is it
> >>just a new interface that provides a wrapper for what is sharedFS now ?
> >Currently, the NAS the ovirt supports are local file system, and NFS.
> >>The status of this says Done, but I don't see the UI part of this, am I
> >>missing something.
> >Look closer in
> >http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Features/PosixFSConnection#Current_Status ..
> >
> >Vdsm has API support for mounting any Posix file system. but this is not
> >yet available from oVirt Engine and GUI.
> >
> >>Also pls let me know if usign sharedFS to make the node use gluster mount
> >>is correct or not ?
> >I do not think that anyone has tried this.. be the first!
> 
> Sure :), but how ? since there is no UI support yet.
> Is there a way I can use the vdsm cli to drive, any ovirt wiki page
> that helps provide insight on how to use vdsm cli ?

I'd start from http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Vdsm_Standalone
and tweak it to use SHAREDFS_DOMAIN instead of LOCALFS_DOMAIN

You'd have to do some digging into vdsm/storage/storage_connection.py
for the right params to connectStorageServer.

Dan.