[Users] oVirt 3.1 and Glusterfs how-to

[Itamar Heim]

On 07/05/2012 09:55 AM, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 04, 2012 at 05:20:36PM -0400, Robert Middleswarth wrote:
>> I wrote a basic how to for using glusterfs under oVirt.  If you have
>> any questions or you find mistakes please let me know.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Robert
>>
>> http://www.middleswarth.net/content/installing-ovirt-31-and-glusterfs-using-either-nfs-or-posix-native-file-system
>
> Nice blog entry(ies)!
>
> You mentions that "We need to open some ports. There are several ways to
> do this..."
> But actually I think it would be better if the iptables rules stored in
> the Engine db are to be tweaked. Frankly, I hate storing files in
> databases - that's what filesystems were designed for!
> So it would be nicer if the rules are moved to vds_bootstrap, where you
> could easily put two flavors thereof: one for gluster and one for
> virt-only.

I believe the reason the iptable rules are in the db is that we can 
configure some of the ports.

gluster bootstrapping is needed for both installing the rpms, 
configuring the host, adding iptables, etc.

shireesh/bala - any ETA from your side to push this?

thanks,
    Itamar