[Users] oVirt 3.1 and Glusterfs how-to

[Robert Middleswarth]

On 07/05/2012 03:16 AM, Michal Skrivanek wrote:
> On Jul 5, 2012, at 10:01 , Itamar Heim wrote:
>
>> 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.
> sounds to me similar to other issues like sysprep customizations…
> we do want to have user frriendly interface and provide a nice config of the most useful parameters
> yet we want to often provide better control for more advanced uses/users
> Would it perhaps make sense to have a simple config with a nice GUI for few of the ports we do configure often, and an option of editing/uploading of iptables rules file? And I guess similarly for sysprep ...
>
Simple config would make since.  Would allow for a more secure structure 
as admin could for instance define a list of IP's that VDSM could listen 
to improving security.

Thanks
Robert
>> 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
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