Ceph + OpenStack :: Part-1
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Ceph & OpenStack Integration
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We can use Ceph Block Device with openstack through libvirt, which configures the QEMU interface tolibrbd. To use Ceph Block Devices with openstack , we must install QEMU, libvirt, and openstack first. ( we will not cover openstack installation in this document , you can use your existing openstack infrastructure ) The following diagram explains openstack /Ceph technology stack.
Installing QEMU¶
qemu-img version 0.12.1 does not have RBD support , so we need install packages with async . On Openstack Node , create 3 YUM repo files ceph-extras-source.repo , ceph-extras.repo, ceph-extras-noarch.repo
[ceph-extras]
name=Ceph Extra Packages and Backports $basearch
baseurl=http://ceph.com/packages/ceph-extras/rpm/centos6/$basearch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
type=rpm-md
gpgkey=https://ceph.com/git/?p=ceph.git;a=blob_plain;f=keys/release.asc
[ceph-extras-noarch]
name=Ceph Extra Packages and Backports noarch
baseurl=http://ceph.com/packages/ceph-extras/rpm/centos6/noarch
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
type=rpm-md
gpgkey=https://ceph.com/git/?p=ceph.git;a=blob_plain;f=keys/release.asc
[ceph-extras-source]
name=Ceph Extra Packages and Backports Sources
baseurl=http://ceph.com/packages/ceph-extras/rpm/centos6/SRPMS
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
type=rpm-md
gpgkey=https://ceph.com/git/?p=ceph.git;a=blob_plain;f=keys/release.asc
centos-extras
#yum update
#yum remove qemu-img
#yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=ceph-extras install -y qemu-img
# yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=ceph-extras install -y qemu-kvm
# yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=ceph-extras install -y qemu-guest-agent
# yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=ceph-extras install -y qemu-kvm-tools
--> Check creating a QEMU image it should work
[root@rdo yum.repos.d]# qemu-img create -f rbd rbd:data/foo 10G
Formatting 'rbd:data/foo', fmt=rbd size=10737418240 cluster_size=0
[root@rdo yum.repos.d]#
[root@rdo yum.repos.d]# qemu-img info -f rbd rbd:data/foo
image: rbd:data/foo
file format: rbd
virtual size: 10G (10737418240 bytes)
disk size: unavailable
cluster_size: 4194304
[root@rdo yum.repos.d]#
Installing LIBVIRT¶
To use libvirt with Ceph, we must have a running Ceph Storage Cluster, and have installed and configured QEMU
yum install libvirt