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Share basic operations¶
Create share¶
General concepts to create file share, you need to:
- To create a share, use manila create command and specify the required arguments: the size of the share and the Shared File Systems protocol (NFS, CIFS, GlusterFS, or HDFS are supported).
- You can also optionally specify the share network and the share type.
- Use the manila create command to create a share. This command
does the following things:
- If there is no available share servers, the Shared File Systems service service will launch new instance from service image, attach it to service network and register it as a new share server.
- Creates new volume of required size and attaches it to the service instance.
- The NFS service on service instance is configured to use attached volume and expose NFS share.
- After share becomes available, use the manila show command to get the share endpoint.
In the example to create a share, the default share type and the existing already share network are used.
Note
There is no default share type just after you starting manila as the administrator. See Share types to create the default share type. To create a share network, use Share networks.
Check share types that exist, run:
$ manila type-list
+------+--------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+----------------------+
| ID | Name | Visibility| is_default| required_extra_specs | optional_extra_specs |
+------+--------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+----------------------+
| c0...| default| public | YES | driver_handles_share_servers:True| snapshot_support:True|
+------+--------+-----------+-----------+----------------------------------+----------------------+
Check share networks that exist, run:
$ manila share-network-list
+--------------------------------------+--------------+
| id | name |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+
| 5c3cbabb-f4da-465f-bc7f-fadbe047b85a | my_share_net |
+--------------------------------------+--------------+
Create a public share with my_share_net network, default share type, NFS shared file system protocol, and size 1 GB:
$ manila create nfs 1 --name "Share1" --description "My first share" --share-type default --share-network my_share_net --metadata aim=testing --public
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Property | Value |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| status | None |
| share_type_name | default |
| description | My first share |
| availability_zone | None |
| share_network_id | None |
| export_locations | [] |
| share_server_id | None |
| host | None |
| snapshot_id | None |
| is_public | True |
| task_state | None |
| snapshot_support | True |
| id | aca648eb-8c03-4394-a5cc-755066b7eb66 |
| size | 1 |
| name | Share1 |
| share_type | c0086582-30a6-4060-b096-a42ec9d66b86 |
| created_at | 2015-09-24T12:19:06.925951 |
| export_location | None |
| share_proto | NFS |
| consistency_group_id | None |
| source_cgsnapshot_member_id | None |
| project_id | 20787a7ba11946adad976463b57d8a2f |
| metadata | {u'aim': u'testing'} |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+
The share also can be created from a share snapshot. For details, see Share snapshots.
See the share in a share list:
$ manila list
+----+-------+-----+------------+-----------+-------------------------------+----------------------+
| ID | Name | Size| Share Proto| Share Type| Export location | Host |
+----+-------+-----+------------+-----------+-------------------------------+----------------------+
| a..| Share1| 1 | NFS | c0086... | 10.254.0.3:/shares/share-2d5..| manila@generic1#GEN..|
+----+-------+-----+------------+-----------+-------------------------------+----------------------+
Check the share status and see the share export location. After creating status share should have status available:
$ manila show Share1
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| Property | Value |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| status | available |
| share_type_name | default |
| description | My first share |
| availability_zone | nova |
| share_network_id | 5c3cbabb-f4da-465f-bc7f-fadbe047b85a |
| export_locations | 10.254.0.3:/shares/share-2d5e2c0a-1f84... |
| share_server_id | 41b7829d-7f6b-4c96-aea5-d106c2959961 |
| host | manila@generic1#GENERIC1 |
| snapshot_id | None |
| is_public | True |
| task_state | None |
| snapshot_support | True |
| id | aca648eb-8c03-4394-a5cc-755066b7eb66 |
| size | 1 |
| name | Share1 |
| share_type | c0086582-30a6-4060-b096-a42ec9d66b86 |
| created_at | 2015-09-24T12:19:06.000000 |
| share_proto | NFS |
| consistency_group_id | None |
| source_cgsnapshot_member_id | None |
| project_id | 20787a7ba11946adad976463b57d8a2f |
| metadata | {u'aim': u'testing'} |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
is_public defines the level of visibility for the share: whether other tenants can or cannot see the share. By default, the share is private.
Update share¶
Update the name, or description, or level of visibility for all tenants for the share if you need:
$ manila update Share1 --description "My first share. Updated" --is-public False
$ manila show Share1
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
| Property | Value |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
| status | available |
| share_type_name | default |
| description | My first share. Updated |
| availability_zone | nova |
| share_network_id | 5c3cbabb-f4da-465f-bc7f-fadbe047b85a |
| export_locations | 10.254.0.3:/shares/share-2d5e2c0a-1f84-... |
| share_server_id | 41b7829d-7f6b-4c96-aea5-d106c2959961 |
| host | manila@generic1#GENERIC1 |
| snapshot_id | None |
| is_public | False |
| task_state | None |
| snapshot_support | True |
| id | aca648eb-8c03-4394-a5cc-755066b7eb66 |
| size | 1 |
| name | Share1 |
| share_type | c0086582-30a6-4060-b096-a42ec9d66b86 |
| created_at | 2015-09-24T12:19:06.000000 |
| share_proto | NFS |
| consistency_group_id | None |
| source_cgsnapshot_member_id | None |
| project_id | 20787a7ba11946adad976463b57d8a2f |
| metadata | {u'aim': u'testing'} |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------------+
A share can have one of these status values:
| Status | Description |
|---|---|
| creating | The share is being created. |
| deleting | The share is being deleted. |
| error | An error occurred during share creation. |
| error_deleting | An error occurred during share deletion. |
| available | The share is ready to use. |
| manage_starting | Share manage started. |
| manage_error | Share manage failed. |
| unmanage_starting | Share unmanage started. |
| unmanage_error | Share cannot be unmanaged. |
| unmanaged | Share was unmanaged. |
| extending | The extend, or increase, share size request was issued successfully. |
| extending_error | Extend share failed. |
| shrinking | Share is being shrunk. |
| shrinking_error | Failed to update quota on share shrinking. |
| shrinking_possible_data_loss_error | Shrink share failed due to possible data loss. |
Share metadata¶
If you want to set the metadata key-value pairs on the share, run:
$ manila metadata Share1 set project=my_abc deadline=01/20/16
Get all metadata key-value pairs of the share:
$ manila metadata-show Share1
+----------+----------+
| Property | Value |
+----------+----------+
| aim | testing |
| project | my_abc |
| deadline | 01/20/16 |
+----------+----------+
You can update the metadata:
$ manila metadata-update-all Share1 deadline=01/30/16
+----------+----------+
| Property | Value |
+----------+----------+
| deadline | 01/30/16 |
+----------+----------+
You also can unset the metadata using manila metadata <share_name> unset <metadata_key(s)>.
Reset share state¶
As administrator, you can reset the state of a share.
Use manila reset-state [–state <state>] <share> command to reset share state, where state indicates which state to assign the share. Options include available, error, creating, deleting, error_deleting states.
$ manila reset-state Share2 --state deleting
$ manila show Share2
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| Property | Value |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
| status | deleting |
| share_type_name | default |
| description | Share from a snapshot. |
| availability_zone | nova |
| share_network_id | 5c3cbabb-f4da-465f-bc7f-fadbe047b85a |
| export_locations | [] |
| share_server_id | 41b7829d-7f6b-4c96-aea5-d106c2959961 |
| host | manila@generic1#GENERIC1 |
| snapshot_id | 962e8126-35c3-47bb-8c00-f0ee37f42ddd |
| is_public | False |
| task_state | None |
| snapshot_support | True |
| id | b6b0617c-ea51-4450-848e-e7cff69238c7 |
| size | 1 |
| name | Share2 |
| share_type | c0086582-30a6-4060-b096-a42ec9d66b86 |
| created_at | 2015-09-25T06:25:50.000000 |
| export_location | 10.254.0.3:/shares/share-1dc2a471-3d47-...|
| share_proto | NFS |
| consistency_group_id | None |
| source_cgsnapshot_member_id | None |
| project_id | 20787a7ba11946adad976463b57d8a2f |
| metadata | {u'source': u'snapshot'} |
+-----------------------------+-------------------------------------------+
Delete and force-delete share¶
You also can force-delete a share. The shares cannot be deleted in transitional states. The transitional states are creating, deleting, managing, unmanaging, extending, and shrinking statuses for the shares. Force-deletion deletes an object in any state. Use the /etc/manila/policy.json file to grant permissions for this action to other roles.
Use manila delete <share_name_or_ID> command to delete a specified share:
$ manila delete Share2
Pay attention that if you specified the consistency group while creating a share (see Consistency groups), you should provide the --consistency-group parameter to delete the share:
$ manila delete ba52454e-2ea3-47fa-a683-3176a01295e6 --consistency-group ffee08d9-c86c-45e5-861e-175c731daca2
If you try to delete the share in one of the transitional state using soft-deletion you’ll get an error:
$ manila delete b6b0617c-ea51-4450-848e-e7cff69238c7
Delete for share b6b0617c-ea51-4450-848e-e7cff69238c7 failed: Invalid share: Share status must be one of ('available', 'error', 'inactive'). (HTTP 403) (Request-ID: req-9a77b9a0-17d2-4d97-8a7a-b7e23c27f1fe)
ERROR: Unable to delete any of the specified shares.
A share cannot be deleted in a transitional status, that it why an error from python-manilaclient appeared.
Print the list of all shares for all tenants:
$ manila list --all-tenants
+------+-------+-----+------------+-------+-----------+-----------------------------+-------------+
| ID | Name | Size| Share Proto| Status| Share Type| Export location | Host |
+------+-------+-----+------------+-------+-----------+-----------------------------+-------------+
| aca..| Share1| 1 | NFS | avai..| c008658...| 10.254.0.3:/shares/share-...| manila@gen..|
| b6b..| Share2| 1 | NFS | dele..| c008658...| 10.254.0.3:/shares/share-...| manila@gen..|
+------+-------+-----+------------+-------+-----------+-----------------------------+-------------+
Force-delete Share2 and check that it is absent in the list of shares, run:
$ manila force-delete b6b0617c-ea51-4450-848e-e7cff69238c7
$ manila list
+------+-------+-----+------------+-------+-----------+-----------------------------+-------------+
| ID | Name | Size| Share Proto| Status| Share Type| Export location | Host |
+------+-------+-----+------------+-------+-----------+-----------------------------+-------------+
| aca..| Share1| 1 | NFS | avai..| c008658...| 10.254.0.3:/shares/share-...| manila@gen..|
+------+-------+-----+------------+-------+-----------+-----------------------------+-------------+
Manage access to share¶
The Shared File Systems Storage Service allows to grant or deny access to a specified share, and list the permissions for a specified share.
To grant or deny access to a share, specify one of these supported share access levels:
- rw. Read and write (RW) access. This is the default value.
- ro. Read-only (RO) access.
You must also specify one of these supported authentication methods:
- ip. Authenticates an instance through its IP address. A valid format is XX.XX.XX.XX or XX.XX.XX.XX/XX. For example 0.0.0.0/0.
- cert. Authenticates an instance through a TLS certificate. Specify the TLS identity as the IDENTKEY. A valid value is any string up to 64 characters long in the common name (CN) of the certificate. The meaning of a string depends on its interpretation.
- user. Authenticates by a specified user or group name. A valid value is an alphanumeric string that can contain some special characters and is from 4 to 32 characters long.
Try to mount NFS share with export path 10.254.0.5:/shares/share-5789ddcf-35c9-4b64-a28a-7f6a4a574b6a on the node with IP address 10.254.0.4:
$ sudo mount -v -t nfs 10.254.0.5:/shares/share-5789ddcf-35c9-4b64-a28a-7f6a4a574b6a /mnt/
mount.nfs: timeout set for Tue Oct 6 10:37:23 2015
mount.nfs: trying text-based options 'vers=4,addr=10.254.0.5,clientaddr=10.254.0.4'
mount.nfs: mount(2): Permission denied
mount.nfs: access denied by server while mounting 10.254.0.5:/shares/share-5789ddcf-35c9-4b64-a28a-7f6a4a574b6a
An error message “Permission denied” appeared, so you are not allowed to mount a share without an access rule. Allow access to the share with ip access type and 10.254.0.4 IP address:
$ manila access-allow Share2 ip 10.254.0.4 --access-level rw
+--------------+--------------------------------------+
| Property | Value |
+--------------+--------------------------------------+
| share_id | 7bcd888b-681b-4836-ac9c-c3add4e62537 |
| access_type | ip |
| access_to | 10.254.0.4 |
| access_level | rw |
| state | new |
| id | de715226-da00-4cfc-b1ab-c11f3393745e |
+--------------+--------------------------------------+
Try to mount a share again. This time it is mounted successfully:
$ sudo mount -v -t nfs 10.254.0.5:/shares/share-5789ddcf-35c9-4b64-a28a-7f6a4a574b6a /mnt/
Since it is allowed node on 10.254.0.4 read and write access, try to create a file on a mounted share:
$ cd /mnt
$ ls
lost+found
$ touch my_file.txt
Connect via SSH to the 10.254.0.5 node and check new file my_file.txt in the /shares/share-5789ddcf-35c9-4b64-a28a-7f6a4a574b6a directory:
$ ssh manila@10.254.0.5
$ cd /shares
$ ls
share-5789ddcf-35c9-4b64-a28a-7f6a4a574b6a
$ cd share-5789ddcf-35c9-4b64-a28a-7f6a4a574b6a
$ ls
lost+found my_file.txt
You have successfully created a file from instance that was given access by its IP address.
Allow access to the share with user access type:
$ manila access-allow Share2 user demo --access-level rw
+--------------+--------------------------------------+
| Property | Value |
+--------------+--------------------------------------+
| share_id | 7bcd888b-681b-4836-ac9c-c3add4e62537 |
| access_type | user |
| access_to | demo |
| access_level | rw |
| state | new |
| id | 4f391c6b-fb4f-47f5-8b4b-88c5ec9d568a |
+--------------+--------------------------------------+
Note
Different share features are supported by different share drivers. For the example hereinabove was used the Generic (Cinder as back-end) driver that doesn’t support user and cert authentications methods. For details of supporting of features by different drivers, see Manila share features support mapping.
To verify that the access rules (ACL) were configured correctly for a share, you list permissions for a share:
$ manila access-list Share2
+--------------------------------------+-------------+------------+--------------+--------+
| id | access type | access to | access level | state |
+--------------------------------------+-------------+------------+--------------+--------+
| 4f391c6b-fb4f-47f5-8b4b-88c5ec9d568a | user | demo | rw | error |
| de715226-da00-4cfc-b1ab-c11f3393745e | ip | 10.254.0.4 | rw | active |
+--------------------------------------+-------------+------------+--------------+--------+
Deny access to the share and check that deleted access rule is absent in the access rule list:
$ manila access-deny Share2 de715226-da00-4cfc-b1ab-c11f3393745e
$ manila access-list Share2
+--------------------------------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+-------+
| id | access type | access to | access level | state |
+--------------------------------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+-------+
| 4f391c6b-fb4f-47f5-8b4b-88c5ec9d568a | user | demo | rw | error |
+--------------------------------------+-------------+-----------+--------------+-------+
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