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Merge "Remove hard-coded VOLUME_BACKING_FILE_SIZE from multinode docs"

Zuul authored on 2019/02/06 09:42:47
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 DevStack will automatically use an existing LVM volume group named
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 ``stack-volumes`` to store cloud-created volumes. If ``stack-volumes``
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-doesn't exist, DevStack will set up a 10Gb loop-mounted file to contain
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-it. This obviously limits the number and size of volumes that can be
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-created inside OpenStack. The size can be overridden by setting
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-``VOLUME_BACKING_FILE_SIZE`` in ``local.conf``.
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+doesn't exist, DevStack will set up a loop-mounted file to contain
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+it.  If the default size is insufficient for the number and size of volumes
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+required, it can be overridden by setting ``VOLUME_BACKING_FILE_SIZE`` in
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+``local.conf`` (sizes given in ``truncate`` compatible format, e.g. ``24G``).
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 ``stack-volumes`` can be pre-created on any physical volume supported by
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 Linux's LVM. The name of the volume group can be changed by setting