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Openstack Object storage (swift) setup issue with Netapp filer - missing some steps

Nainesh — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 21:15:46 GMT

Hi Everyone,

I am new to Openstack deployment with Netapp filer.

What I am trying to do is install Openstack in my environment having glance, cinder and swift setup on volumes of Netapp filer.

Out of above there, I was successfully able to setup glance and cinder by creating mount point on Netapp filer.

I have a template file where I have follwoing path set for glance and cinder:

glancesgare: a.b.c.d:/vol/myproj_test_volume/myproj_QTree netappnfs

cindersgare: a.b.c.d:/vol/myproj_test_volume/myproj_QTree netappnfs

What I expect:

swiftshare: a.b.c.d/?????????

I don't know how to setup awift with Netapp filer. I have created "luns" also on Netapp filer but don't know how to use them for swift setup , like should I pass the luns device id, dev name, mount point, ?? to swiftshare: line above.

Please help me out here.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Openstack Object storage (swift) setup issue with Netapp filer - missing some steps

Bishoy — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 10:57:26 GMT

There is no special driver/configuration using NetApp FAS systems with Swift. You can just use the tradition way of mounting a LUN on a linux machine where you store your swift object store.

There is a nice E-series integration though that is the openstack deployments guide by NetApp.

Re: Openstack Object storage (swift) setup issue with Netapp filer - missing some steps

Nainesh — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 21:30:56 GMT

Thanks BIshoy,

I will try mounting lun and use it for swift sotrage.

Thanks a lot again.

Re: Openstack Object storage (swift) setup issue with Netapp filer - missing some steps

dcain — Thu, 28 Apr 2016 22:13:08 GMT

You may find it useful to look at the recently released CVD Deployment Guide for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 6 on FlexPod. This document details in a later section installing Swift on NetApp E-Series (which we recommend for a production deployment), although you can substitute the instructions for iSCSI LUNs presented from the NetApp FAS in place of the E-Series LUNs.

Document is available here: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/UCS_CVDs/flexpod_openstack_osp6.html

Thanks,
Dave