Hi all,
As we continue forward with OpenStack Manila and Kubernetes integration with
GlusterFS, we require a simpler method of managing volumes and bricks. We
introduce Heketi ( https://github.com/heketi ), a RESTful storage management
framework which enables certain storage systems to be easily managed. Heketi
poses itself not an abstraction layer, but instead as a framework for
developers to enhance their existing storage system management through a plugin
interface. Heketi also provides a RESTful interface which enables callers to
easily manage the storage system. For GlusterFS, currently we only plan on
managing the creation and deletion of volumes in GlusterFS through a simple
RESTful interface. Heketi will also manage the brick location and life cycle.
Heketi allows users to create volumes with a simple command and not worry about
which bricks to use. A simple command to create a 1 TB volume would look like
this:
POST on http://<server>/volumes, with JSON { "size" : 1000000000 }
To delete the volume:
DELETE on http://<server>/volumes/<id of volume>
* A demo is available https://github.com/heketi/vagrant-heketi , so please try
it out and let us know what you think.
** Heketi is still quite young, but the plan is to finish by early September.
Please let us know what you think.
- Luis
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