[database] connection is not present in glance-api.conf - icehouse

[Artem Rozumenko]

in /etc/glance/glance-api.conf there is section:

# SQLAlchemy connection string for the reference implementation
# registry server. Any valid SQLAlchemy connection string is fine.
# See: http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/05/reference/sqlalchemy/connections.html#$
sql_connection = mysql://glance:password@controller/glance

But in doc is mentioned:
[database]
connection = mysql://glance:GLANCE_DBPASS@controller/glance

and there are not [database] section at all:
root@controller:~# grep database /etc/glance/glance-api.conf
# to the database.
# Whether to automatically create the database tables.
# Enable DEBUG log messages from sqlalchemy which prints every database
# If your database tables do not have charset utf8 you will
# only relevant if your database engine is MySQL.

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Built: 2014-04-10T08:38:58 00:00
git SHA: 5a2c0eaacddb47ef7bc6f937fdb80f6feaa271a7
URL: http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/install-guide/install/apt/content/glance-install.html
source File: file:/home/jenkins/workspace/openstack-install-deploy-guide-ubuntu/doc/install-guide/section_glance-install.xml
xml:id: glance-install

[ZhiQiang Fan (aji-zqfan)]

you can read this: https://github.com/openstack/glance/blob/master/glance/openstack/common/db/options.py#L32

the problem is that, glance project has not update its sample config file about this config option, and the old option is deprecated for a long time, but it still works for such a long time too, even thoug it is not recommended any more.

usually, a deprecated thing will not be supported in two release cycle, which means this option may not be supported in Juno release

my advice is following the manual's guide, and use the new style

[Artem Rozumenko (artem-rozumenko)]

@ZhiQiang,
Please advice how the fact of adding will work for deprecated and not commented option in here https://github.com/openstack/glance/blob/master/etc/glance-api.conf

Should be it at least commented or ignored or mentioned in docs to comment?

[Andreas Jaeger (jaegerandi)]

Artem, this is currently discussed here:

http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2014-April/031612.html

The documentation team is waiting on whether glance will update its configuration for the final Icehouse release or stay as is - and then document accordingly.

[Gauvain Pocentek (gpocentek)]

A patch to regenerate the config file is proposed here: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/83327

[Tom Fifield (fifieldt)]

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/77379 should fix this bug

[Tom Fifield (fifieldt)]

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/87860/ for doc change

[Andreas Jaeger (jaegerandi)]

fixed now

[Matt Kassawara (ionosphere80)]

Tom,

Does the presence of this line in the new default configuration files impact anything?

[database]
sqlite_db = /var/lib/glance/glance.sqlite

[Tom Fifield (fifieldt)]

sqlite_db by itself is fine, I believe.