Packaging Issues into Ubuntu 12.04

[Emilien Macchi]

I'm using Folsom testing packages PPA [1]

1) /var/log/cinder has not good owner by default, so not possible to save the logs. We need to chown manually.
2) We need to create manually :
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/volumes
chown -R cinder:cinder /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/volumes

[1] https://launchpad.net/~openstack-ubuntu-testing/+archive/folsom-trunk-testing

[stelford (stef-ummon)]

hello Emilien, a few questions :)

1) is /var/log/cinder not owned by cinder:adm ? if it is, that's the correct owner/group. What makes you think it's wrong ?

2) that is inside the python 2.7 distribution, that's almost assuredly the wrong place for it. I have submitted a patch that makes a directory under /var/lib/cinder/volumes with the owner of cinder:cinder. I am curious though, how did the volumes end up pointed there ? do you have anything in your cinder.conf perhaps ?

Regards
S.

[Emilien Macchi (emilienm)]

@stelford

Thx for repply.

1) Post-install, /var/log/cinder is owned by root:root. It must be cinder:adm, (I said cinder:cinder, by bad).

2) Regarding /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/volumes, I could see in the log that cinder-volume tried to write inside, but did not have the rights. I created /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/volumes directory and chown cinder:cinder it, and I did not have this error anymore.

My cinder.conf : http://paste.openstack.org/show/SebfzeLcKXGwaZE2squh/

I'm running : 2012.2+git201209051900~precise-0ubuntu1

Regards

[stelford (stef-ummon)]

Hey again,
  1) there was definitely a perms problem, which I have fixed here.
  2) the path for where local volumes are stored is (I believe) controlled by tgt. Have a look inside /etc/tgt/ folder but it should have a cinder.conf with the path in there. This assumes that you have installed tgt, and I am not sure if it's cinders place to 'stomp' on any configuration you may have in there. Regardless, I also put in a fix for the folder for cinder volumes to be created in /var/lib/cinder/volumes

  Regards
  S.

[Emilien Macchi (emilienm)]

It's true, we should install TGT.

I've updated the packages and it's fixed now. Thank's !

[Joe T (joe-topjian-v)]

Hello,

The latest cinder-common package seem to set the ownership of /var/lib/cinder and /var/log/cinder as "750:adm".

750 is an unresolvable uid. The "cinder" user is added to the system using the next consecutive uid -- in my current test server, it is 117.

Thanks,
Joe

[stelford (stef-ummon)]

Hey Joe,
   This is fixed in the latest testing packages. Chuck (Short) added in a patch (#38) at the sametime I did - fixing the exact problem. In light of Emilien's problem being fixed, I am moving that this is, therefore, closed.

   Regards
   S.

[stelford (stef-ummon)]

fix commited: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~openstack-ubuntu-testing/cinder/quantal-folsom-proposed/revision/38

[Emilien Macchi (emilienm)]

@stelford: Is it fixed also for Precise into Folsom Testing PPA I'm using ?

Thank's a lot for your help