15:01:01 #startmeeting manila 15:01:03 Meeting started Thu Oct 22 15:01:01 2015 UTC and is due to finish in 60 minutes. The chair is bswartz. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 15:01:05 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic #startvote. 15:01:07 The meeting name has been set to 'manila' 15:01:09 Hi 15:01:12 hello 15:01:21 hi 15:01:30 hello all 15:01:31 #topic announcements 15:01:38 Hi 15:01:43 hello 15:01:55 there will be no manila weekly meeting next week, due to the Tokyo summit 15:02:32 the next meeting will be Nov 5 15:03:10 also, a reminder for those of you in the United States -- daylight savings time is ending so the meeting will be one hour earlier in your local timezone 15:03:31 good to know 15:03:33 ^ that includes me 15:04:04 I'm sorry about the time markstur_ 15:04:12 #agenda https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Manila/Meetings 15:04:39 #topic Config Reference 15:04:48 markstur_: you're up 15:04:54 I just found out about https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Documentation/VendorDrivers#Vendor_Driver_Documentation 15:05:21 For the config-ref we need vendor page owners or else we have to just use templates that don't change much 15:05:27 markstur_: what is this? 15:05:51 For each vendor driver page in the config-ref we need an owner on this wiki 15:05:51 does it overlap with driverlog? 15:06:37 #link https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/DriverLog 15:07:15 this feels like duplication of effort 15:07:37 Doc maintainer and driver log are two different repos 15:07:41 * bswartz wonders if there's a netsplit going on/ending 15:07:54 xyang1: okay thanks 15:08:02 This is for the doc team. They don't want to be responsible for vendor details changing a lot 15:08:20 Anyway. For us we do need to make sure vendors own their config-ref pages. 15:08:43 What I got into Liberty didn't include the later changes in devref. So it is already behind. 15:08:46 so what is the docs team looking for? just an affirmative response from the responsible person? 15:09:21 Just a name/e-mail on that wiki so that if a doc bug comes in for that driver they can pass it on (I think) 15:09:30 yeah a few people asked me where the vendor docs should go at the end of Liberty and I told them we were moving to put the in the config ref but it wasn't ready for contributions yet 15:09:50 I mentioned it in some meetings, but it went in pretty fast. 15:10:21 It was basically W-I-P when it merged. 15:10:30 but it's ready now, correct? 15:10:46 markstur_: we are reviewing the doc for EMC drivers and will update if needed. Thanks 15:10:55 There is a Liberty config-ref. 15:10:56 because I'd like to remove tall the user-facing docs from the manila tree so we have developer docs only 15:11:41 I need each driver to have an owner on that page. 15:11:57 Also the owner should look at the config ref and make sure their latest updates go in 15:12:16 yeah I agree 15:12:25 I put in a few names, but some of you have e-mail lists or someone else you want to own it. 15:12:27 markstur_ we probably need an ML post in addition to mentioning it here 15:12:46 I was thinking of volunteering vponomaryov for generic because he writes most of it. 15:12:49 and we need to chase down the few people who won't see the ML post and bug them directly 15:13:00 OK 15:13:19 vponomaryov: you okay with that? 15:13:37 bswartz: I lost almost all discussion, connectivity problems 15:13:41 Most of the rest is filled out but I wasn't sure which gluster e-mails to use. 15:14:08 vponomaryov: markstur_ volunteered you to be the maintainer of the generic driver config ref 15:14:32 it seems there is a netsplit on freenode today 15:14:36 in http://docs.openstack.org/liberty/config-reference/content/section_share-drivers.html ? 15:14:41 hopefully the bot is capturing this meeting log at least 15:15:12 vponomaryov, Yes. Doc team wants owners for vendor pages. 15:15:27 ok 15:15:30 We could probably move "generic" somewhere else, but it'd be good to give doc a contact. 15:15:31 vponomaryov: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Documentation/VendorDrivers#Vendor_Driver_Documentation 15:15:40 Do we have anyone for Hadoop? 15:15:45 No, the generic driver is very important 15:15:53 it should be listed with the rest 15:16:07 Otherwise, I'll try to wrap that up and use the ML 15:16:14 markstur_: chen12 is not the right person but she sent me an email with a name I think 15:16:17 I can dig it up 15:16:23 Please look at the Liberty config-ref and add missing driver pages ur updates! 15:16:58 markstur_: weiting is the right person for HDFS driver 15:17:07 OK 15:17:29 although we should get him to confirm that he knows about the responsibility 15:17:47 I'll use e-mail to confirm. 15:17:57 markstur_: anything else on this topic? 15:18:02 Nope 15:18:34 #action markstur send ML post to remind vendors to sign up for config-ref maintenance for their drivers 15:18:42 #topic open discussion 15:18:49 okay that was the only thing on the agenda for today 15:18:52 anyone have anything else? 15:18:55 markstur_: is HDS HNAS driver doc going to be moved to openstack docs as well? 15:19:09 bswartz: there is minimum requirements subject 15:19:20 bswartz: it is in the wiki page 15:19:42 oops 15:19:45 I had a stale wiki 15:19:51 #topic Minimum Requirements discussion 15:20:03 ganso: you're up 15:20:07 bswartz: thanks 15:20:13 #link https://review.openstack.org/235914/ 15:20:35 * bswartz reminds himself to refresh agenda wiki page when meeting starts 15:20:41 in the link above, we have a doc proposal regarding minimum driver requirements 15:21:07 at first it was only the minimum requires features, so snapshot and shrink share were going to be left out of that document 15:21:23 then we changed that to include also optional features in the same document, in a different section 15:21:56 but it has been brought up that experimental features may also be included in that document, also in a different section 15:22:20 I would like to know what you guys think about that 15:22:43 yeah if we're documenting features and who supports what, I think it's very helpful to document the experimental ones 15:23:02 It's a very helpful document 15:23:17 ganso: very helpful, may be you should submit different patches on optional and experimental 15:23:17 I'm imagining that if a vendor wants to implement a new optional feature, they'll want to quickly find the existing implementations so they can borrow/copy some of the code 15:23:18 I think it is still not clear about how we deal with "minimum" 15:23:46 For existing drivers there are probably some issues in getting everyone up to the minumum 15:23:59 markstur_: I hope not! 15:24:23 We should ask all driver maintainers to take a look of the minimum features 15:24:26 which required feature is not implemented by an existing driver? 15:24:27 bswartz: by "documenting who supports what", you mean like a feature support matrix? don't we already have that? 15:24:48 bswartz: manage/unmanage is proposed as required, but not all have it. 15:25:04 On our side, Isilon team is still evaluating the doc and see if there is any requirement they cannot meet 15:25:07 Does it say all drivers to access-level rw/ro for all protocols. I thought that was one example we weren't sure about. 15:25:28 cknight, bswartz: Read-only access rule mode is not currently supported, and we are proposing as a minimum requirement as well 15:25:37 cknight: we've discussed though that a no-op implementation of manage/unmanage is valid -- so calling it required vs. optional is a funny distinction 15:25:46 markstur_: yes 15:26:09 also we should add driver capability for access levels - RW/RO 15:26:17 ganso: you're right I',m thinking about the other document too 15:26:22 if we make Ro optional 15:26:42 For thinks like RO, manage -- the main thing is we need to decide if/when it is required 15:27:05 okay we need to be clear for each feature what the requirement is, since it will vary from feature to feature 15:27:08 ... and does required mean pull the drivers at M, or just enter a bug, or just no-op 15:27:19 markstur_: +1 15:27:30 for manage/unmanage, it just has to not blow up 15:28:03 I think saying that "required for Mitaka release" is a good way of trying to get everything done for Mitaka, this decision has to be determined as soon as the release starts 15:28:18 markstur_: I'm in favor of pulling a driver that doesn't implement a required feature 15:28:48 otoh, if there's a good reason a driver can't implement a required feature, then it probably shouldn't have been required 15:29:02 maybe we need to have a specific discussion about read-only shares 15:29:07 Just like snapshot 15:29:37 So requiring manage/unmanage allows driver to just return notImplemented? 15:30:04 markstur_: we need to document that one carefully 15:30:22 bswartz, markstur_: snapshot was a requirement before, and since we removed from minimum requirement, we also adjusted the interface to not show "Create Snapshot" button when snapshot support capability is advertised as "False". The consequence is that backends are not going to be so seamless for cloud providers, but they can be handled through share types. 15:30:22 The same can be done for manage/unmanage. 15:30:29 there is indeed an implementation which is optional -- but the feature itself technically works on all backends 15:30:36 also for ensure_share because most of us just "pass" on that one 15:31:02 markstur_: same here 15:31:12 ensure_share isn't really a feature 15:31:20 markstur_: NotImplemented() is different than reporting as a capability, and does not seem like a good idea 15:31:37 ensure_share is an opportunity for the driver to fix things that are broken 15:31:58 drivers can choose not to use it 15:32:00 NotImplemented will throw exception if called 15:32:31 This doc is a very good start, expecially for new drivers 15:32:42 markstur_: i think if you just pass, that is a no-op 15:32:55 markstur_: +1 15:33:15 https://github.com/openstack/manila/blob/master/manila/share/driver.py#L706 15:33:28 manage_existing throw an exception if you don't implement it 15:33:29 I'm not sure we have clarity on things that have to work or the driver gets removed 15:33:51 markstur_: I agree, and that's what ganso is trying to fix 15:34:25 https://github.com/openstack/manila/blob/master/manila/share/driver.py#L708 15:34:35 Unmanage is a no-op 15:34:53 Driver doesn't need to do anything 15:35:17 I think we can change manage_existing() to a different default behavior 15:35:51 but manage/unmanage is an easy case so I don't think we should spend much time one it 15:35:56 s/one/on/ 15:36:05 we need to have the discussion about readonly support 15:36:27 and any other feature which we've said it required but we know of drivers that don't implement it 15:36:39 manage/unmanage can not be required feature because this feature works only with one of two possible driver modes and we allow to implement either one 15:37:16 vponomaryov: what about "required if DHSS = false"? :) 15:37:31 manage/unmanage is admin-only and it's no guaranteed to work even on drivers that do implement it, so I'm not too worried about that one 15:37:52 I'm much more concerned with end user features 15:38:15 we have an interest in making the end-user's experience as consistent and uniform as possible 15:38:54 bswartz: then RO is the main concern right now 15:38:54 let's plan on having this nailed down by the next meeting (in 2 weeks) 15:39:36 I want ganso's doc merged by that time and we should have a list of non-compliant drivers and a plan to get them fixed in Mitaka 15:39:56 after that there won't be any remaining concerns about whether drivers meet the minimum bar or not 15:40:30 so let's start the discussion right now 15:40:36 (assuming you're done with your topic ganso....) 15:40:45 bswartz: yes 15:40:49 #topic read-only access 15:41:02 which drivers don't implement read-only yet? 15:41:09 Isilon 15:41:14 we know there is limitation with the generic driver and CIFS 15:41:27 3par doesn't do read-only yet 15:41:33 xyang1: can Isilon implement it? is it a lot of work? 15:41:35 bswartz: Generic does not support Ro only for CIFS 15:41:50 bswartz: still waiting for them to get back to me 15:41:56 bswartz: at once with RW 15:41:57 for 3par I think it is easy for CIFS 15:42:31 http://docs.openstack.org/developer/manila/devref/share_back_ends_feature_support_mapping.html#mapping-of-share-drivers-and-share-access-rules-support 15:42:32 vponomaryov: we need to figure out if there's some way to work around that limitation 15:42:35 to do RO nfs shares is easy, but to do it per IP client is tricky. I think it is possible 15:42:47 using 2 shares 15:43:21 markstur_ xyang1, do you think you can find out in the next 2 weeks whether it's possible or not to implement readonly support? 15:43:33 bswartz: should be 15:43:40 if the answer is yes, then it's just a matter of getting the work done in Mitaka 15:43:58 I can try. I have an idea. I'll have see if it is verifiable in 2 weeks. 15:44:02 bswartz: it is possible in generic driver, but we will have two different exports for both access types 15:44:18 if the answer is no.... then we need to question how wise it is to have it as a required feature 15:44:57 vponomaryov: if that's the only workaround that solve the problem, then we may need an API change to allow shares to have different export locations for rw and ro 15:45:07 it sounds like 3par might need a similar workaround 15:46:01 I have a topic for the friday meetup next week called export location metadata 15:46:21 part of my thinking for that proposal is to enables cases like this one 15:46:57 so I'll make sure to reference this discussion 15:47:33 okay I'll put an agenda item on the meeting 2 weeks from now to make a final decision on whether read-only access is required 15:47:45 #action bswartz put an agenda item on the meeting 2 weeks from now to make a final decision on whether read-only access is required 15:47:52 #topic open discussion 15:48:00 okay now does anyone have anything else 15:48:14 bswartz: for Friday's sprint, can someone at least write down the topics and conclusion? 15:48:52 xyang1: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Design_Summit/Mitaka/Etherpads#Manila 15:49:08 bswartz: cool 15:49:32 actually I made the export location metadata topic it's own working session 15:49:55 I should have checked the list before I said anything 15:50:13 anyways the etherpads have the topics, and we'll add notes right in the etherpads 15:50:22 one more thing I should mention 15:50:29 bswartz: thanks 15:50:54 I will attempt to create google hangouts for the design summit sessions, and provide audio/video if technology permits 15:51:18 links for those will go in the etherpads if we manage to make it work 15:51:30 I look forward to seeing you guys in Tokyo next week! 15:51:43 Who is going 15:51:57 looking forward to seeing you guys too :) 15:52:08 * bswartz is going 15:52:26 cknight will be there too (I think he had to leave this meeting) 15:52:33 I can't make it 15:52:42 -1 15:52:44 markstur_: :-( 15:52:48 Couldn't make it this time around :( 15:52:57 I'll be there. 15:52:58 bswartz, +1 or -1 to agree with :( 15:53:05 I hear Austin is nice in May, though :D 15:53:23 Lots of people couldn't make it:( 15:53:41 I am going, Jay Xu will be there too 15:53:54 for those that can't make it -- is it because of the time or the location? 15:54:01 markstur_: :( 15:54:13 Location for me 15:54:14 location as a reason for budget 15:54:25 Cost. And I think location suggests it'll be exensive. 15:54:46 It's tough to send a large contingent of folks to a place half-way around the world 15:55:07 markstur_: my hotel in Tokyo is cheaper than my hotel was in Austin 15:55:19 maybe the food will be expensive... 15:55:19 dustins: Austin is not going to be much easier for some people as well 15:55:23 bswartz: I got a good deal too 15:55:23 * bswartz is looking forward to sushi 15:55:33 ganso: Indeed :( 15:56:15 okay thanks everyone 15:56:18 I think we're done 15:56:35 #endmeeting