[rhos-list] Packstack answer files

[Steve Gordon]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul T Cherrier" <pcherrier at nyiso.com>
> To: sgordon at redhat.com
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2013 10:59:45 AM
> Subject: Packstack answer files
> 
> Mr. Gordon,
> 
> I am currently an intern working on an OpenStack Proof of Concept and I was
> just curious on one of the example packstack answer file entries. In section
> 4.3.2 Editing a PackStack Answer File of the Getting Started Guide for
> OpenStack Grizzly release, the CONFIG_SWIFT-INSTALL  ----os-swift-install
> is set to 'n' and I was just curious as of why that is. All other
> components of OpenStack are set to 'y' and I was wondering if this would
> cause an issue of some sort or is like that for a reason. If you could let
> me know I'd appreciate it.Thanks.

As I understand it Object Storage service (Swift) installation currently defaults to no because although it is a core OpenStack service it is not strictly required for a basic installation that is capable of running virtual machine instances. The Object Storage service (Swift) can be used as the storage backend by the Image Storage service (Glance), that just isn't the case in the current "basic" deployment provided by PackStack as far as I know.

I have CC'd rhos-list in case anybody cares to correct me :). This is a public mailing list where this kind of question is possibly better directed to ensure that it gets the most visibility, you can subscribe here:

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Thanks,

Steve 

> P.S.
> This is for a single node deployment
> 
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Steve Gordon, RHCE
Documentation Lead, Red Hat OpenStack
Engineering Content Services
Red Hat Canada (Toronto, Ontario)