[pve-devel] [PATCH storage] rbd: add support for erasure coded ec pools

[Aaron Lauterer]

On 1/28/22 11:54, Alwin Antreich wrote:
> January 28, 2022 10:50 AM, "Aaron Lauterer" <a.lauterer at proxmox.com> wrote:
> 
>> What exactly do you mean? How to add custom config options for external cluster
>> (/etc/pve/priv/ceph/<storeid>.conf) and locally in the /etc/pve/ceph.conf AKA /etc/ceph/ceph.conf?
> Oh. I was thinking, if the /etc/pve/priv/ceph/<storage>.conf is not favored, then I could document the usage of client settings in the /etc/pve/ceph.conf.

Well, it is there for external clusters, just not really documented atm. For a hyperconverged cluster (no monhost line in the storage config, line 185 [0]) it is ignored [0].
If it is configured, it is then added as `-c` to the RBD command, therefore the default ceph config is ignored IIUC [1].



[0] https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-storage.git;a=blob;f=PVE/CephConfig.pm;h=c388f025b409c660913c082763765dda0fba2c6c;hb=HEAD#l192
[1] https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-storage.git;a=blob;f=PVE/Storage/RBDPlugin.pm;h=2607d259d1ab20f0f430ee7d0083bcd77289c2ac;hb=HEAD#l48
> 
>>
>> Sure, AFAICS the custom <storeid>.conf has been added in 2016 [0]. I did a quick search in the
>> admin guide and did not find anything about it.
>>
>> [0] https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-storage.git;a=commit;h=1341722
> Then I'll prepare some docs patch. :)
> 
>> Right now, I am only working out the EC pools (data-pool) parameter. Having the current
>> possibilities documented is surely a good idea.
>>
>> Out of curiosity, do you have to use the custom configs often?
> So far it might have been a hand full of times. (that I recall)
> Currently we have a small how-to on the website with the /etc/ceph.conf.[0] I want to update this guide as well.

I took a quick look. JFYI the keyring (and cephfs secret) don't need to be placed manually anymore with recent versions as the pvesm command can take a path to those files and will place it at the correct location [2]. GUI patches for that are currently reviewed.


Once this patch is applied, your guide will hopefully become a bit shorter. Or longer to cover both cases ;)

Have a great weekend!


[2] https://git.proxmox.com/?p=pve-storage.git;a=commit;h=22b68016f791958baf7dd982cb92d2306f0e1574
> 
> Cheers,
> Alwin
> 
> [0] https://croit.io/docs/master/hypervisors/proxmox
>