OpenvStorage Plugin for ClusterHQ/flocker

This an OpenvStorage Block Device driver for Flocker (version: 1.10.1), a container data orchestration system.

Description

ClusterHQ/Flocker provides an efficient and easy way to connect persistent store with Docker containers. OpenvStorage's Flocker volume plugin allows the data nodes to be moved to a new server when the application’s Docker container and associated OpenvStorage volumes are moved.

Prerequisites

• The Flocker integration requires the Blktap Open vStorage Utils to be installed.

Installation

Make sure you have Flocker already installed. If not visit Install Flocker

Be sure to use /opt/flocker/bin/python as this will install the driver into the right python environment

Install using python

git clone https://github.com/openvstorage/openvstorage-flocker-driver
cd openvstorage-flocker-driver/
sudo /opt/flocker/bin/python setup.py install

Be sure to use /opt/flocker/bin/pip as this will install the driver into the right python environment

Install using pip

git clone https://github.com/openvstorage/openvstorage-flocker-driver
cd openvstorage-flocker-driver/
/opt/flocker/bin/pip install openvstorage-flocker-driver/

##Usage

Add the following section to the file '/etc/flocker/agent.yml':
"dataset":
    "backend": "openvstorage_flocker_plugin"
    "vpool_conf_file": "/opt/OpenvStorage/config/storagedriver/storagedriver/.json"
(This is an example. Use your own values)