Openstack

Testing OpenStack with Sheepdog

Here is a quick start guide to test OpenStack with Sheepdog. DevStack is a tool for OpenStack developers, but this document would help you understand how to use Sheepdog with OpenStack until more user-friendly documents come.

1. Install Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise) or Fedora 16
2. Install Sheepdog to the appropriate location on your system
3. Start Sheepdog and format it (See Getting Started)
4. Download DevStack

$ git clone https://github.com/openstack-dev/devstack.git

4. Start the install

$ cd devstack; CINDER_DRIVER=sheepdog ./stack.sh

See also http://devstack.org/

As of now (Aug 7, 2013), Openstack's Glance and Cinder can make use of sheepdog cluster as the backend storage.