back end for CloudStack's Primary Storage. The instructions below detail the
setup for CloudStack Primary Storage.
-.. note:: We recommend installing with Ubuntu 12.04 or later so that
+.. note:: We recommend installing with Ubuntu 13.04 or later so that
you can use package installation instead of having to compile
- QEMU from source.
+ libvirt from source.
Installing and configuring QEMU for use with CloudStack doesn't require any
special handling. Ensure that you have a running Ceph cluster. Install QEMU and
#. Also see `KVM Hypervisor Host Installation`_.
-.. note:: Raring Ringtail (13.04) will have ``libvirt`` verison 0.9.13 or higher
- by default.
+.. note:: Raring Ringtail (13.04) will have ``libvirt`` version 0.9.13 or higher
+ with RBD storage pool support enabled by default.
Create a Pool
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Limitations
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-- CloudStack will only bind to one monitor.
+- CloudStack will only bind to one monitor (You can however create a Round Robin DNS record over multiple monitors)
- CloudStack does not support cloning snapshots.
+- You still need a (small) NFS based Primary Storage for the SystemVMs
- You may need to compile ``libvirt`` to use version 0.9.13 with Ubuntu.