Chapter 5. Configure Red Hat Gluster Storage as a Red Hat Virtualization storage domain

5.1. Create the logical network for gluster traffic

  1. Log in to the engine

    Browse to the engine user interface (for example, http://engine.example.com/ovirt-engine) and log in using the administrative credentials you configured in Section 4.2, “Deploy the Hosted Engine on a single node using the Cockpit UI”.

  2. Create a logical network for gluster traffic

    1. Click the Networks tab and then click New. The New Logical Network wizard appears.
    2. On the General tab of the wizard, provide a Name for the new logical network, and uncheck the VM Network checkbox.
    3. On the Cluster tab of the wizard, uncheck the Required checkbox.
    4. Click OK to create the new logical network.

  3. Enable the new logical network for gluster

    1. Click the Networks tab and select the new logical network.
    2. Click the Clusters subtab and then click Manage Network. The Manage Network dialogue appears.
    3. In the Manage Network dialogue, check the Migration Network and Gluster Network checkboxes.
    4. Click OK to save.

  4. Attach the gluster network to the host

    1. Click the Hosts tab and select the host.
    2. Click the Network Interfaces subtab and then click Setup Host Networks.
    3. Drag and drop the newly created network to the correct interface.
    4. Ensure that the Verify connectivity checkbox is checked.
    5. Ensure that the Save network configuration checkbox is checked.
    6. Click OK to save.

  5. Verify the health of the network

    Click the Hosts tab and select the host. Click the Network Interfaces subtab and check the state of the host’s network.

    If the network interface enters an "Out of sync" state or does not have an IPv4 Address, click the Management tab that corresponds to the host and click Refresh Capabilities.

5.2. Create storage domains

The hosted engine storage domain is imported automatically, but other storage domains must be added to be used.

  1. Click the Storage tab and then click New Domain.
  2. Select GlusterFS as the Storage Type and provide a Name for the domain.
  3. Check the Use managed gluster volume option and select the volume to use.
  4. Click OK to save.