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Chapter 5. Comparing Systemd services to containerized services

This chapter provides some reference material to show how containerized services differ from Systemd services.

5.1. Systemd service commands vs containerized service commands

The following table shows some similarities between Systemd-based commands and their Docker equivalents. This helps identify the type of service operation you aim to perform.

FunctionSystemd-basedDocker-based

List all services

systemctl list-units -t service

docker ps --all

List active services

systemctl list-units -t service --state active

docker ps

Check status of service

systemctl status openstack-nova-api

docker ps --filter "name=nova_api$" --all

Stop service

systemctl stop openstack-nova-api

docker stop nova_api

Start service

systemctl start openstack-nova-api

docker start nova_api

Restart service

systemctl restart openstack-nova-api

docker restart nova_api

Show service configuration

systemctl show openstack-nova-api

systemctl cat openstack-nova-api

docker inspect nova_api

Show service logs

journalctl -u openstack-nova-api

docker logs nova_api

5.2. Systemd services vs containerized services

The following table shows Systemd-based OpenStack services and their container-based equivalents.

OpenStack serviceSystemd servicesDocker containers

aodh

openstack-aodh-evaluator

openstack-aodh-listener

openstack-aodh-notifier

httpd (openstack-aodh-api)

aodh_listener

aodh_api

aodh_notifier

aodh_evaluator

ceilometer

openstack-ceilometer-central

openstack-ceilometer-collector

openstack-ceilometer-notification

httpd (openstack-ceilometer-api)

ceilometer_agent_notification

ceilometer_agent_central

cinder

openstack-cinder-api

openstack-cinder-scheduler

openstack-cinder-volume

cinder_scheduler

cinder_api

openstack-cinder-volume-docker-0

glance

openstack-glance-api

openstack-glance-registry

glance_api

gnocchi

openstack-gnocchi-metricd

openstack-gnocchi-statsd

httpd (openstack-gnocchi-api)

gnocchi_statsd

gnocchi_api

gnocchi_metricd

heat

openstack-heat-api-cfn

openstack-heat-api-cloudwatch

openstack-heat-api

openstack-heat-engine

heat_api_cfn

heat_engine

heat_api

horizon

httpd (openstack-dashboard)

horizon

keystone

httpd (openstack-keystone)

keystone

neutron

neutron-dhcp-agent

neutron-l3-agent

neutron-metadata-agent

neutron-openvswitch-agent

neutron-server

neutron_ovs_agent

neutron_l3_agent

neutron_metadata_agent

neutron_dhcp

neutron_api

nova

openstack-nova-api

openstack-nova-conductor

openstack-nova-consoleauth

openstack-nova-novncproxy

openstack-nova-scheduler

nova_metadata

nova_api

nova_conductor

nova_vnc_proxy

nova_consoleauth

nova_api_cron

nova_scheduler

nova_placement

panko

 

panko_api

swift

openstack-swift-account-auditor

openstack-swift-account-reaper

openstack-swift-account-replicator

openstack-swift-account

openstack-swift-container-auditor

openstack-swift-container-replicator

openstack-swift-container-updater

openstack-swift-container

openstack-swift-object-auditor

openstack-swift-object-expirer

openstack-swift-object-replicator

openstack-swift-object-updater

openstack-swift-object

openstack-swift-proxy

swift_proxy

swift_account_server

swift_container_auditor

swift_object_expirer

swift_object_updater

swift_container_replicator

swift_account_auditor

swift_object_replicator

swift_container_server

swift_rsync

swift_account_reaper

swift_account_replicator

swift_object_auditor

swift_object_server

swift_container_update

5.3. Systemd log locations vs containerized log locations

The following table shows Systemd-based OpenStack logs and their equivalents for containers. All container-based log locations are available on the physical host and are mounted to the container.

OpenStack serviceSystemd service logsDocker container logs

aodh

/var/log/aodh/

/var/log/containers/aodh/

/var/log/containers/httpd/aodh-api/

ceilometer

/var/log/ceilometer/

/var/log/containers/ceilometer/

cinder

/var/log/cinder/

/var/log/containers/cinder/

/var/log/containers/httpd/cinder-api/

glance

/var/log/glance/

/var/log/containers/glance/

gnocchi

/var/log/gnocchi/

/var/log/containers/gnocchi/

/var/log/containers/httpd/gnocchi-api/

heat

/var/log/heat/

/var/log/containers/heat/

/var/log/containers/httpd/heat-api/

/var/log/containers/httpd/heat-api-cfn/

horizon

/var/log/horizon/

/var/log/containers/horizon/

/var/log/containers/httpd/horizon/

keystone

/var/log/keystone/

/var/log/containers/keystone

/var/log/containers/httpd/keystone/

databases

/var/log/mariadb/

/var/log/mongodb/

/var/log/mysqld.log

/var/log/containers/mysql/

neutron

/var/log/neutron/

/var/log/containers/neutron/

/var/log/containers/httpd/neutron-api/

nova

/var/log/nova/

/var/log/containers/nova/

/var/log/containers/httpd/nova-api/

/var/log/containers/httpd/nova-placement/

panko

 

/var/log/containers/panko/

/var/log/containers/httpd/panko-api/

rabbitmq

/var/log/rabbitmq/

/var/log/containers/rabbitmq/

redis

/var/log/redis/

/var/log/containers/redis/

swift

/var/log/swift/

/var/log/containers/swift/

5.4. Systemd configuration vs containerized configuration

The following table shows Systemd-based OpenStack configuration and their equivalents for containers. All container-based configuration locations are available on the physical host, are mounted to the container, and are merged (via kolla) into the configuration within each respective container.

OpenStack serviceSystemd service configurationDocker container configuration

aodh

/etc/aodh/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/aodh/

ceilometer

/etc/ceilometer/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/ceilometer/etc/ceilometer/

cinder

/etc/cinder/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/cinder/etc/cinder/

glance

/etc/glance/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/glance_api/etc/glance/

gnocchi

/etc/gnocchi/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/gnocchi/etc/gnocchi/

haproxy

/etc/haproxy/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/haproxy/etc/haproxy/

heat

/etc/heat/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/heat/etc/heat/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/heat_api/etc/heat/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/heat_api_cfn/etc/heat/

horizon

/etc/openstack-dashboard/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/horizon/etc/openstack-dashboard/

keystone

/etc/keystone/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/keystone/etc/keystone/

databases

/etc/my.cnf.d/

/etc/my.cnf

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/mysql/etc/my.cnf.d/

neutron

/etc/neutron/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/neutron/etc/neutron/

nova

/etc/nova/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/nova/etc/nova/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/nova_placement/etc/nova/

panko

 

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/panko/etc/panko

rabbitmq

/etc/rabbitmq/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/rabbitmq/etc/rabbitmq/

redis

/etc/redis/

/etc/redis.conf

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/redis/etc/redis/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/redis/etc/redis.conf

swift

/etc/swift/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/swift/etc/swift/

/var/lib/config-data/puppet-generated/swift_ringbuilder/etc/swift/