From 0eb0cac0bf027f17439ada98b64fb923717bb14c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Prashanth Pai Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 12:08:45 +0530 Subject: doc: Add troubleshooting section * Mention glusterfs versions which requires additional steps to allow non-root users to mount the volume. * Add note on tested platform and python versions. * Remove TODOs and add them as issues on GitHub Change-Id: I36a63ff2b9f98de82c2fd58542584565dab7dda0 Signed-off-by: Prashanth Pai --- README.md | 13 ++----------- doc/install.rst | 34 ++++------------------------------ doc/troubleshooting.rst | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-) create mode 100644 doc/troubleshooting.rst diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1fa9fba..c7710b5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -6,14 +6,5 @@ This is the official python bindings for the Complete API reference and documentation can be found at [ReadTheDocs](http://libgfapi-python.readthedocs.io/) -### TODOs - -* Submit to pypy to enable installing using pip -* Add support for py3 -* Implement async I/O APIs -* Implement file locking APIs -* Implement os.scandir() like API that leverages d\_type -* Improve Volume.walk() by leveraging scandir. -* Test and allow protocols other than TCP such as rdma and socket. - -Please follow the [Developer Guide](doc/markdown/dev_guide.md) to contribute code. +Please follow the [Developer Guide](doc/markdown/dev_guide.md) to +contribute code. diff --git a/doc/install.rst b/doc/install.rst index d256376..5d0ed84 100644 --- a/doc/install.rst +++ b/doc/install.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Installation ============ -Install glusterfs: +Install glusterfs libgfapi C library: .. code-block:: console @@ -15,32 +15,6 @@ Install libgfapi-python from source: $ cd libgfapi-python $ sudo python setup.py install -Mount GlusterFS volume as non-root user ---------------------------------------- - -One can follow the following steps to allow a non-root user to virtual mount -a GlusterFS volume over libgfapi. This requires a configuration change which -enables GlusterFS server to accept client connections from non-priveledged -ports. - -.. code-block:: console - - # gluster volume set server.allow-insecure on - # gluster volume stop - # gluster volume start - -Edit `/etc/glusterfs/glusterd.vol` or `/usr/local/etc/glusterfs/glusterd.vol` -and set: - -.. code-block:: aconf - - option rpc-auth-allow-insecure on - -Restart glusterd service: - -.. code-block:: console - - # service glusterd restart - -Further, use `chown` and/or `chmod` commands to change permissions on mount -point or required directories to allow non-root access to appropriate users. +.. note:: + libgfapi-python bindings has been tested only against **Linux x86-64** and + Python versions **2.6** and **2.7** diff --git a/doc/troubleshooting.rst b/doc/troubleshooting.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a183e95 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/troubleshooting.rst @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +Troubleshooting +=============== + +Mount GlusterFS volume as non-root user +--------------------------------------- + +.. versionchanged:: 3.7.3 + GlusterFS versions prior to version **3.7.3** requires the following + additional steps to allow non-root users to mount the volume over libgfapi. + Following these steps is not required for recent versions i.e >= 3.7.3 + +One can follow the following steps to allow a non-root user to virtual mount +a GlusterFS volume over libgfapi. This requires a configuration change which +enables GlusterFS server to accept client connections from non-priveledged +ports. + +.. code-block:: console + + # gluster volume set server.allow-insecure on + # gluster volume stop + # gluster volume start + +Edit `/etc/glusterfs/glusterd.vol` or `/usr/local/etc/glusterfs/glusterd.vol` +and set: + +.. code-block:: aconf + + option rpc-auth-allow-insecure on + +Restart glusterd service: + +.. code-block:: console + + # service glusterd restart + +Further, use `chown` and/or `chmod` commands to change permissions on mount +point or required directories to allow non-root access to appropriate users. + +If you do not provide a custom location for log file, you might see an error +similar to the following during mount. + +.. code-block:: python + + LibgfapiException: glfs_set_logging(None, 7) failed: Permission denied + +In such case, provide a log file path that has appropriate write permissions +or change permission of default log location i.e `/var/log/glusterfs` or +`/usr/local/var/log/glusterfs` accordingly. -- cgit